Oklahoma State University Athletics
Tuesday, March 30
Stillwater, OK
6:00 PM
Oklahoma State University
vs
Oklahoma
Cowboy Baseball Hosts First Bedlam At O'Brate
March 29, 2021 | Cowboy Baseball
Game Notes (PDF)
Oklahoma (13-10) at #11 Oklahoma State (15-6-1)
Tues., March 30 / 6 p.m.
O'Brate Stadium (2,700) • Stillwater, Okla.
 Â
Â
 Video/TV: ESPN+ (Dave Hunziker & Tom Holliday)
 Radio: KSPI 93.7 FM (Rex Holt & Matt Davis)
        stillwaterradio.net
 Live Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
 Twitter In-Game Updates: @OSUBaseball
Â
About Oklahoma State
   • OSU continues its long homestand at O'Brate Stadium Tuesday night when the Cowboys host Bedlam-rival Oklahoma in a non-conference tilt before opening a Big 12 series with West Virginia on Thursday. The Pokes are 15-6-1 on the season and tied for second in the Big 12 standings at 4-2, and they own a 10-3-1 mark at home.
   • The Cowboys are coming off a 13-5 showing in 2020, a season that was cut short in early March due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
   • OSU returns the majority of its 2020 roster in 2021, along with a talented group of newcomers in a recruiting class ranked in the top 25 nationally. Seven position players that started at least 13 games a year ago are back, and the Cowboys' entire starting weekend rotation also returns.
   • The 2021 season is OSU's ninth under head coach Josh Holliday, who is 299-164-2 at his alma mater.
Â
About Oklahoma
   • Oklahoma is 13-10 on the season and coming off a 1-3 week that included two losses at Texas on the weekend and a midweek loss at Texas State.
   • Led by Tyler Hardman (.478, 4 HR, 22 RBIs), the Sooners are hitting a Big 12-best .307 on the season, while their pitching staff sports a league-high 5.51 ERA.
   • Skip Johnson is in his fourth season as OU's head coach and owns a career record of 98-62.
   • OU is expected to start Javier Ramos on the mound against the Cowboys. The right-hander is 1-0 with an 8.38 ERA in seven appearances, including two starts, and has 10 strikeouts and seven walks in 9 2/3 innings of work.
Â
Cowboys vs. Sooners
   Oklahoma State owns a 175-153 record in the all-time series against Oklahoma, including a 23-7 mark under Josh Holliday.
Â
In The Polls
   OSU has appeared in the national polls each of the first seven weeks of the season and is ranked as high as No. 11 this week, earning that ranking from Collegiate Baseball. The Pokes are also ranked 16th by D1Baseball.com and in the USA Today coaches poll and 17th by the NCBWA.
   The Cowboys spent three weeks of the 2020 season in the national polls and peaked at No. 16 in theÂ
Baseball America rankings.
   From March 4, 2013 to April 3, 2017, OSU was ranked in at least one national poll, a streak of 77 consecutive weeks. During that time, the Cowboys spent 18 weeks in the Top 10 and were ranked as high as No. 3 (by the NCBWA in 2014). They have finished in the top 10 in the final national polls twice in the last six seasons — 10th in 2014 and fourth in 2016.
Â
High Five
  Oklahoma State entered the 2021 season as the fifth-winningest team in NCAA baseball history in terms of winning percentage at .661.Â
Â
2,657 & Counting
   Oklahoma State began the 2021 season 14th on the NCAA's all-time Division I wins list with 2,670. The Cowboys are one of only 25 programs in Division I history to reach 2,600 victories, and of those, only four — Florida State, Miami (Fla.), Florida and Fresno State — have played fewer seasons than OSU's 109.
Â
One Last Ride
   Due to the 2020 season being cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA granted eligibility for '20 seniors wishing to return and play in 2021. Five Cowboys took advantage of the opportunity, with Cade Cabbiness, Alix Garcia, Max Hewitt, Carson McCusker and C.J. Varela opting to return this season.
   That group gives OSU a strong veteran presence, with Cabbiness and Varela returning for their fifth years in the program and Hewitt and McCusker their fourth; entering the '21 season, the group of Cabbiness, Garcia, Hewitt and McCusker has combined to play in 414 games for the Cowboys.
Â
Four Sure
   Four of the six starting pitchers OSU has used this season — Parker Scott, Justin Wrobleski, Bryce Osmond and Justin Campbell — have combined to go 11-4 with a 2.50 ERA and 144 strikeouts in 115.1 innings.Â
   Both Wrobleski and Campbell have turned in career outings. Campbell struck out 14 in seven shutout innings at Oral Roberts, which came on the heels of a six-inning, 13-strikeout effort at Missouri State, and Wrobleski racked up 13 punchouts and allowed only one hit in seven scoreless frames vs. Grand Canyon.
   Scott ranks third nationally with five wins, while Campbell ranks fifth in the NCAA with a 0.35 ERA and 12th in strikeouts per nine innings with 15.23.
Â
Fear The Beard
   Brett Standlee has emerged as OSU's top arm out of the bullpen in 2021.
   In a team-high 11 relief appearances, the bearded one is 2-0 with three saves and a 0.66 ERA. In 13 2/3 innings, the right-hander has posted 24 strikeouts and allowed just one run on five hits, and he's been part of three of the Cowboys' five shutouts.
   Forced to redshirt the 2018 season after being declared academically ineligible, Standlee made his collegiate debut in 2019 and served roles as both a starter and reliever en route to earning a spot on the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. He appeared in 19 games, 12 as a starter, and was 3-2 with a save and a 4.26 ERA while ranking second on the team in strikeouts (55) and innings pitched (72 2/3).
   In the Big 12 Championship title game, Standlee had a memorable performance as he worked a career-high seven innings and allowed just one run while striking out three against West Virginia to earn the win in OSU's 5-2 victory.
   Last season, Standlee was again used as a starter and reliever and went 1-0 with a save, a 1.83 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 19 2/3 innings over a team-high seven appearances. He earned a win in his start at No. 8 Arizona State, tying career highs in innings pitched (7.0) and strikeouts (8) in OSU's 2-1 victory.
Â
Bombs Away
   In less than two full seasons at Yavapai JC, Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit 33 home runs in 81 games, and he's continued that power surge in his first season in Stillwater.
   Encarnacion-Strand, who has started all 22 games for the Cowboys at third base, has smacked a team-high eight home runs and also leads the Pokes with 20 RBIs.
   With Encarnacion-Strand leading the way, the Cowboys have tallied 30 homers by nine different players in 2021. Brock Mathis and Nolan McLean rank second on OSU with six round trippers apiece.
Â
Mound Menaces
   • OSU's five shutouts this season are tied for the most in the NCAA along with Mississippi State and Louisiana Tech. The school record for shutouts in a season is 13, set in 1984; in 2016, the Pokes had 10.
   • The Cowboys lead the Big 12 and rank ninth nationally with 255 strikeouts and 11.7 strikeouts per nine innings. OSU has racked up 255 strikeouts in 196 innings.
   • Justin Campbell leads the Big 12 and ranks fifth nationally with a 0.35 ERA. The righty has allowed just one earned run in his 26 innings of work.
   • Campbell posted a career-high 14 strikeouts in seven scoreless innings against Oral Roberts on March 9. The 14 strikeouts were just two shy of the OSU single-game record held by Derek Brandow.
   • In that game against the Golden Eagles, Campbell teamed with Mitchell Stone, Kale Davis and Brett Standlee to strike out 19 ORU batters. The 19 strikeouts are one shy of the OSU and Big 12 Conference record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game; the Cowboys punched out 20 against Alabama A&M on March 23, 2010. The program record for strikeouts in a game is 21, which came in a 15-inning contest against Texas in 2011.
Â
Players Mentioned
OF
/ Cowboy Baseball
RHP/1B
/ Cowboy Baseball
RHP
/ Cowboy Baseball
3B
/ Cowboy Baseball
1B
/ Cowboy Baseball
C/INF
/ Cowboy Baseball
C
/ Cowboy Baseball
OF
/ Cowboy Baseball
INF/RHP
/ Cowboy Baseball
RHP
/ Cowboy Baseball
LHP
/ Cowboy Baseball
RHP
/ Cowboy Baseball
LHP
/ Cowboy Baseball
RHP
/ Cowboy Baseball
LHP
/ Cowboy Baseball2025 Cowboy Jamboree - Women's 6k - Full Race
Friday, September 26
Inside Oklahoma State Athletics: Chad Weiberg on What's Next For Cowboy Football
Thursday, September 25
Doug Meacham Speaks After Being Named Interim Head Coach - 9-24-2025 Media Availability
Wednesday, September 24
Oklahoma State Athletics News Conference (9-23-2025)
Tuesday, September 23
