A big early deficit proved too much to overcome Sunday and Oklahoma lost both a game and a series as a result. Alabama rode an 8-1 lead through four innings to an 8-6 victory in Tuscaloosa, meaning OU also dropped the weekend series 2-1. The Sooners won rubber games against South Carolina and Mississippi State to begin life in the SEC the past two Sundays, but could not sustain that success this time and fell to 22-5 overall/5-4 in league play. The Crimson Tide improved to 25-4 and 6-3.