Baseball Team Completes Sweep of Southern Illinois

June 21, 1999 | Cowboy Baseball

Feb. 22, 1998

STILLWATER, Okla. - The Cowboys (4-4) won the third game of the three game series against Southern Illinois, 8-6, Sunday afternoon.

Southern Illinois, a Division I school, scored first in the second inning, its only lead of the three games. Oklahoma State rallied in the bottom half of the fourth inning, with senior Steve Hill hitting a three-run home run to take the lead.

Oklahoma State would later get a pair of runs in the seventh inning to close the game.

Oklahoma State head coach Tom Holliday celebrated his 50th win of his head coaching career..

Oklahoma State will continue its homestand Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. against Centenary.

Oklahoma State 8, Southern Illinois 6
Southern Illinois   010  100  400  -   6   8  3
Oklahoma State      000  311  21    -  8  11  2

Dreier, Prata (6) and Puffinbarger. Heuring, Pecoraro (6) and Phelan.
W- Prata, 1-0.  L- Pecoraro, 0-1.  Sv- none.
HR- OSU - Lucca (4), Holliday (2), Hill (1).