Oklahoma State University Athletics
Puffinbarger's Grand Slam Gives Cowboys Run-Rule Victory
June 21, 1999 | Cowboy Baseball
April 30, 1998
STILLWATER, Okla. -
Rusty Puffinbarger's pinch-hit eighth-inning grand slam boosted OSU over the run rule and gave the Cowboys a shortened 14-2 victory over San Francisco Wednesday night.
Puffinbarger's first home run of the season capped off OSU's nine-run burst over the seventh and eighth innings. The slam followed five straight walks by San Francisco pitcher Sean Buller.
OSU (35-13, 13-8 Big 12) scored four times in the seventh inning, thanks to home runs from Billy Gasparino and Tony Lucca, who went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and two runs scored. Lucca had spearheaded OSU's four-run fourth inning with his 15th double of the season.
Oklahoma State will play Bedlam rival Oklahoma this weekend in a three-game series. The Cowboys and Sooners will meet at Driller Park in Tulsa on Friday at 7 p.m.; they will then play single games at Oklahoma City's Southwestern Bell Bricktown Ballpark on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Deffner, Zachos (2), Thogferson (3), Soares (4), Holiday (6), Bozied (7), Buller (8) and Evangelho. Prata, Krismer (3), Hunt (6) and Holliday. W - Krismer, 3-0. L - Soares, 3-4. Sv - Hunt, 1. HR - OSU - Lucca (17), Gasparino (12), Puffinbarger (1).
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