Oklahoma State University Athletics
Baseball Squad Drops Hard-Fought Battle Against Oklahoma, 7-5
June 05, 2003 | Cowboy Baseball
The Sooners swept the series and improved to 31-15 on the season and 14-7 in Big 12 play while the Cowboys dropped to 27-17 and 9-12 in league play.
The contest was tied 4-4 when Murphy ripped his triple to the rightfield wall off of OSU reliever Quenten Patterson, who was charged with the loss to drop to 0-1. Murphy scored on a single by Jason Bartlett to extend the lead to 6-4.
The Cowboys threatened to tie the score in the eighth with two men on and one out. Jeff Bajenaru came into the game in relief and got RontZ Bajenaru added a solo homer in the eighth to give OU an insurance run and a 7-4 lead. The Cowboys scored a run in the ninth off a RBI single by Jimbo McAuliff but Toby Rhodes struck out to end the game and give the Sooners the sweep. With the three wins, OU now leads the series 128-126 dating back to the 1935 season. McAuliff accounted for four of the five OSU runs with a 3-for-5 day at the plate including a two-run homer in the third which gave the Pokes a 3-2 lead. Austin Coose picked up the win in relief and improved to 4-5 on the season while Bajenaru notched his 15th save of the year and third of the series. The Cowboys will be back in action Wed., April 26 against Oral Roberts at 7 p.m. at Reynolds Stadium. OSU will host Purdue for a three game series beginning Thurs., April 27 at 7 p.m. Oklahoma State 103 000 001 - 5 6 0
Oklahoma 202 002 01X - 7 10 4
Bludau, Patterson (4), Miller (6) and Budde; Bradbury, Coose, Bajenaru and Joyner, Haggard. W- Coose 4-5, L- Patterson 0-1, Sv- Bajenaru (15) HRs: McAuliff (3), Bajenaru (7)
