Oklahoma State University Athletics
Green Lifts Cowboys To Series Win
April 18, 2010 | Cowboy Baseball
April 18, 2010
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Dean Green's solo home run in the top of the ninth inning propelled Oklahoma State to a series-clinching 4-3 win over Missouri Sunday at Taylor Stadium.
The win gave OSU its second Big 12 Conference series win of the season as the Cowboys improved to 5-7 in league play and 21-13 overall.
Green's home run, which led off the ninth inning and came against MU reliever Phil McCormick, was his fourth long ball of the season and highlighted a 3-for-4 day for the junior first baseman.
Kevin Chambers also had a big day for the Cowboys. The freshman started the day in right field and was 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and then worked the final 1.2 innings on the mound to earn the win. Chambers did not allow a run and gave up just one hit in improving to 4-2 on the season.
After three scoreless innings to open the game, OSU struck first with a run in the top of the fourth. Kevin David got things started with a leadoff single and after stealing second, he scored the game's first run on an RBI single by Chambers.
Mizzou (19-16, 4-8) tied the score in the fifth off OSU starter Andrew Heaney when Andrew Thigpen scored from third on a double play to make it 1-1.
Both teams would plate a pair of runs in the sixth inning. The Cowboys got an RBI double from Chambers and a sacrifice fly by Dane Phillips to take a 3-1 lead, but in the bottom of the frame the Tigers answered after a sacrifice fly of their own and an OSU throwing error that allowed the tying run to score.
The game remained deadlocked at 3-3 until Green's homer in the ninth. In their final at bat, the Tigers put the tying run on first with a two-out single, but Chambers got Michael Liberto to fly out to end the game.
OSU will return to action Tuesday with the first of a pair of midweek games at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. The Cowboys will battle St. Gregory's Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. before a Wednesday contest against Oklahoma Wesleyan at 4 p.m.
