Air Force Academy
Oklahoma
Falcons Dropped 16-2 At #18 Oklahoma
4/13/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 13, 2004
NORMAN, Okla. - Eighteenth-ranked Oklahoma hit a season-high five home runs to go with 21 hits to down Air Force 16-2 at L. Dale Mitchell Park. The Falcons fall to 5-27 on the season, while the Sooners improve to 22-11.
Tyler Gooch (1-0) picked up the win for the Sooners, holding the Falcons scoreless through seven inning while fanning six. Paul Vignola (1-7) took the loss for Air Force allowing two runs in two innings pitched.
Oklahoma got to work immediately, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first inning off a home run and two doubles to take a 2-0 lead. Andrew McGuire homered to right field for the first run and then Ole Sheldon scored after doubling on Eric Thornton's two-bagger.
The Sooners went to the longball again in the third to score three more runs and take a 5-0 lead. McGuire hit his second homer of the game in almost identical fashion, hammering an offering from Falcon reliever Blake Nixon over the wall in right field. Ryan Rohlinger then doubled and scored on Sheldon's home run to left field.
Oklahoma scored four more in the fourth on five hits to make it a 9-0 game. The Sooners tacked on six more in the fifth, with Ryan Rohlinger and Scott Brooker homering to make it a 15-0 score.
The Falcons got on the scoreboard in the eighth inning scoring two runs. Jason Brown hit a towering home run that curled around the left field foul pole for the first run and Jon Polston scored the second run on a wild pitch by Sooner reliever Charles Benoit to make it a 16-2 game.
Air Force was held to four hits while committing three errors. Four Sooners had three hits and two more had two hits.
Also seeing action in relief for AFA were Clayton Couch, Jeff Tetrault, Kyle DePierre and Mitch Brown.
The Falcons return to action Fri.-Sun., April 16-18 with a three game series at home against New Mexico.
Game Notes: Air Force is 0-3 all-time against Oklahoma... Paul Vignola made his second consecutive start--third if including the Colorado Sky Sox game--for the Falcons... Jon Polston's leadoff single in the third inning extended his hitting streak to four games.
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