The season-opening series was originally scheduled to take place in Southern California, but the venue was changed to Norman because of the wet and windy weather conditions expected this weekend on the West Coast.
Irvin yielded just one hit over seven innings to the visiting Dirtbags. The OU starter struck out 10 and did not walk a batter in facing just one more than the required number of batters over seven full innings.
Senior Jack Flansburg, the Sooner third baseman, delivered three of OU’s eight hits in the game and scored two runs.