Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Top Minnesota, 16-9
March 06, 2010 | Cowboy Baseball
March 6, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS - Oklahoma State scored early and late as the Cowboys knocked off host Minnesota, 16-9, Saturday night at the Dairy Queen Classic in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
The Cowboys racked up 20 hits in improving to 4-1 on the season. Luis Uribe was 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs, while Davis Duren and Kevin David each added three RBIs.
Freshman Kevin Chambers picked up his first-career win on the mound with 4.1 innings of relief work, while Brad Propst closed out the final 1.2 innings for his first save of the season.
OSU's bats were hot early against Minnesota starter Luke Rasmussen. The Cowboys batted around in the second inning, erupting for six runs on six hits, as Uribe, Duren, David, Mark Ginther and Dusty Harvard each collected RBIs.
The Cowboys doubled their lead with six more runs in the third, this time besting their second-inning total with seven hits. Harvard, Duren, Tom Belza, Nico Rosthenhausler and Dane Phillips all had RBI hits in the frame, while David drove in his second run with a sacrifice fly.
Things got dicey for OSU in the bottom of the third, however. After cruising through the first two innings, freshman Andrew Heaney failed to record an out in the third as he walked three and gave up a pair of hits before being pulled.
Minnesota (2-7) managed to cut its deficit in half in the third, scoring six runs on four hits in the inning.
The Golden Gophers chipped away at OSU's lead with a run in the fourth and two in the sixth, but Chambers was strong on the hill as he allowed just two runs and struck out six in his third-career appearance.
OSU put the game away in the ninth as Uribe blasted a three-run homer into the left field seats to put the Cowboys up 15-9. The Pokes added their final run on an RBI single off the bat of David.
The Cowboys conclude tourney action Sunday against Loyola Marymount at 11 a.m.
