Oklahoma edges Georgia Tech 8‑7 in 10 innings on walk-off homer

NORMAN, Okla. (Interstat) — Dayton Tockey’s walk-off home run to deep center field in the 10th inning lifted Oklahoma to an 8-7 victory over Georgia Tech on Monday afternoon at L. Dale Mitchell Park. The Sooners improved to 36-22, while the Yellow Jackets fell to 48-11.

Oklahoma struck first in the bottom of the first on a two-run homer by Deiten Lachance and an RBI single by Dasan Harris. Georgia Tech answered in the third on Drew Burress’ two-run homer, then added solo shots by Parker Brosius and Caleb Daniel in the fifth. The Yellow Jackets extended the lead with three unearned runs in the sixth, capitalizing on a throwing error.

Oklahoma chipped away, scoring single runs in the seventh and eighth before tying the game in the ninth on Jaxon Willits’ RBI single. In the 10th, Tockey ended it with his solo blast.

Jason Bodin earned the win in relief. Dylan Loy, Brendan Brock and Harris each contributed key hits. The Sooners outhit Georgia Tech 13-12 in the extra-inning affair.