Oklahoma State University Athletics
Three-Run Ninth Inning Lifts Cowboys To Win Over Texas
April 19, 2008 | Cowboy Baseball
AUSTIN, Texas — Oklahoma State scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning Saturday afternoon at UFCU Disch-Falk Field to defeat No. 15 Texas, 8-7, and claim its third-straight conference series win.
With one out in the ninth, a two-RBI single by pinch hitter Michael Dabbs tied the score, and Donnie Webb brought home the game-winning run with a single of his own as the 14th-ranked Cowboys improved to 10-7 in Big 12 Conference play and 26-11 overall.
In the bottom of the ninth, Cowboy closer Jordy Mercer retired the side in order to seal the win. Mercer struck out two of the three hitters he faced for his sixth save of the season. The save is also the 14th of his career, which moves him into a three-way tie for the most career saves in OSU history.
Robbie Weinhardt earned the win on the mound with one inning of work in relief of starter Tyler Lyons. Weinhardt pitched a scoreless eighth inning to improve to 2-0 on the season.
Webb finished the game 3-for-6 at the plate and scored twice, while Neil Medchill was 3-for-4 with three RBIs.
With the loss,
In the decisive ninth, Luis Flores walked on four-straight pitches to lead off the inning and was then pinch ran for by Rafael Thomas. Up next, Medchill collected an infield single, and Rebel Ridling followed with a sacrifice bunt to put Cowboys on second and third with one out.
That brought up Dabbs, who worked the count full off UT's Pat McCrory before singling up the middle to tie the score at 7-7.
After another sacrifice bunt, this one by Thomas Belza, Webb came up with two outs and singled home Dabbs from second with the game-winning run.
OSU took an early lead in its first at bat. Webb led off the game with a double, and after a groundout, he scored on a fielder's choice RBI off the bat of Matt Hague to make the score 1-0.
The Cowboys' were not done. With two on and two out, Medchill stepped to the plate and drilled a three-run home run to right-centerfield to put OSU up 4-0. The homer was Medchill's third of the season.
The scored remained tied until the fourth, when UT's Brandon Belt led off the bottom of the frame with a solo home run to right-centerfield. After loading the bases, the Longhorns tallied their sixth run on a wild pitch. This time,
The Longhorns took a 7-4 lead in the seventh with back-to-back, two-out hits as Kyle Lusson doubled and David Hernandez followed with an RBI single.
OSU finally got back in the scoring column in the eighth as Hague brought Webb home from second with a two-out, RBI single to make the score 7-5.
UT starter Brandon Workman lasted just 2/3 of an inning, allowing four runs on four hits.
OSU goes for the series sweep Sunday at 1 p.m.
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