Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Swept by Texas A&M
June 21, 1999 | Cowboy Baseball
February 28, 1999
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Centerfielder Steve Truitt's two run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth lifted Texas A&M to a 4-3 win over Oklahoma State in front of 4,343 fans at Olsen Field Sunday afternoon.
The win gave the Aggies (12-2, 3-0 Big 12) the series sweep, the first time that the Cowboys (8-4, 0-3 Big 12) have been swept in Big 12 play.
Texas A&M opened the scoring in the bottom of third off of RBI singles by Daylan Holt and Ryan Scarborough giving the Aggies a 2-0 lead.
The Cowboys came back to tie the score in the top of the fifth when centerfielder Jimbo McAuliff launched his second homer of the season to leftfield.
Cowboy starter Denny New pitched five and a third innings and gave up two runs on six hits while striking out five.
Josh Holliday's RBI single in the eighth inning scored Billy Gasparino from third and gave the Pokes a 3-2 advantage.
Rusty Rushing (0-1) took the loss for the Pokes despite getting out of a bases loaded jam in bottom of the eighth. He retired the first two batters in the ninth before giving up a base hit and then the game winning home run.
Oklahoma State will be back in action at home on Tuesday, March 2, as the Pokes will square off with Prairie View A&M at 3 p.m. at Reynolds Stadium.
Oklahoma State 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 3 Texas A&M 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4New, Herrmann (6), Leu (8), Rushing (8) and Haggard. King, Russ (5) and Schumacher. W- Russ 3-0, L- Rushing 0-1. HRs- McAuliff, Truitt (6).
