Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Travel To Tulsa To Take On Oral Roberts
April 03, 2006 | Cowboy Baseball
vs.
Oral Roberts (13-12)
April 4 • 7:05 p.m.
Tulsa • Drillers Stadium (10,997)
Oklahoma State
The Cowboys are 18-7 on the season after sweeping a three-game series against Texas A&M in Stillwater over the weekend. OSU won all three games against the Aggies by scoring in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Cowboys are 32-24 all-time against Oral Roberts.
Oral Roberts
The Golden Eagles are 13-12 overall after a 14-11 loss to Bethune Cookman on Sunday. ORU did win 2-of-3 games against BCC and has won three of its last four contests.
Last Meeting — May 10, 2005
Corey Brown's two-out, two-RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning gave OSU a 6-5 win over the Golden Eagles in Stillwater. Brown was 3-for-5 with four RBIs in the game.
Polls
Neither team is ranked in any of the four major polls.
The Coaches
OSU's Frank Anderson is 90-56 in his third season with the Cowboys, including a 1-0 all-time mark against Oral Roberts.
Rob Walton is 105-43 in his third season at Oral Roberts and 0-1 against the Cowboys.
On The Air
All OSU baseball games will be carried live by Stillwater Radio on KSPI 93.7 FM and 780 AM. Rex Holt, who is in his 24th season as the play-by-play voice of Cowboy baseball, will call the action. The radio broadcast can also be accessed via the internet at www.okstate.com (link is available under Audio Webcast). Those wishing to follow the game via live stats can also log in to www.okstate.com.
Tuesday's game against ORU is scheduled to be televised in Tulsa by Cox Sports Television on a tape-delayed basis beginning at 9 p.m.
About Oral Roberts
The Golden Eagles are coached by Oklahoma State alumnus Rob Walton, who has led ORU to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first two seasons at the helm. ORU, which has won the last eight Mid-Continent Conference titles, is 13-12 in 2006 and has wins over Tulane and Kansas State.
As A Matter Of Fact: Walton played at Oklahoma State from 1983-86, where he helped lead the Cowboys to four-straight College World Series. A pitcher, Walton was 20-6 in his OSU career, which included a shutout win in the 1986 CWS.
Players To Watch
• Tim Torres, SS - Torres is hitting .317 with a team-high six homers and 28 runs scored. The senior also has 15 RBIs and six stolen bases.
• Chad Rothford, 1B - A JUCO transfer, Rothford is hitting .310 with five home runs and leads ORU with 23 RBIs.
• Jake Kahaulelio, 2B - Kahaulelio leads the Golden Eagles with 33 hits and has two homers and 20 RBIs to go along with a .324 batting average.
Probable Starting Pitcher
Taylor McIntyre, LHP - In 10 appearances, including seven starts, McIntyre is 1-3 with a 6.46 ERA. He has recorded 26 strikeouts in 30.2 innings.
Aluminum Assault
Frank Anderson has called his 2006 squad the best offensive team he's had since arriving in Stillwater, and the Cowboys are proving their head coach prophetic.
OSU leads the Big 12 Conference with a .336 batting average and has three players — Deik Scram, Tyler Mach and Corey Brown — among the top 17 in the league in batting average. Eight Cowboy regulars are hitting over .300, with Scram and Mach both topping the .400 mark.
The Cowboys have scored 215 runs in 25 games and have collected 306 hits — averages of 8.6 runs and 12.2 hits per game. The Cowboys have scored 10 or more runs 12 times and have had 12 games where they racked up at least 15 hits, including three contests in which they topped the 20-hit mark.
OSU leads the Big 12 with 113 extra-base hits and is tied for third in the league with 31 home runs.
Take Note: OSU is outscoring its opponents 117-56 in the first four innings of games.
Cardiac Cowboys
Oklahoma State earned its second three-game series sweep of the 2006 season in dramatic fashion last weekend against Texas A&M. The Cowboys scored the winning runs in their final at bat in each of the three wins in Stillwater.
In Friday's contest, Adam Carr led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a triple, and Keanon Simon brought him home with a sacrifice fly for a 10-9 OSU win. On Saturday, the Cowboys trailed 3-2 entering their final at bat, but John Schindler led off the inning with a home run, and Jordy Mercer provided the game winner with a bases loaded single. Then in the finale, it was Mercer scoring the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Matt Clarkson in OSU's 12-11 win.
