NORMAN — Devon Perez had a bit of a rough go of it during his second start of the baseball season Feb. 25 against Holy Cross.
A little bit after that start, the Oklahoma senior right-handed pitcher was in the bullpen at L. Dale Mitchell Park working with head coach Skip Johnson — who served as the Sooners' pitching coach a year ago.
“Try striding out longer each and every time,” Johnson told Perez.
The change was almost instantaneous.
“Once I started doing that, I felt back to my normal self again,” Perez said. “I guess when I started throwing my changeup this past year, I was shortening my arm up and I ended up shortening my legs as well because most of the time they work together.