He made the most of it.
Baker slugged a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Oklahoma a thrilling 11-10, elimination-game victory over Vanderbilt on Sunday at the Tempe Regional.
Oklahoma rallied from deficits of 6-1 and 8-5 and then watched as the Commodores scored two runs in the top of the ninth to take a 10-9 lead.
But that didn't deter the Sooners.
"The character of our club is just amazing, coach Sunny Golloway said.
So is Baker.
With pinch-runner Tyson Seng on first — Casey Johnson had walked with one out — Baker took a pitch that the Commodores thought should have been called strike three.
Given a reprieve, Baker slammed the next pitch over the right-center field fence to give the Sooners a victory.
It was Baker's third home run in two games.
"He's done that all year for us,” Golloway said.
Michael Rocha got the win with four innings of two-run relief. Baker and Johnson had three RBIs apiece.
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Wow, kr...that was REALLY going out on a limb saying that the #4 national seed would beat the final team picked for the field...you're a regualr Nostradamus...look in your crystal ball and tell me what day of the week tomorrow is...please?
If by their best baseball that means getting a 12 run beat down by ASU TWICE. I told you all the day the fields got announced that ASU would end OU's season, and my Devils proved me right.
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