OU Baseball 2026: Live Scores, Star Player Highlights & Postseason Push Revealed

OMAHA, Neb.—OU baseball is two wins away from the College World Series finals after Saturday’s 9-0 statement over Alabama and now turns its attention to tonight’s winners-bracket showdown with No. 3 Georgia. First pitch from Charles Schwab Field is 6 p.m. CT on ESPN, with streaming available on the ESPN app and radio coverage on 99.3 FM/1400 AM in Oklahoma and The Varsity Network app. Freshman southpaw Cord Rager leads a red-hot pitching staff Rager blanked the Crimson Tide over seven innings, scattering three hits and striking out eight on just 88 pitches—OU’s third CWS shutout ever and first since 1975. He’s 3-0 this postseason with a 1.29 ERA, while reliever LJ Mercurius has three saves in four scoreless appearances. Sooner bats are booming Oklahoma is slugging .346 with 19 homers and 79 runs in eight tournament games. Senior first baseman Dayton Tockey has gone deep five times, and catcher Deiten Lachance has 12 homers since May 2, including Saturday’s 409-foot blast despite a rolled ankle. Shortstop Jaxon Willits (.500 in the Atlanta Regional) and outfielder Dasan Harris (hitting .394 since April 9) round out an order that’s produced 36 long balls in the last 14 contests. What’s at stake tonight • Win and advance: A victory sends Skip Johnson’s club (39-22) straight to Wednesday’s semifinals needing one more win to reach the championship series. • Lose and fight back: A loss forces an elimination game Tuesday against the Alabama–Texas survivor. Scouting the Bulldogs Georgia (52-12) rolled through its side of the bracket behind SEC Player of the Year Mason LaRue and an offense that averages 1.8 homers per game. The Sooners swept the Lawrence Super Regional on the road and have already beaten one SEC power in Omaha, but Georgia’s deep bullpen and ace right-hander Cole Whitmore (11-2, 2.67 ERA) present the stiffest test yet. How to watch and follow • TV/Streaming: ESPN, ESPN app • Radio: 99.3 FM, 1400 AM, 107.7 FM; The Varsity Network app • Live stats & tickets: NCAATickets.com Key numbers for SEO searchers – OU baseball CWS appearances: 12 (1951, ’72-’76, ’92, ’94, ’95, 2010, ’22, ’26) – National championships: 1951, 1994 – Skip Johnson career DI wins: 306 – Sooners postseason record 2026: 7-1, +52 run differential Bottom line If Rager and the bullpen keep missing bats and the Sooners’ power surge continues, OU baseball could be celebrating its second CWS semifinal berth in five years before sunset in Omaha.