NORMAN, Okla. (Interstat) — Deiten Lachance homered three times and drove in three runs as Oklahoma beat Tennessee 12-9 on Saturday night. Lachance went 4-for-5, with solo homers in the first, fifth and seventh innings. Dayton Tockey added a two-run homer in the eighth.

The Sooners took a 6-0 lead in the first, benefiting from two errors, a walk and a wild pitch. Tennessee cut it to 6-3 in the second on Levi Clark’s two-run homer. Oklahoma pushed ahead 8-3 in the bottom half, but the Volunteers tied it at 9-9 in the fifth on Henry Ford’s solo homer and a sacrifice fly.

Lachance’s second homer put Oklahoma ahead 10-9. Reese Chapman’s two-run single in the seventh tied it again, but Lachance answered with his third homer. Tockey’s shot in the eighth extended the lead. Tennessee scored an unearned run in the eighth but got no closer.

Oklahoma improved to 32-20; Tennessee fell to 37-19. The Sooners took two of three in the series.