Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Defeat Grambling 11-9
June 05, 2003 | Cowboy Baseball
The Cowboys took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first scoring on an RBI single by Curt Anthony which got past the Grambling leftfielder that plated Ronté Langs and Nebasett Brown.
The Tigers stormed back in the bottom of the first to tie the game at 2-2 with both runs coming off a double by Gilbert Lanoix.
OSU added runs in the second and third innings and took a 4-2 lead. The Tigers came back with a run in the third off a RBI single by Dustin Ebanks and then tied the game in the fourth with a RBI groundout by Juan Alexander.
The Cowboys took the lead back for good in the fifth when Robert Smith was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded as OSU took a 5-4 lead.
Brown's triple extended the Pokes lead to three and he eventually scored to give OSU a 8-4 lead.
After Grambling scored a run in the bottom of the sixth, Luke Scott gave the Pokes a 10-5 advantage in the seventh with a two-run homer to rightfield, his first round-tripper as a Cowboy.
Grambling rallied for three runs in the seventh to cut the OSU lead to 10-8.
The Cowboys and Tigers traded runs in the ninth and Quenten Patterson pitched the final two innings to pick up the first save of his OSU career.
Oklahoma State improved to 3-3 on the year while Grambling fell to 3-2. OSU will be back on the road next week as the Cowboys travel to San Diego, Calif. and play in the San Diego Classic. The Pokes will open the tournament against the University of San Diego on Thurs., Feb. 17 at 4 p.m. CST.
Oklahoma State 211 013 201 --11
Grambling 200 111 301 --9
Merrigan, Salisbury (3), Rutledge (6), Patterson (8) and Heal, Budde. Darrington, McClendon (5), Gauthier (8), Reese (9) and Navarro, Mason. W- Salisbury 1-0, L- Darrington 0-1, Sv- Patterson (1) HRs- OSU: Scott (1), GSU: Cottonham (2)
