Junior second baseman Kyle Mendenhall brought the crowd at L. Dale Mitchell Park to its feet with a leadoff blast to deep left-center field that cleared the fence and ended the game and the series, enabling the Sooners to draw even with the No. 2-ranked Red Raiders in the conference standings. Both teams are 4-2 in the league and 25-6 overall.
Mendenhall was 0 for 9 in the series before launching his game-winning round-tripper off Texas Tech reliever Jose Quezada, who had not given up a hit in two-plus innings before facing the OU second baseman.