Falcons lose 16-2 to Oklahoma Published April 14, 2004 NORMAN, Okla. (AFPN) -- Eighteenth-ranked University of Oklahoma hit a season-high five home runs to beat the Air Force Academy team here 16-2. The Falcons fall to 5-27 for the season, while the Sooners improve to 22-11.Tyler Gooch (1-0) picked up the win for the Sooners, holding the Falcons scoreless through seven innings while fanning six. Paul Vignola (1-7) took the loss for Air Force allowing two runs in two innings pitched.Oklahoma scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning off a home run and two doubles taking a 2-0 lead. Andrew McGuire homered to right field for the first run and then Ole Sheldon scored after doubling on Eric Thornton’s two-bagger.The Sooners went to the longball again in the third to score three more runs and take a 5-0 lead. McGuire hit his second homer of the game in almost identical fashion, hammering an offering from Falcon reliever Blake Nixon over the wall in right field. Ryan Rohlinger then doubled and scored on Sheldon’s home run to left field.Oklahoma scored four more in the fourth on five hits to make it a 9-0 game. The Sooners tacked on six more in the fifth, with Ryan Rohlinger and Scott Brooker homering to make it 15-0.The Falcons got on the scoreboard in the eighth inning scoring two runs. Jason Brown hit a towering home run that curled around the left field foul pole for the first run, and Jon Polston scored the second run on a wild pitch by Sooner reliever Charles Benoit to make it 16-2.Air Force was held to four hits while committing three errors. Four Sooners had three hits, and two more had two hits.Also seeing action in relief for the academy were Clayton Couch, Jeff Tetrault, Kyle DePierre and Mitch Brown.The Falcons play again April 16 to 18 with a three-game series at home against New Mexico.