Oklahoma State University Athletics
Baseball Loses in Extra Innings
April 07, 2003 | Cowboy Baseball
Texas Tech scored four runs in the first two innings to take an early lead. But the Cowboys came back in the bottom of the second scoring four runs with a spark by a Tony Lucca home run.
The Pokes would later score four runs in the third to take the lead 8-4. The Aggies would bounce back in the fifth and seventh innings scoring four runs and the Cowboys trying to answer with one in the sixth.
In the bottom of the ninth, the Cowboys rallied three runs, on a two run home run by Brad Smith. The tying run would come later with a single by Kevin Lucas scoring Rusty Puffinbarger.
Game two of the three game series will be Saturday, March 28, beginning at 2 p.m.
Texas Tech 13, Oklahoma State 12
Texas Tech 220 040 040 001 - 13 14 3 Oklahoma State 044 001 003 000 - 12 18 4
Ward, Cornejo (9), Ralston (9), Stewart (9), Allison (10), Smith (11), Wright (12) and Bard. Adkins, Bludau (7), Dreier (8), Prata (9) and Puffinbarger, Holliday (9), Haggard (11). W- Joe Smith, 1-0. L-Prata, 4-1. Sv- Shane Wright, 1. HR - TT - Ginter, Jordan. OSU- Lucca, Fournier, B. Smith.
