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Cowboys Fall To No. 5 Arizona State 7-3
February 15, 2003 | Cowboy Baseball
Feb. 15, 2003
SURPRISE, Ariz. - Arizona State took advantage of two costly Oklahoma State errors in the bottom of the fifth inning and scored six runs en route to a 7-3 win in college baseball action Saturday night at Surprise Stadium.
OSU took a 1-0 in the second on a RBI single by leftfielder Ryan Olivo that plated Jason Jaramillo who reached on a triple to straight away centerfield to start the inning.
Cowboy starter Scott Baker cruised through four innings, not allowing a run until a leadoff walk sparked the Sun Devil rally in the fifth. ASU centerfielder followed the walk with a ground ball to Baker who threw the ball wide of second baseman Kenny Hansley and into centerfield. Shortstop Dustin Pedroia followed with a two-run triple to give ASU a 2-1 lead. The Sun Devils then capitalized on a fielding error by Hansley to score four more runs in the inning to take a 6-1 advantage.
The Cowboys chipped away at the lead with a RBI single by John Urick in the seventh and a RBI groundout by Chris Gutierrez in the eighth to cut the advantage to 6-3.
ASU cut the rally short in the bottom of the inning, scoring another run to make the final score 7-3.
Scott Baker took the loss to drop to 1-1 on the season while Beau Vaughan picked up the win to improve to 2-1. Baker allowed six runs, two earned in 5.1 innings of work with five walks, three strikeouts and seven hits given up. Vaughan allowed only one run in five innings of work with eight strikeouts and two walks.
Urick led the Pokes at the plate, going 2-for-4 with an RBI, while leftfielder Rod Allen led ASU with two hits and two RBIs.
Oklahoma State will close out the three-game tournament tomorrow against Gonzaga at noon CT. The Zags are 0-2 on the year after falling to Oregon State, 5-1, in the early game on Saturday.
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