Oklahoma State University Athletics
Adam Carr Leads Oklahoma State Past Western Illinois 13-5
March 16, 2005 | Cowboy Baseball
Carr's two triples tied an OSU single game individual mark, while the squad tied a team best of four triples in a game. Both records had been reached several times previously.
Cowboy starter (2-1) picked up the win, allowing three runs, one earned, on eight hits in six innings of work with four strikeouts. Reliever pitched three innings of relief to qualify for his first save of the year.
An RBI triple by Carr and a RBI double by catcher staked the Pokes to a 2-0 first inning lead. Carr hit another run scoring triple in the third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Parrish to extend the advantage to 4-0.
OSU added another run in the fourth, before Western
The Cowboys broke open the game with a four-run sixth, highlighted by a three-run homer by Carr, his eighth of the year.
Malan added a two-run single in the seventh to cut the lead to 9-5, but OSU responded with two more runs of its own in the bottom half on a RBI single by Ty Wright and a RBI triple by .
Carr accounted for the final score of the game, with a two-run blast over the leftfield wall to make it 13-5.
, Wright and Gutierrez had two hits each in the Pokes 14 hit attack
Leatherneck starter Tim Navin (0-4) took the loss, allowing seven earned runs on nine hits in 5.1 innings of work. Several players had two hits on the day with Kyle Malan leading the way with four RBIs.
The Cowboys will open Big 12 play this weekend against
