Big 12 Tournament: Sooners upset Aggies

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Andrew Doyle pitched a complete-game five-hitter and struck out a career-high 12 batters as Oklahoma upset top-seeded Texas A&M 4-1 on Wednesday in pool play in the Big 12 Conference Ttournament.

Oklahoma (33-23-1) was the eighth and final team to qualify for the tournament and had lost three regular-season games to Texas A&M (42-15). But the Aggies’ late-season struggles continued as they lost their seventh straight game.

Doyle, a sophomore who leads the Sooners in strikeouts with 70 this season, threw the first complete game of his career. Doyle (8-4) and didn’t allow a runner past second base after Texas A&M scored its lone run in the third inning on a home run by Kevin Gonzalez.

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Oklahoma pitcher Andrew Doyle pumps his fist after Oklahoma defeated Texas A&M 4-1 Wednesday. (AP)

Oklahoma pitcher Andrew Doyle pumps his fist after Oklahoma defeated Texas A&M 4-1 Wednesday. (AP)

Oklahoma broke a 1-1 tie with a 3-run sixth-inning outburst keyed by Aaron Baker, who drove in a run with a double to left-center field and eventually scored.

Scott Migl (3-3) allowed six hits and four runs — all unearned — in six innings for the Aggies. Texas A&M is hoping a strong tournament showing will be enough to land a national No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament.

MISSOURI 3, TEXAS 2, 10 innings: Jacob Priday homered and Trevor Coleman drove in the winning run with a 10th inning single to lift Missouri over Texas in the opening game of the tournament.

Priday’s two-out, two-run sixth inning homer tied the game after the Longhorns (34-20) scored single runs on RBI ground outs by Russell Moldenhauer in the second and Brandon Belt in the fifth.

The teams remained scoreless until the 10th when Ryan Lollis led off with a single and after an out Priday singled to send Lollis to third.

Coleman followed with the game winning hit for the Tigers (38-17).

Reliever Kyle Gibson (9-1) allowed two hits and struck out four through 22/3 innings for the win.

Texas reliever Cole Green (3-5) took the loss, allowing one run on five hits and striking out four through 31/3 innings.

KANSAS ST. 3, OKLAHOMA ST. 2: Nate Tenbrink has two RBIs to lead Kansas State to a 3-2 victory over higher-seeded Oklahoma State.

The seventh-seeded Wildcats (28-27) never trailed, scoring all of their runs by the end of the fourth inning.

Oklahoma State (40-16), seeded second, finally got on the scoreboard in the seventh inning and added another run in the bottom of the eighth frame.

Tenbrink finished 1-for-5 and Dane Yelovich had one RBI for Kansas State.

Brad Hutt (7-4) allowed six hits and one run in 6 2/3 innings for the victory. Daniel Edwards allowed one hit and struck out five in two innings of relief for his first save.

Donnie Webb and Thomas Belza each had one RBI for Oklahoma State.

Tyler Blandford (4-5) allowed eight hits and three runs in 7 2/3 innings in the loss.