Oklahoma State University Athletics

Cowboy Baseball Tops DBU
March 31, 2026 | Cowboy Baseball
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With their second win over DBU this season, the Cowboys improved to 18-11; DBU is now 16-13.
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Colin Brueggemann had four RBIs and hit a pair of home runs for the Pokes, with Kollin Ritchie, TP Wentworth and Garrett Shull also going deep.
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Kai Fye picked up the win in relief of Wentworth, who started on the mound and at DH. Fyke improved to 2-0 as he worked three innings and allowed just one run while tying a career high with five strikeouts.
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The Cowboys fell behind in the first inning as Luke Pettitte smacked a two-run home run to left field.
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OSU cut that lead in half in the third. After a perfectly executed hit and run put runners on the corners with two outs, Ezra Essex came in to score on a wild pitch to make the score 2-1.
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The Patriots got the run back in the fourth, getting a pair of singles and a double steal of second and third before an RBI groundout extended their lead to 3-1.
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Brueggemann made it a one-run game once again in the fifth, leading off the inning with his fifth homer of the season over the wall in center field.
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The Pokes seized control of the scoreboard with a six-run rally in the sixth as they sent 11 batters to the plate.
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Ritchie got things started with a solo bomb to right field as his 17th blast of the season made it 3-3.
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The Cowboys then took advantage of the DBU pitching staff's inability to find the strike zone. After loading the bases on a single, walk and hit by pitch, Brueggemann and Wentworth drew back-to-back RBI walks. Up next, Shull was hit by a pitch to plate OSU's sixth run.
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The lead reached 8-3 when Thompson ripped a two-out, two-RBI single up the middle before DBU was able to get out of the inning.
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The Patriots loaded the bases themselves in the bottom of the inning, doing so with no outs. A sacrifice fly made the score 8-4, but Fyke was able to get another fly out and an inning-ending strikeout that left the bases full to escape further damage.
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OSU added insurance in the seventh via the long ball. Brueggemann smacked his second of the night, a two-run shot, and Wentworth followed that with his fifth homer of the season as the back-to-back jacks pushed the Cowboys' advantage to 11-4. That duo also hit back-to-back homers against DBU earlier this month in the game in Stillwater.
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Shull capped OSU's scoring with a three-run home run to center field in the eighth.
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OSU returns to action Friday when the Cowboys open a three-game series against Cincinnati at O'Brate Stadium.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Fyke, Kai (2-0)
L: Russ Smith (2-3)

Batting:
HR: Ritchie, Kollin 1 ; Brueggemann, Colin 2 ; Wentworth, TP 1 ; Shull, Garrett 1
RBI: Thompson, Brock 2 ; Ritchie, Kollin 1 ; Brueggemann, Colin 4 ; Wentworth, TP 2 ; Shull, Garrett 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Essex, Ezra 1 ; Ritchie, Kollin 1 ; Meola, Aidan 1 ; Smithwick, Campbell 1 ; Wallace, Danny 2 ; Brueggemann, Colin 4 ; Wentworth, TP 3 ; Shull, Garrett 1
SB: Essex, Ezra 1
HBP: Smithwick, Campbell 1 ; Wallace, Danny 1 ; Shull, Garrett 1

Batting:
HR: Luke Pettitte 1 ; Ryan Martin 1
RBI: Luke Pettitte 2 ; Ryan Martin 1 ; Mac Rose 2
SF: Mac Rose 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dylan Cupp 1 ; Luke Pettitte 1 ; Ryan Martin 2 ; Cooper Neville 1
SB: Cooper Neville 1 ; Dylan Schlaegel 2




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