Oklahoma's baseball players came to the Men's College World Series saying they were a bunch of Davids.
David Sandlin was the one who got most of the credit for taking down Texas A&M.
Sandlin held the Aggies to one run and struck out a career-high 12 in seven frames, Jimmy Crooks' three-run home run in the first held up, and Oklahoma advanced to the MCWS finals with a 6-1 victory.
The Sooners are trying to complete a softball- baseball title sweep and will play for their first national championship since 1994 if they win the title.
They will face either Arkansas or Mississippi in the finals. Ole Miss and Arkansas had to play each other on Wednesday night in order to advance.
Sooners fans shouted "O-U! The closer struck out the opposing player at the end. The celebration was low key.
Skip Johnson thinks that the children are focused. I am not sure if it is dog-piling or something else. Sometimes it's kind of strange. I can tell you that I don't tell them not to dog pile.
Texas A&M finished with a 2-2 record in the MCWS under first-year coach Jim Schlossnagle, but they didn't make the league tournament.
The Sooners lost two of their first three Big 12 series and started 18-12. Since the end of the regular season, they have won 27 of 37.
In the Sooners' 13-8 win over the A&M on Friday, Sandlin pitched one-third of an outing. He was hit by a ball four times.
Sandlin was supposed to be prepared for the heightened atmosphere. The plan turned out to be a success. Sandlin took a different approach to his appearance after trying too hard.
He said he trusts his preparation. Today was more of a memory than anything else. Don't think about things too much when you just execute.
Sandlin, who allowed five hits and walked one in his 100 pitch outing, was able to work the outside half of the plate with a sharp pitch.
Five of the first eight and 10 of the first 20 were struck out by him. The first two hitters reached base in the fourth. He fanned three other people on 12 pitches.
Claunch said that he was able to mix all of his pitches. He was able to get ahead early with his pitches, and then he was able to mix and throw whenever he wanted.
Jacob Palisch went the rest of the way, giving up three hits and a run and striking out eight.
Texas and Notre Dame were beaten by the A's. They were unable to score against Sandlin until Dylan Rock hit a home run in the sixth.
After retiring the last six hitters he faced, Sandlin turned the game over to Michael to start the eighth.
The Sooners scored three times in the first, two in the third and one in the fifth on a home run by Crooks. In its games, OU has not trailed.
Over the last seven days, they've shown they're the best team in the tournament. Excellent starting pitching, defense and timely hits.
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