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Diamond Sports: Cowgirls, Cowboys Fall in Big 12 Series Rubber Matches

It was a tough day for both of Oklahoma State’s diamond teams.

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It was a tough day for both of Oklahoma State’s diamond teams, as the Cowgirls and Cowboys came up short on their bids for Big 12 series wins.

Softball: Cyclones 8, No. 17 Cowgirls 4

The Cowgirl offense has been on the struggle bus as of late, but OSU’s 10-1 Saturday win against the Cyclones proved that offense was still there. But the Cowgirls went 8-for-30 (.267) at the dish Sunday and left 11 on base. OSU was 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

The Cyclones jumped on OSU early, plating three in the first and two in the second. Iowa State was up 7-1 after four before the Cowgirls started some semblance of a comeback.

OSU got its second run in the fifth inning when a Tia Warsop single scored Karli Godwin, who doubled earlier in the inning.

Iowa State got that run back with a solo home run in the top of the sixth, but the Cowgirls responded with a pair in the bottom of the inning off a Tallen Edwards two-run shot. That would end up being all the Cowgirls could muster, though.

The Cowgirls left the bases loaded in the first and third innings, and they left two on in the fifth and sixth.

OSU is 24-14 and has lost five of its past six. The Cowgirls will host Wichita State at 6 p.m. Tuesday before heading to Orlando next weekend for a series against UCF.

Baseball: No. 24 Arizona 5, Oklahoma State 4

Out in Tucson, the Cowboys nearly won a second straight Big 12 series against a ranked opponent, but after beating the Wildcats in extras Friday night, OSU suffered back to back defeats to close the series out.

OSU started hot Sunday and led 3-0 after the top of the third inning.

A Nolan Schubart RBI groundout got the scoring started in the first, as he scored Brock Thompson.

Jayson Jones crossed the plate in the second, doing so off a slick Drew Culbertson bunt.

OSU made it three runs in three innings when Colin Brueggemann scored on a Beau Sylvester RBI groundout in the third.

The Cowboys held a 3-1 lead at the seventh-inning stretch, but that’s where the tides started to turn.

Arizona made it 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI double, and then consecutive hits in the eighth inning tied the game and then gave Arizona a 4-3 lead.

OSU tied it in the ninth off a clutch two-out solo home run from Garrett Shull.

But the Wildcats wouldn’t be denied. After a double play put the game an out away from extras, Maddox Mihalakis sent a ball over the fence in right-center for a walk-off win.

OSU falls to a disappointing 16-17 on the season. The Cowboys host Bedlam rival Oklahoma at 6 p.m. Tuesday in O’Brate Stadium before Houston comes to town for a three-game series next weekend.

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