Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host Texas A&M In Big 12 Showdown
May 13, 2010 | Cowboy Baseball
May 13, 2010
Oklahoma State (28-20, 8-13)
vs. Texas A&M (30-18-1, 9-11-1)
. . .
May 14-16 • Stillwater, Okla.
Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
Fri. - 6:30 p.m./Sat. - 2 p.m./Sun. - 1 p.m.
Oklahoma State
OSU will look to make a move up the Big 12 Conference standings this weekend when the Cowboys host Texas A&M at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. The Cowboys are 28-20 overall and sit in seventh place in the Big 12 standings with an 8-13 conference mark.
The Cowboys are 32-23 all time against Texas A&M, with the Aggies winning 2-of-3 games last season in College Station.
OSU head coach Frank Anderson is in his seventh season at the helm of the Cowboys and has led the club to 261 wins in his career. The Pokes are coming off a season in which they finished 34-24 and advanced to the finals of the NCAA Clemson Regional. With that showing, OSU became the only Big 12 Conference team to advance to a Regional championship round each of the last four seasons.
OSU ranks third in the Big 12 with a .311 team batting average, with four of the Cowboy regulars in the starting lineup hitting .300 or better, and the pitching staff sports a collective 5.56 ERA.
About Texas A&M
The Aggies are 30-18-1 on the season and in sixth place in the Big 12 standings with a 9-11-1 league mark. TAMU is hitting .296 as a team, while its pitching staff has a 3.65 ERA.
Up Next For The Cowboys
OSU closes out the regular season with five games next week. The Cowboys will host midweek games against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday and Wednesday before traveling to Waco, Texas, for the final weekend of Big 12 Conference play at Baylor.
On The Air & The Web
All OSU baseball games are carried live by Stillwater Radio and will air on KSPI 93.7 FM or 780 AM. Rex Holt, who is in his 28th season with Cowboy baseball (15th as the play-by-play voice), will call the action, with Matt "Chief" Davis providing color commentary.
Radio broadcasts and live stats can also be accessed via www.okstate.com (links are available under Schedule/Results).
Home Sweet Home
Allie P. Reynolds Stadium has been home to Oklahoma State baseball since 1981, and in those 29 seasons the Cowboys have been nearly unbeatable on their home field.
The Cowboys are 762-166 (.821) all-time at Reynolds Stadium and have lost more than two consecutive games on their home turf only once (six in a row in May 2007).
OSU is 22-7 at home in 2010.
Hot Hitters
Oklahoma State is tied for third in the Big 12 in hitting with a .311 batting average. The Cowboys are second in the league in doubles (118) and are third in sacrifice flies (28) and slugging percentage (.480).
Junior Davis Duren leads OSU with a .386 batting average, which includes a .380 clip in conference play. His average also ranks fifth in the Big 12. The second baseman and leadoff hitter leads the Cowboys with 51 RBIs (5th in Big 12) and 80 hits (T-1st in Big 12).
Freshman Dane Phillips ranks second on the Cowboys with a .353 batting average and has hit safely in 33 of the 47 games in which he's played, including turning in a 15-game hitting streak. He is third on the Cowboys with 17 multi-hit games.
JUCO transfer Luis Uribe is hitting .328 and has homered in three of OSU's last four games.
Sophomore third baseman Mark Ginther is hitting .327 and ranks in the top 10 in the Big 12 in homers (10), RBIs (51), doubles (15) and total bases (113).
Lyons Climbing The Charts
Tyler Lyons is poised to finish his OSU career with his name prominent throughout the Cowboys' pitching record book.
A native of Lubbock, Texas, Lyons is 22-13 in his OSU career, with his 22 wins tied for 10th on the Cowboys' all-time list.
The southpaw ranks fourth on OSU's career innings pitched list with 302.0 and is sixth on OSU's career strikeouts list with 262. Lyons has 41 career starts, which is tied for sixth on the Cowboys' career list.
Lyons is also on the verge of cracking the top 10 on OSU's career list for appearances as his 63 are two shy of that mark.
Vote For Lyons
Cowboy fans can vote for pitcher Tyler Lyons for the 2010 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for baseball.
Lyons is one of 10 finalists for the award, which is given annually to a Division I senior student-athlete who has notable achievements in four areas of excellence -- community, classroom, character and competition.
Fan balloting is available on the award's official Web site, www.seniorCLASSaward.com, as well as through text messaging. Fans can text B7 to 74567 to vote for Tyler. Voting will end May 31, and the online and text votes will be combined with votes from coaches and media to determine the recipient of the award.
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