Oklahoma State University Athletics
Thursday, May 25
Arlington, TX
12:30 PM
Oklahoma State University
38-17
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West Virginia
39-18
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West Virginia
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Oklahoma State
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Roc Riggio
Cowboy Baseball Stays Alive At Big 12 Tourney
May 25, 2023 | Cowboy Baseball
ARLINGTON, Texasย โ Oklahoma State staved off elimination at the Big 12 Baseball Championship Thursday as the second-seeded Cowboys topped third-seeded West Virginia, 3-2, at Globe Life Field.
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With the win, the 12th-ranked Cowboys improved to 38-17 and advance to face Oklahoma Friday at 6:30 p.m. The No. 14 Mountaineers dropped to 39-18.
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OSU's win also marked a milestone for 11th-year head coach Josh Holliday as it was the 400th victory of his career.
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The duo of Nolan McLean and Juaron Watts-Brown led the way for OSU with strong showings on the mound.
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McLean made his second career start and allowed just two runs on four hits while striking out four in six innings of work, which marked a career long.
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Watts-Brown came out of the bullpen for the first time this season to open the seventh and tossed three shutout innings to earn the win and improve to 6-4. The righty allowed just two hits and racked up seven strikeouts.
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Roc Riggio was the hero offensively as he smacked a go-ahead single in the bottom of the eighth inning off WVU All-Big 12 closer Carlson Reed.
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The Cowboys jumped out to an early lead in the first. After the first three batters reached safely to load the bases, Chase Adkison delivered a sacrifice fly to right field to bring home a run. Up next, Nolan Schubart collected an RBI on a groundout as Riggio scampered home and slid in just ahead of the tag to put the Pokes up 2-0.
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The Mountaineers answered with a run in the second. Landon Wallace led off the inning with a double, and two groundouts brought him home to cut the OSU lead to one.
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The score remained 2-1 until the sixth when WVU loaded the bases with one out and scored the tying run on a groundout to first.
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With the game knotted at 2-2 through 7 ยฝ innings, David Mendham led off the home half of the eighth with an infield single and moved to second on a sac bunt by Marcus Brown. Following a walk to Zach Ehrhard, Riggio stepped to the plate and smoked a pitch to right field to give OSU a 3-2 advantage.
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WVU made things interesting in the ninth. After Watts-Brown struck out the first two batters, a hit by pitch, double and another hit by pitch loaded the bases.
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But Watts-Brown came up big, striking out Wallace to end the game.
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With the win, the 12th-ranked Cowboys improved to 38-17 and advance to face Oklahoma Friday at 6:30 p.m. The No. 14 Mountaineers dropped to 39-18.
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OSU's win also marked a milestone for 11th-year head coach Josh Holliday as it was the 400th victory of his career.
ย
The duo of Nolan McLean and Juaron Watts-Brown led the way for OSU with strong showings on the mound.
ย
McLean made his second career start and allowed just two runs on four hits while striking out four in six innings of work, which marked a career long.
ย
Watts-Brown came out of the bullpen for the first time this season to open the seventh and tossed three shutout innings to earn the win and improve to 6-4. The righty allowed just two hits and racked up seven strikeouts.
ย
Roc Riggio was the hero offensively as he smacked a go-ahead single in the bottom of the eighth inning off WVU All-Big 12 closer Carlson Reed.
ย
The Cowboys jumped out to an early lead in the first. After the first three batters reached safely to load the bases, Chase Adkison delivered a sacrifice fly to right field to bring home a run. Up next, Nolan Schubart collected an RBI on a groundout as Riggio scampered home and slid in just ahead of the tag to put the Pokes up 2-0.
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The Mountaineers answered with a run in the second. Landon Wallace led off the inning with a double, and two groundouts brought him home to cut the OSU lead to one.
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The score remained 2-1 until the sixth when WVU loaded the bases with one out and scored the tying run on a groundout to first.
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With the game knotted at 2-2 through 7 ยฝ innings, David Mendham led off the home half of the eighth with an infield single and moved to second on a sac bunt by Marcus Brown. Following a walk to Zach Ehrhard, Riggio stepped to the plate and smoked a pitch to right field to give OSU a 3-2 advantage.
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WVU made things interesting in the ninth. After Watts-Brown struck out the first two batters, a hit by pitch, double and another hit by pitch loaded the bases.
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But Watts-Brown came up big, striking out Wallace to end the game.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Watts-Brown, Juaron (6-4)
L: Reed, Carlson (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Wetherholt, J.J. 1 ; McNeely, Caleb 1 ; Wallace, Landon 1 ; Sauve, Logan 1
RBI: White, Sam 1 ; Barry, Braden 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wetherholt, J.J. 1 ; Wallace, Landon 1
HBP: Wetherholt, J.J. 2 ; Hussey, Grant 1
Batting:
RBI: Riggio, Roc 1 ; Adkison, Chase 1 ; Schubart, Nolan 1
SH: Ehrhard, Zach 1 ; Brown, Marcus 1
SF: Adkison, Chase 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ehrhard, Zach 1 ; Riggio, Roc 1 ; Mendham, David 1
CS: Benge, Carson 1
HBP: Benge, Carson 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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RBI
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4
R
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H
1
RBI
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