2011 PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP

The Oklahoma City All Sports Association welcomed more than 59,000 fans to the RedHawks Field at Bricktown for the 2011 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship, marking the city’s thirteenth time to host the event.  The historic tournament, which lasted from May 25 to May 29, consisted of eight Big 12 teams, including Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, and Baylor.  This year, the Big 12 Baseball Championship returned to a double elimination format with the top eight teams placed into two brackets.  The five-day tournament featured many tight match-ups between the Big 12 teams and concluded with the championship game between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Missouri Tigers.  In the final game of the tournament, fans anxiously watched as the Texas A&M Aggies (No. 2) clenched their second consecutive and third overall championship trophy.  Andrew Collazo provided an exciting ending to the historic event, when he hit a two-out solo shot to left field to secure a 10-9 victory for the Aggies over No. 8 Missouri in the tenth inning.  The All-Tournament team consisted of Jacob House, Andrew Collazo, Brandon Loy, Jason King, Kevin Gonzalez, Conner Mach, Paul Montalbano,  Tyler Naquin, Jonah Schmidt, Taylor Jungmann, Michael Wacha, and Kelly Fick.

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Oklahoma City All Sports Association will host the Phillips 66 Baseball Championship through the 2014 season. The event has been contested in Oklahoma City 12 of the last 14 years (All Sports Stadium - 1997; Bricktown Ballpark - 1998-01, ‘03, ‘05-10).