Mudler hits walk-off, Sooners complete sweep

NORMAN — Junior Scott Mudler had the walk-off hit as Oklahoma completed the three-game conference sweep of Kansas State with a 8-7 win Sunday afternoon at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

After a one-out double from senior Anthony Mackenzie in the bottom of the ninth, Mudler laced a twoout RBI single to right field to walk off the Wildcats and keep the Sooners on top of the Big 12 standings.

The Sooners (21-14, 11-4) opened the scoring in the second inning behind the first of two home runs from freshman Jaxon Willits. The shortstop ripped a two-run shot over the right field wall to make it 2-0, OU, through two.

At the top of the third, OU starting LHP Grant Stevens stranded one runner with a pair of strikeouts as the redshirt senior retired nine of his first 11 batters faced. The offense gave Stevens and the pitching staff more run support in the bottom of the fourth, scoring four runs on four hits.

Following a pair of singles from sophomore Easton Carmichael and Mackenzie, Mudler ripped an RBI single to left center to score one. The next at-bat, Willits launched his second home run of the game and fifth in the last seven games on a three-run shot to right.

The Wildcats (21-13, 7-8) clawed back with four runs on four hits at the top of the fifth. A leadoff single led to a two-run home run then a two-run double later in the frame made it 6-4 Sooners after five.

In the bottom of the ninth, after Mackenzie’s one-out double, his seventh of the season, Mudler stepped to the plate and dropped in a single to right field that allowed Mackenzie to race home and beat the throw to the plate for OU’s second walk-off win of the season.

The series sweep was OU’s third conference sweep of 2024, marking the first time the program has swept three Big 12 series in a season since 2018.

Up next, Oklahoma travels to Provo, Utah, to match up with BYU, April 18-20.