Sooners start season with series win

Oklahoma’s baseball team picked up a 4-2 win over No. 17-ranked Long Beach State to clinch its season-opening series, 2-1, on Sunday. Trailing by two runs,

Renae Martinez drove in Brady Lindsly in the bottom of the fifth inning to get OU on the scoreboard. The Sooners added three runs in the sixth to erase the deficit and take the lead. Sophomore pitcher Kyle

Tyler started for Oklahoma in Sunday’s rubber match. He worked 52/3 innings and struck out three. Moore native Braidyn Fink was awarded the win after retiring the lone Long Beach State batter he faced.