OU Baseball vs TCU. April 14, 2009. James Cornwell/The Daily

Despite out-hitting the No. 9 Longhorns 12 to nine, the No. 10 baseball team could not avoid the three-game sweep with an 8-5 loss in Austin Sunday.

The Sooners (29-11, 8-7) dropped Saturday’s double-header 7-3 and 6-2 before falling in the series finale Sunday to fall out of first in the Big 12. The weekend sweep allowed Texas (29-9, 12-6) to grab the conference’s top spot while OU fell into a fourth place tie with No. 21 Kansas State.

OU did not lead in the series until the second inning of game three when it held a 2-0 advantage. Texas struck back for four runs in the bottom of the third before the two teams exchanged runs in the fourth to make it a 5-5 game.

The Longhorns put the game away in the fifth by plating three runners before their bullpen held the Sooners to no runs and five hits in the final 4 2/3 innings of the game en route to the series sweep.

Junior pitcher Andrew Doyle had a decent outing Saturday night. In 7 1/3 innings of work he allowed seven runs, only five of which were earned, on eight hits.

OU was led offensively by junior center fielder Jamie Johnson. He went 5-11 with two stolen bases and three RBIs.

The Sooners return to action at 7 p.m. Wednesday at L. Dale Mitchell Park against the Wichita State Shockers.