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Baylor Pounds Oklahoma State 18-6
April 11, 2003 | Cowboy Baseball
April 11, 2003
STILLWATER, Okla.- Baylor broke a 3-3 tie in the fifth with a five-run sixth inning and went on to cruise from there in an 18-6 win over Oklahoma State in baseball action Friday night at Reynolds Stadium.
The Bears snapped a four-game losing streak and improved to 24-13 overall and 7-6 in the Big 12 while Oklahoma State fell to 22-10 and 7-3 in league play. The loss snapped a five game winning streak for the Cowboys who entered the game in first place in the conference.
Baylor jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first with two solo homers by center fielder Chris Durbin and catcher Josh Ford. They made it 3-0 in the third on a RBI double by David Murphy.
The Pokes rallied back with a run in the fourth and tied the game in the fifth with a two-out, two-run single by designated hitter Mario Matulich.
The Bears responded quickly in the sixth when Josh Ford opened the inning with a double and scored on a double by first baseman Mark Saccomanno to go back on top 4-3. BU took advantage of a fielding error by shortstop Chris Gutierrez, that would have ended the inning, to score four more runs to push the lead to 8-3.
Baylor added three more runs in the seventh and knocked out OSU starter Scott Baker. Baker took the loss, snapping a four-game winning streak of his own, to drop to 7-4 on the year. He gave up a career-high 11 runs, six earned, on 13 hits in six innings of work.
The Bears added five runs in the eighth and took a 16-3 lead before the Cowboys scored three in the bottom of the stanza on a solo homer by Jose Virgil and a two-run shot by John Urick. BU closed out the scoring with two runs in the ninth.
Baylor starter Steven White picked up the win to move to 4-2 on the year. He gave up three runs on five hits in five innings of work. Durbin led the team at the plate with a 4-for-6 night with a homer, two doubles, a single and three runs scored. Ford, third baseman Michael Griffin and Saccomanno all had three hits in the winning effort.
Virgil and Matulich both had two hits to lead the Cowboys.
The Cowboys and Bears will play the second game of the three-game series tomorrow at 2 p.m. Left hander Spencer Grogan will take the mound for OSU while right hander Abe Woody will take the mound for BU.
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