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Oklahoma State Defeats Western Illinois 12-1
March 15, 2000 | Cowboy Baseball
March 14, 2000
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Oklahoma State scored three runs in the first inning and never looked back as the Cowboys defeated Western Illinois 12-1 in baseball action Tuesday afternoon at Reynolds Stadium.
Luke Scott opened the scoring when he ripped an RBI double to leftfield scoring Jimbo McAuliff and advancing Nebasett Brown to third base. Michael Lorsbach followed with a sacrifice fly to centerfield which plated Brown and Scott who scored from second base, giving the Pokes a 3-0 lead.
Darren Heal and Carl?s Gautreaux hit doubles in the second with Heal scoring giving OSU a 4-0 advantage.
The lead was extended to 7-0 in the third when Rob Watson hit a three-run homer, his fifth of the year. The Cowboys added a run in the sixth and four in the eighth to round out the scoring for OSU.
Freshman Kyle Smith hit a two-run homer in the eighth, the first hit of his Cowboy career.
The Leathernecks lone run came in the eighth when Tony Defazio hit a sacrifice fly to left scoring Kevin Koeneman from third.
Junior Josh Merrigan was dominant on the mound throwing six innings of three-hit ball. He struck out four and walked only one to improve to 4-1 on the season.
Nathan Rueter pitched the entire contest for the Leathernecks and threw 147 pitches. He gave up 10 earned runs and walked seven to drop to 0-4 on the season.
Oklahoma State won its fourth game in a row and improved to 11-7 while Western Illinois dropped to 1-14 on the year.
Both teams will be back in action tomorrow at 3 p.m. to close out the two-game series before Kansas comes to town this weekend for a three-game conference set.
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Merrigan, Patterson (7), Bludau (9) and Heal, L. Smith, Rueter and Syc. W- Merrigan 4-1 L- Syc 0-4 HRs- Watson (5), K. Smith (1).
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