On the other hand, because the teams are so closely bunched between third and seventh place in the final Big 12 standings, playing just two games over the weekend might have helped the Sooners hold on to third place and the No. 3 seed in this week’s Big 12 Baseball Championship, which will begin on Wednesday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.
The Sooners are hoping that their return to the OKC venue will turn out better than the double defeat they endured there last weekend.
West Virginia had a chance to jump over Oklahoma in the standings, but the Mountaineers fell twice in three games at Texas over the weekend and finished fourth, a half-game back of the Sooners.