Cowboys Open Homestand With Win

Tuesday, March 7

Stillwater, OK

4:00 PM

Oklahoma State University

7-5

Missouri State

10-2

Missouri State

Oklahoma State

Carson Teel

March 07, 2017 | Cowboy Baseball

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STILLWATER – Oklahoma State snapped Missouri State's eight-game winning streak Tuesday with a 7-3 win over the Bears at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.

Carson Teel racked up a career-high 10 strikeouts in relief to earn the win, and his battery mate, Michael Neustifter, went 3-for-4 with three RBIs to lead the OSU offense as the 18^th-ranked Cowboys improved to 7-5 on the season.

OSU overcame an early 2-0 deficit after starter Joe Lienhardt gave up runs in the first and second innings before the Cowboys tied it with a pair of runs in the third. Neustifter led off that inning with a double and later scored on an RBI sacrifice bunt by Ryan Cash, and the Pokes knotted the score at 2-2 on Colin Simpson's RBI single.

The pivotal inning came in the fourth. After Teel retired the Bears in order in the top of the frame, Andrew Rosa led off the home half with a walk. Two batters later, Neustifter blasted the first home run of his career, a two-run shot to left field, to put OSU up, 4-2. The Cowboys tacked on two more runs on a double by Garrett Benge later in the inning.

Pitching with a 6-2 lead, Teel gave up his only run with two outs in the fifth on a solo home run by Hunter Steinmetz.

Other than the homer, the Cowboys' sophomore southpaw dominated MSU (10-2) over the final seven innings as he allowed only three hits and did not issue a walk. His 10 strikeouts marked the most by an OSU pitcher this season.

OSU's final run came on Neustifter's third RBI of the contest, a single to center field that pushed the lead to 7-3.

Simpson also had a big day at the plate, going 3-for-4 to record his fourth-straight multiple-hit game.

OSU continues its 10-game homestand Friday at 4 p.m. when the Cowboys open a three-game series against South Dakota State at Reynolds Stadium.