Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Complete Sweep Of Nicholls State With 12-4 Win
March 05, 2007 | Cowboy Baseball
STILLWATER, Okla. - Oklahoma State completed its first weekend series sweep of the season with a 12-4 win over Nicholls State on Sunday at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.
Sunday's win was the fifth straight for the 21st-ranked Cowboys, who improved to 10-3. Nicholls State dropped to 3-10 with the loss.
OSU jumped on the visitors in the bottom of the first. After a Corey Brown single, Tyler Mach ripped an RBI double to center field for a 1-0 lead, and Matt Mangini gave the Cowboys' a two-run advantage with an RBI single.
The Colonels plated a run in the second and took a 3-2 lead in the third on RBIs by Brett Hoeflich and Ryan Bledsoe, but that score did not hold up for long.
Coach Frank Anderson's squad took command of the contest in the bottom of the third with a seven-run rally in which the Cowboys sent 11 batters to the plate.
Mach got the scoring started with his second RBI double of the contest, and Mangini followed with a run-scoring double of his own to put the Cowboys back on top by a 4-3 count. A bases-loaded single by Matt Lopez scored a pair of runs, and Keanon Simon followed with the big blow of the inning as he smashed a three-run home run to right-centerfield for a 9-3 OSU lead.
OSU would score three more runs as they collected 14 hits on the day, with six different Cowboys getting at least two hits.
Lopez paced the Cowboys' offensive attack as the redshirt freshman shortstop raised his season batting average over .300 with a 3-for-5 day at the plate. He also collected three RBIs and hit the first homer of his career in the sixth inning.
Mangini finished 3-for-4 and tied a season high with four RBIs, while Simon had two hits and three RBIs in five trips to the plate.
Freshman Andrew Oliver picked up the win on the mound to improve to 3-0. The southpaw allowed four runs on eight hits in 4.1 innings of work.
OSU returns to action Tuesday when they travel to Arlington, Texas, for a 5 p.m. contest against Texas-Arlington.
Sunday's win was the fifth straight for the 21st-ranked Cowboys, who improved to 10-3. Nicholls State dropped to 3-10 with the loss.
OSU jumped on the visitors in the bottom of the first. After a Corey Brown single, Tyler Mach ripped an RBI double to center field for a 1-0 lead, and Matt Mangini gave the Cowboys' a two-run advantage with an RBI single.
The Colonels plated a run in the second and took a 3-2 lead in the third on RBIs by Brett Hoeflich and Ryan Bledsoe, but that score did not hold up for long.
Coach Frank Anderson's squad took command of the contest in the bottom of the third with a seven-run rally in which the Cowboys sent 11 batters to the plate.
Mach got the scoring started with his second RBI double of the contest, and Mangini followed with a run-scoring double of his own to put the Cowboys back on top by a 4-3 count. A bases-loaded single by Matt Lopez scored a pair of runs, and Keanon Simon followed with the big blow of the inning as he smashed a three-run home run to right-centerfield for a 9-3 OSU lead.
OSU would score three more runs as they collected 14 hits on the day, with six different Cowboys getting at least two hits.
Lopez paced the Cowboys' offensive attack as the redshirt freshman shortstop raised his season batting average over .300 with a 3-for-5 day at the plate. He also collected three RBIs and hit the first homer of his career in the sixth inning.
Mangini finished 3-for-4 and tied a season high with four RBIs, while Simon had two hits and three RBIs in five trips to the plate.
Freshman Andrew Oliver picked up the win on the mound to improve to 3-0. The southpaw allowed four runs on eight hits in 4.1 innings of work.
OSU returns to action Tuesday when they travel to Arlington, Texas, for a 5 p.m. contest against Texas-Arlington.
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