Oklahoma State University Athletics
Oklahoma State University
14-7
South Dakota State
5-16
Cowboy Baseball Completes Midweek Sweep
March 18, 2026 | Cowboy Baseball
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With the win, the Cowboys improved to 14-7, including a 10-1 mark at home, while SDSU fell to 5-16.
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Smithwick led off the bottom of the ninth by sending a 3-2 pitch from Austin Henry over the right-field wall for his second walk-off blast of the season.
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Three Cowboys collected multiple RBIs in the contest, with Smithwick's three leading the way. Brock Thompson and Aidan Meola each drove in two runs.
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Kyler Zagar picked up the first win of his career as he retired the lone batter he faced in the ninth inning with a pair of Jackrabbits on base.
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SDSU plated runs against OSU starter TP Wentworth in the second and third innings and took a 5-0 advantage in the fifth.
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But the Cowboy offense broke out in the bottom of the frame, rallying for 10 runs.
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After scoring its first run on an error, OSU got RBI singles from Colin Brueggemann and Garrett Shull to cut the deficit to 5-3. Smithwick then entered the game as a pinch hitter and immediatelyย hit a game-tying, two-RBI double.
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Thompson's second hit of the big inning was a go-ahead, two-run single to put OSU up, 7-5. From there, Meola roped a two-run triple off the rightย field wall and would go on to score on a passed ball to make it a 10-5 game.
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Drew Blake finished the fifth inning on the mound for the Cowboys and returned for the sixth where he struck out a pair in a scoreless frame.
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Parker Jennings took Blake's place in the seventh inning and allowed a leadoff homer but struck out the next three batters to keep it a 10-6 game.
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Jennings stayed in the game for the eighth inning and was the beneficiary of some stellar defensive plays behind him. Thompson madeย a sliding stop at short for the first out, with Brueggemann scooping the throw out of the dirt at first. After a hit, Brueggemann made another nice play, starting a 3-6-3 double play to get out of the inning.
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OSU added an insurance run in in the eighth via a sacrifice fly from Remo Indomenico.
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In the ninth, the Jackrabbits rallied for five runs on five hits and tied the game on a wild pitch before Zagar entered the game with runners on the corners and induced a pop out to get out of the inning.
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In the bottom of the ninth, Smithwick played hero once again with his second walk-off homer in the last eight days. He also achieved the feat with a 10th inning shot against Dallas Baptist last week.
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OSU returns to Big 12 Conference action this weekend as the Cowboys host Baylor at O'Brate Stadium. Friday's series opener is scheduled for a 6 p.m. first pitch.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Zagar, Kyler (1-0)
L: Henry, Austin (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Werk, Nic 1
HR: Lang, Mason 1
RBI: Grawe, Nolan 1 ; Jirschele, Keagen 2 ; Wroblewski, Luke 1 ; Jones, Luke 1 ; Lang, Mason 3 ; Werk, Nic 1 ; Sorensen, Grant 1
SH: Sorensen, Grant 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Siegert, Owen 1 ; Grawe, Nolan 1 ; Jirschele, Keagen 1 ; Wroblewski, Luke 2 ; Jones, Luke 1 ; Finney, Travis 1 ; Lang, Mason 1 ; Taylor, Carter 2 ; Sorensen, Grant 1
SB: Grawe, Nolan 1
CS: Jirschele, Keagen 1
HBP: Wroblewski, Luke 1 ; Finney, Travis 1 ; Sorensen, Grant 1
Batting:
2B: Smithwick, Campbell 1
3B: Meola, Aidan 1
HR: Smithwick, Campbell 1
RBI: Thompson, Brock 2 ; Meola, Aidan 2 ; Smithwick, Campbell 3 ; Shull, Garrett 1 ; Indomenico, Remo 1 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1
SF: Indomenico, Remo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Thompson, Brock 2 ; Meola, Aidan 1 ; Smithwick, Campbell 2 ; Shull, Garrett 1 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1 ; Ritchie, Kollin 2 ; Conover, Alex 1 ; Essex, Ezra 1 ; Saunders, Evan 1
SB: Thompson, Brock 1 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1 ; Essex, Ezra 1
HBP: Meola, Aidan 1 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1
