Cowboys Fall In 10 Innings

Saturday, April 1

Stillwater, OK

1:00 PM

Oklahoma State University

16-10, 0

West Virginia

14-10, 0

West Virginia

Oklahoma State

April 01, 2017 | Cowboy Baseball

Box Score

Photo Gallery

Holliday interview

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State gave up a ninth inning lead and suffered a 5-3 loss to West Virginia in 10 innings Saturday at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.

The loss snapped OSU's nine-game home winning streak as the 23^rd-ranked Cowboys fell to 16-10 overall and 1-4 in Big 12 Conference play.

The win by WVU (14-10, 3-2) sets up a series rubber game Sunday, with first pitch scheduled for noon.

OSU took a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning Saturday with a two-out rally. After back-to-back singles by Garrett Benge and Garrett McCain, Colin Simpson stepped to the plate and blasted a three-run home run to right field to put the Pokes on top.

Simpson's second home run of the season provided the lone scoring in the game until the seventh as OSU starter Jonathan Heasley worked five scoreless innings and struck out five.

The Mountaineers would get their first run in the seventh against Trey Cobb, who made his season debut after being out with an elbow injury.

After working a perfect sixth, Cobb gave up a single to open the seventh before leaving with one out and a runner on second. Carson Teel came on in relief and struck out the first batter he faced before an RBI single cut the OSU lead to 3-1.

The Cowboys held that lead until the ninth.

Down to their final two outs, WVU's Jackson Cramer drew a walk against OSU closer Jake Cowan. That brought Cole Austin to the plate, and the Mountaineers' cleanup hitter responded with a game-tying two-run homer to left field before Cole Hearrean came on and retired the next two batters to send the game into extra innings.

OSU was poised to win the game in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the ninth. After Benge walked to open the frame, McCain laid down a sacrifice bunt to move him into scoring position. But Simpson and Cade Cabbiness struck out to end the threat.

WVU plated the decisive runs in the 10^th. Braden Zarbnisky got the inning started with a double and later scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch before a single by TJ Lake pushed the lead to 5-3.

Zarbnisky set down the Cowboys in order in the bottom of the 10^th to seal the win.

OSU managed just six hits in the contest, two of those by McCain.