Game Notes

Oklahoma State (9-5) vs. Missouri State (3-10)
Tues., March 12/3:35 p.m.
Allie P. Reynolds Stadium (4,000) • Stillwater, Okla.

Video/TV: FOX Sports Oklahoma & FOX Sports Go app (Dave Hunziker & Tom Holliday)
Radio: KSPI 93.7 FM (Rex Holt & Matt Davis) okstate.com/watch & stillwaterradio.net
Live Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
Twitter In-Game Updates: @OSUBaseball

About Oklahoma State
   • OSU is 9-5 on the season after going 3-1 last week, including a 2-1 showing at the Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic over the weekend.
   • The Cowboys are coming off a 31-26-1 season in 2018 in which they earned a sixth consecutive NCAA Regional berth. OSU advanced to the finals of the NCAA DeLand Regional where they lost to host Stetson.
   • OSU finished second in the Big 12 Conference standings in 2018 with a 16-8 mark, one game back of league champion Texas. It marked the fifth time in the last six seasons the Cowboys earned a top-two league finish.
   • OSU had 11 players earn All-Big 12 status a year ago, led by 2018 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Matt Kroon and All-Big 12 First Team starting pitcher Carson Teel. Seven of those all-conference Cowboys return in 2019.
   • Four Cowboys position players who started at least 35 games last season return in 2019 — catcher/outfielder Colin Simpson, outfielder Trevor Boone, first/third baseman Christian Funk and outfielder Carson McCusker.
   • The 2019 season marks OSU's seventh under head coach Josh Holliday, who is 240-137-1 at his alma mater.

About Missouri State
   • Missouri State is 3-10 on the season and has lost five consecutive games entering Tuesday's game in Stillwater.
   • The Bears are hitting .216 as a team and averaging 4.1 runs per game.
   • MSU's pitching staff sports a collective 7.70 ERA and has recorded 97 strikeouts in 111.0 innings.
   • Keith Guttin is in his 37th season as Missouri State's head coach and owns a record of 1,262-786. Guttin has led the Bears to 11 NCAA Regional appearances and the 2003 College World Series.

Cowboys vs. Bears
   Oklahoma State is 15-7 in the all-time series against Missouri State, including a 9-1 mark under Josh Holliday. Seven of the last 10 meetings have been decided by two runs or less, three of those in extra innings.
   Last 10 Meetings
   2018 - OSU 4, MSU 2 (Stillwater); OSU 10, MSU 8 (Springfield)
   2017 - OSU 7, MSU 3 (Stillwater); MSU 6, OSU 5 (NCAA Fayetteville Regional)
   2016 - OSU 6, MSU 5 (10 inn. - Springfield)
   2015 - OSU 7, MSU 2 (Stillwater)
   2014 - OSU 6, MSU 0 (Springfield); OSU 3, MSU 2 (11 inn. - Stillwater)
   2013 - OSU 5, MSU 4, (10 inn. - Stillwater); OSU 6, MSU 4 (Springfield)

High Five
OSU entered the 2019 season as the fifth-winningest team in NCAA history in terms of winning percentage at .661.

2,600 Club
   Oklahoma State began 2019 as one of only 19 programs in Division I history to reach 2,600 victories, beginning the year with 2,617 all-time wins to rank 15th all time. Of those 19 teams with 2,600 wins, only Florida State (71) has played fewer seasons than OSU's 107.

One More Season At Allie P.
   The 2019 season marks the 39th and final season of OSU's historic ballpark, Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, with the Cowboys set to begin playing in the new O'Brate Stadium in 2020.
   Allie P. has been home to Oklahoma State baseball since April 4, 1981, and in those 39 seasons, the Cowboys have established a decisive home-field advantage.
   OSU is 931-242-1 (.793) all time at Reynolds Stadium and has lost more than two consecutive games on its home turf only 10 times (six in a row in 2007; five straight in 2017; four in a row in 2016 and 2018; three straight in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018).
   The Cowboys are 5-3 on their home field in 2019.

Building A Winner
   In the first six seasons as head coach at his alma mater, Josh Holliday built an impressive resume. Among the highlights:
   • The Cowboys have earned six NCAA Regional berths, advanced to two Super Regionals and played in the College World Series for the first time since Holliday was a senior for the Cowboys in 1999.
   • OSU has finished first or second in the Big 12 Conference standings in five of its six seasons under Holliday — first in 2014, second in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018.
   • The Cowboys finished in the top 10 in the national rankings in 2014 (10th) and 2016 (4th) after ending the 2013 season ranked as high as No. 19. In 2015, they were ranked as high as 17th in the final polls
   • In 2014, OSU won its first-ever Big 12 Conference regular season championship, and the 2017 club captured the second Big 12 Championship title in program history.
   • OSU hosted NCAA Regionals in 2014 and 2015 and was the top-seeded team both times.
   • Holliday has coached 53 All-Big 12 performers, six All-Americans, two Big 12 Pitcher of the Year honorees, a Big 12 Player of the Year and a Big 12 Newcomer of the Year.

Close Calls
   OSU is 59-37 in one-run games under Josh Holliday, and 63 of the Cowboys' 137 losses under Holliday have come by two runs or less.

Comeback Cowboys
   Come-from-behind victories have been a trend for the Cowboys under Josh Holliday; OSU has overcome deficits to win 101 games in Holliday's seven seasons. The largest deficit OSU has overcome this season is six runs — the Cowboys trailed USC by a 6-0 margin after two inning on March 8 before coming back to win.

Go Pro
During Josh Holliday's tenure as head coach, Oklahoma State has had 37 players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. Eleven of those Cowboys were picked in the top 10 rounds, including 2013 first-rounder Jason Hursh.
In 2016, OSU tied a program record with 11 MLB Draft picks. (The 2007 Cowboys also had 11 draftees). The 11 draft picks tied the Cowboys with Mississippi State for the third most of any Division I program in 2016 behind only Texas A&M (13) and Southern California (12). Five of those went in the first 10 rounds, which marked the most top-10-round picks for OSU since five Pokes were taken in the top-10 rounds in 2008. Seven of the OSU players drafted were pitchers.

Chicks Dig The Long Ball
   The Cowboys' 71 home runs during the 2018 season were the most by an OSU team since 2009 when the Pokes had 81. OSU ranked 17th in the NCAA in homers last season.
   Colin Simpson led OSU's power surge a year ago, with his 18 homers, the most by an OSU player since Rebel Ridling had 18 in 2008. The last Cowboy to reach 20 round trippers in a season was Corey Brown, who smashed 22 in 2007.
   OSU smacked 11 homers in its series at Baylor, including posting seven in the game two win. That total marked OSU's most home runs in a game since the Pokes had eight against Kansas in 2006; the school record is 11 set against Chicago State in 1999.
   Led by Simpson, OSU returns a group that combined for 47 of its homers (66 percent) last season.

SOS & RPI
   Oklahoma State's strength of schedule appears stout in 2019 as the Cowboys will face 10 NCAA Regional teams from a year ago, including defending national champion Oregon State. Eight of OSU's opponents were nationally ranked in the preseason polls — UCLA (3), Michigan (17), Missouri State (24), TCU (16), Texas (14), Texas Tech (3), Oregon State (2) and Baylor (12).
   OSU is No. 27 in this week's official NCAA RPI.

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Game Notes

Oklahoma State (9-5) vs. Missouri State (3-10)
Tues., March 12/3:35 p.m.
Allie P. Reynolds Stadium (4,000) • Stillwater, Okla.

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Players Mentioned

Trevor Boone

Christian Funk

Matt Kroon

Carson McCusker

Colin Simpson

Carson Teel

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Cowboy Baseball Back In Midweek Action At Allie P.

Game Notes

Oklahoma State (9-5) vs. Missouri State (3-10) Tues., March 12/3:35 p.m. Allie P. Reynolds Stadium (4,000) • Stillwater, Okla.

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Trevor Boone

Christian Funk

Matt Kroon

Carson McCusker

Colin Simpson

Carson Teel

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Oklahoma State (9-5) vs. Missouri State (3-10)
Tues., March 12/3:35 p.m.
Allie P. Reynolds Stadium (4,000) • Stillwater, Okla.