OSU Baseball: Cowboys Knock Off No. 1 Texas A&M in Houston

For the fifth time in the Josh Holliday era, the Cowboys have knocked off a No. 1 team.

Oklahoma State beat Texas A&M 4-0 on Saturday night in Houston as part of the Astros Foundation College Classic off the back of a strong performance from three Cowboy pitchers.

Hawaii transfer Harrison Bodendorf got things rolling with his best outing as a Poke. He picked five innings where he allowed just one hit and walked one while striking out seven. The Aggies got a runner to third in the bottom of the fourth after Bodenforf gave up a double and a walk to start the inning, but after a strikeout and a fielder’s choice, he left that runner 90 feet glory with an inning-ending strikeout.

Sit down, be humble!@HBodendorf12‘s 5⃣th K of the night ends another scoreless frame for the southpaw#GoPokes pic.twitter.com/L9wkuL8lXD

— OSU Cowboy Baseball (@OSUBaseball) March 2, 2025

Stillwater High alum Drew Blake took the ball in the sixth. He struck out four of the first five batters he faced before giving up a single. But that would be all he would allow. Blake threw three innings where he struck out five and gave up one hit.

Division-II Westmont College transfer Sean Youngerman came in to close. It wasn’t the cleanest ninth inning, but it got the job done. The Aggies started with back-to-back singles, putting runners on the corners with no outs. After a popup secured out one, the runner on first advanced to second on a while pitch. But Youngerman got a big strikeout before ending the game with a groundout.

The only run the Cowboys would actually need came in the third inning off the bat of a freshman. Garrett Shull, out of Enid, hit a solo home run off the left-field foul pole. It was the first home run of his career.

Frosh off the foul pole for his 1st career bomb#GoPokes | @gshull_8 pic.twitter.com/87068LS83S

— OSU Cowboy Baseball (@OSUBaseball) March 2, 2025

Arkansas transfer Jayson Jones tripled to right-center in the fourth inning, and Nolan Schubart was able to score from first to make it 2-0. Then Jones scored on a fielding error to make it 3-0.

Send him home JJ

RBI 3B for @jay_joness13 extends our lead in the 3rd#GoPokes pic.twitter.com/6KvZi2brIm

— OSU Cowboy Baseball (@OSUBaseball) March 2, 2025

OSU added another run via error in the fifth.

It’s a nice win for the Cowboys, who fell to Tennessee on Friday to start the event. OSU is up to 5-4 this season and will play No. 18 Mississippi State at 2:05 p.m. Sunday. The Aggies were 5-0 but have now dropped four straight to four different teams: Cal Poly, Texas State, Arizona and now OSU.

OSU will be home all next week, with games against Winthrop on Tuesday and Wednesday before a weekend series against Illinois State.