OSU Baseball: Cowboys Bounce Back with 13-1 Win Against Arizona

After a less-than-ideal start to their series against Arizona, the Cowboys bounced back in a big way on Friday night.

Oklahoma State dispatched of the Wildcats 13-1 in just seven innings. The Pokes went 17-for-34 (.500) at the dish with four home runs, a triple and a double.

The Cowboys also got an outstanding outing from sophomore lefty Ethan Lund. He threw all seven innings, allowing the one run off two hits while walking two and striking out 13.

He allowed a lone base runner in the final four innings while striking out eight across that stretch.

The side = STRUCKOUT 🔥

Lundy’s got double-digit Ks six times this season#GoPokes | @EthanLund36 pic.twitter.com/LjVJTA2NRH

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The Cowboys scored early and often.

They plated five in the first, an inning that included a homer from leadoff man Alex Conover and a three-run shot from Colin Brueggemann.

Con with another leadoff BLAST

Pokes up early, 1-0#GoPokes | @AlexConover36 pic.twitter.com/gwkAG4qema

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Fair enough 😮‍💨

Bruegge hits the second 💣 of the inning #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/3C9quLRFVK

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The Wildcats got their lone run in the top of the second, but the Cowboys poured on three more in the home half of the inning.

The first of those came via Kollin Ritchie’s 29th home run of the season. That ties him with Pete Incaviglia’s 1984 season for the fourth-most in a season in program history. He’s one home run away from tying Lamont Matthews (1999) and Monty Fariss (1988) for second.

Ritchie 🚀#GoPokes | @RitchieKollin pic.twitter.com/ubEGDaxyyi

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The other runs in that inning came off a Brueggemann single and a bases-loaded walk.

Brueggemann continued his massive day with an RBI single in the fourth. The OSU first baseman finished 3-for-4 with five RBIs.

Garrett Shull hit his 14th home run of the season two batters later. The solo shot made it 10-1.

Left side or right side ⁉️

Either way @gshull_8 is going YARD#GoPokes pic.twitter.com/safl6ZpaAX

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An RBI single from Brock Thompson and a two-RBI single from Aidan Meola moved that lead to 13-1, where Lund would close it out.

The series rubber match will be at noon on Saturday and is the Cowboys’ regular season finale. The Big 12 Tournament starts Wednesday in Arizona.

OSU is 35-19 overall and 17-12 in league play, which has OSU in fifth in the Big 12. The Cowboys could still climb to fourth with a win Saturday and an Arizona State loss to Houston.