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Oklahoma Defeats Oklahoma State 5-2
May 17, 2002 | Cowboy Baseball
May 17, 2002
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Leftfielder Jason Fransz' two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth broke a 2-2 and propelled Oklahoma to a 5-2 win over Oklahoma State in baseball action Friday night at SBC Bricktown Ballpark.
Shortstop Eddie Cornejo singled with one out in the eighth before Fransz belted his 14th homer of the year off of Cowboy starter Chris Reilly. Charlie Frasier and Chris Jakubauskas both followed with singles before Ryan Richardson blooped a RBI single to right to give the Sooners a 5-2 lead.
With the win OU tied the series at 1-1 and improved to 32-23 overall and 14-12 in the Big 12 while Oklahoma State fell to 37-18 and 13-12 in league play.
Oklahoma State opened the scoring with two runs in the top of the second. Josh Fields led off the stanza with a walk and advanced to second on Rob Watson's bunt single. Fields scored on a throwing error by Sooner third baseman Matt Bose on a bunt single by Paul Powell. Catcher Matt Oakes then grounded out to short allowing Watson to score the second Cowboy run.
Oklahoma rallied back in the bottom of the third scoring two runs to tie the game. Second baseman Matt Fisher had a RBI double and shortstop Eddie Cornejo a RBI single to account for the Oklahoma runs.
Both starting pitchers held the offenses scoreless until the Sooners' three-run eighth. Chris Reilly gave up five runs in 7.1 innings on nine hits with seven strikeouts to fall to 6-3 on the year while reliever Curtis White pitched two scoreless innings of relief to move to 1-2.
The Cowboys opened the scoring in the first inning on a RBI single by Daylon Monette that plated second baseman Nebasett Brown who tripled earlier in the stanza. They added a run in the second and a run in the third on a sacrifice fly by Zach Cates to make it 3-0.
Centerfielder Jeff Salazar extended his hitting streak to 21 games with a single in the seventh inning. His streak is the best at OSU since Monty Farriss' 25-game skien in 1988.
The teams will play the rubber game of the three-game set tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in Oklahoma City. Senior righthander Nick McCurdy will go on the hill for the Pokes while junior righty Austin Mix will throw for the Sooners.
