Tide Loses To Oklahoma 9-0

March 21, 2026; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama head coach Rob Vaughn talks to his team in the dugout at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Alabama downed Florida 8-4 to claim the second game of the SEC home opening series. | Gary Cosby Jr.

/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Alabama Crimson Tide opened their bid for a College World Series Title with a resounding 9-0 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners. The Tide defeated OU two games to one early in the season in Norman, but had no answers for Oklahoma freshman left hander Cord Rager on Saturday afternoon.Over seven innings Rager held Bama to three singles with no walks, one hit batter, and struck out seven.

Tyler Fay started for the Tide and was touched for two runs in the top of the first, the only runs the Sooners would need on this day. Jason Walk led off for OU and after fouling off a trio of two strike pitches, singled to centerfield. After out one Denton Lechance hit a ground ball that the Tide couldn’t quite turn into a double play to end the inning, and was safe at first.

Jaxon Willits hit a little bloop single in front of charging centerfielder Bryce Fowler to put two runners on. Trey Gambill blasted a double to deep center to score both men. A fly out ended the half-inning with a 2-0 Tide deficit.

Rager set Bama down on nine pitches in the bottom half with two strikeouts and a weak pop out.Fay allowed a single in the second but a strikeout and double play held the score. Johnny Lemm was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the second, but two more strikeouts and a fly ball ended the inning.

Oklahoma used a rare Fay walk to Walk leading off the third. Walk stole second and moved to third on a single by Cam Johnson. A double play allowed Walk to score and Fay ended the inning by striking out Willits.

Bama went down in order in the third and fourth on an assortment of weak pop outs and ground balls. Fay kept OU off the board in the 4th and 5th inning.Bama had their best chance to make a game out of the contest in the fifth.

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