A month ago, Skip Johnson’s Oklahoma baseball team was mired in last place in the Big 12 and looking down the barrel of a giant slide backwards after ending the previous season as national runner-up in the College World Series.
Prior to sweeping a three-game series with then Big 12-leading Texas in late April, the Sooners stood at 19-19 overall and 4-8 in conference action. Since then, however, OU has gone 10-3 to improve to 29-22 overall and is 10-11 in the Big 12 and in a tie for 6th place with Texas Tech.
OU hosts in-state rival Oklahoma State in a three-game series in Norman this weekend that closes out the regular season and with a lot riding for both teams in terms of postseason implications.