Oklahoma State University Athletics
Oklahoma State Rallies To Defeat Missouri 8-5
April 17, 2005 | Cowboy Baseball
The Cowboys swept the three-game series and improved to 27-14 overall and 8-7 in Big 12 play, while the Tigers, who entered the weekend in first place in the conference, fell to 27-9 and 8-4 in league action.
led off the seventh with an infield single and popped up to first, setting up Parrish's homer. He hit it to straight away center off of reliever Andrew Johnston (2-2) to give the Cowboys a 7-5 lead.
, who went 4-for-5 on the day, hit a solo homer in the eighth to extend the advantage to 8-5.
The Tigers touched Rivas for two runs in the third on RBI singles by Zane Taylor and Evan Frey to take a 5-0 lead.
The Pokes cut into the lead in the bottom of the inning with Parrish's first homer of the game, a three-run shot to left off of
OSU then tied the contest in the fourth on RBI singles by and
Rivas (2-3) picked up the win with a solid relief outing, allowing two runs on five hits in 7.1 innings of work with three strikeouts and two walks. After giving up the two runs in the third he held the Tigers scoreless for the final six innings of the game.
had a career-best four hits on the afternoon and eight of the nine Cowboy starters chipped in with at least a hit each.
