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OU baseball: With quarterback battle looming, Kyler Murray feeling much more comfortable with baseball

NORMAN — Kyler Murray feels like a baseball player again.

Murray, the favorite to win Oklahoma's starting quarterback job next season in place of the departed Baker Mayfield, is feeling much more comfortable on the diamond for the Sooners this year.

Murray is hitting .200 after going 0 for 8 in the Sooners' weekend series win over Alabama but after hitting just .122 last year, Murray will take the upgrade.

“Pretty good so far,” Murray said before this weekend's series when asked how he felt about his season so far. “Better than last year, I'll tell you that much.