OSU Baseball: Cowboys Close Out Nonconference with 12-7 Win at ORU

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The Cowboys only needed eight hits to score 12 runs and they bounced back in a big way on Tuesday.

No. 21 Oklahoma State defeated Oral Roberts 12-7 in the Cowboys’ final nonconference game of the season. The Cowboys rallied after trailing 6-2 at the end of five innings before they started scoring runs in bunches.

Kollin Ritchie came in leading the Cowboys in home runs. Meanwhile, Avery Ortiz had one in just 25 at-bats after missing a chunk of the season with a groin injury.

He flipped the game in one swing.

Ortiz stepped to the plate in the sixth and drilled just his second home run of the season. It was a big one.

His sixth-inning grand slam turned a 6-4 OSU deficit to an 8-6 Cowboy lead and they never looked back.

Glad to have ya back, @averyortiz_7

Go-ahead grand slam for AO#GoPokes pic.twitter.com/WvaZh74amr

— OSU Cowboy Baseball (@OSUBaseball) May 13, 2026

Ritchie added a solo bomb on the very next at-bat to make it 9-6 Pokes. It was not only his 28th home run of the season but was his 50th career homer making him one of only 10 Cowboys to achieve that feat.

Ritchie 🚀

Outta here in a hurry – and another milestone for @RitchieKollin #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/Nzjpr2Qnnf

— OSU Cowboy Baseball (@OSUBaseball) May 13, 2026

Ortiz batted another one in on a double RBI down the left field line in the seventh to make it 10-6. Then in the eighth, OSU doubled ORU up with a two-run double from Remo Indomenico to make it 12-6. He finished 3-4 with five RBI.

ORU cut into that lead with a run in the bottom of the eighth but the Cowboys closed it out with in the ninth thanks to some stingy pitching by Jake Kennedy.

While the pair of Ortiz and Ritchie may capture the headlines for the rally, it was Alex Conover who got the Cowboys on the board. He had a solo homer in the first and second innings before ORU scored four-straight over the third and fourth.

Zane Burns got the start from the mound for the Pokes but gave up those four early runs in four innings pitched. He allowed five hits, walked one and struck out two. Parker Jennings only lasted part of an inning and gave up two runs in his three at-bats faced.

Kennedy earned the win, clamping down on the Golden Eagles who had scored six runs in the previous two innings. He held ORU scoreless for the sixth and seventh while OSU’s bats took over. He allowed a single run in four innings and only two hits. Kennedy walked two and struck out four, including the final two ORU batters to seal the win.

This win comes off a loss to No. 16 Arizona State which broke a five-game winning streak (though the Cowboys still took that series) and give them some momentum as they head into their final weekend.

The Cowboys improve to 34-18 and have won six of the last seven ahead of a home series beginning against Arizona at 6 p.m. Thursday with other games scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday and 12 p.m. Saturday.