Oklahoma State University Athletics
Oklahoma State University
8-0
Grand Canyon
3-6
Cowboy Baseball Opens Weekend With Victory
March 05, 2021 | Cowboy Baseball
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STILLWATER โ Oklahoma State extended its winning streak Friday at O'Brate Stadium as the 11th-ranked Cowboys collected an 11-5 win over Grand Canyon.
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With the win, OSU improved to 8-0, its best-ever start to a season under ninth-year head coach Josh Holliday and the best by the Cowboys since beginning the 1995 season 11-0.
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Parker Scott continued to dominate on the mound as he worked six innings and allowed just one run on four hits. The southpaw posted seven strikeouts and did not issue a walk as he improved to 3-0 with a 1.06 ERA on the year.
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Offensively, Christian Encarnacion-Strand continued to do damage via the long ball as he smashed his team-leading fourth home run of the season and finished with three RBIs. Matt Golda drove in a pair of runs for the Pokes, while Alix Garcia and Cade Cabbiness also had RBIs.
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GCU (3-6) took the game's initial lead in the fourth, going up 1-0 on an RBI single by Elijah Buries.
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But the Cowboys would not trail for long. In the bottom of the inning, Nolan McLean started a two-out rally with a double. After Jake Thompson was hit by a pitch, Encarnacion-Strand stepped to the plate and delivered a three-run homer to right field to put the Pokes up 3-1.
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The home team would maintain that lead the rest of the way.
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The Cowboys doubled their run total in the sixth, plating three runs on RBIs from Garcia and Cabbiness.
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Leading 6-2 in the eighth, OSU got a huge performance out of the bullpen by Brett Standlee. After the Lopes loaded the bases with one out following two walks and a single, Standlee came on and struck out the next two batters to end the threat.
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The Pokes rode that momentum into the bottom of the inning as they rallied for five runs, taking advantage of some erratic pitching by GCU and also getting a two-RBI double off the bat of Golda.
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The two teams return to action Saturday, with first pitch scheduled for 4 p.m. at O'Brate Stadium.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Scott, Parker (3-0)
L: Barnes, Zach (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Burton, Brock 2
HR: Ortiz, Channy 1
RBI: Ortiz, Channy 3 ; Buries, Elijah 1 ; Wilson, Tyler 1
SF: Wilson, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ortiz, Channy 1 ; Colato, Juan 1 ; Grissom, Dominic 1 ; Wilson, Tyler 1 ; Aguilar, Tayler 1
PO: Wilson, Jacob 1
Batting:
2B: McLean, Nolan 1 ; Thompson, Jake 1 ; Golda, Matt 1
HR: Encarnacion-Strand, Christian 1
RBI: Encarnacion-Strand, Christian 3 ; Garcia, Alix 1 ; Cabbiness, Cade 1 ; Golda, Matt 2
SF: Cabbiness, Cade 1
Base Running:
RUNS: McLean, Nolan 1 ; Thompson, Jake 2 ; Sifrit, Noah 1 ; Encarnacion-Strand, Christian 3 ; Campbell, Justin 1 ; Gardner, Dylan 1 ; Cabbiness, Cade 1 ; Golda, Matt 1
SB: Cabbiness, Cade 1
HBP: Thompson, Jake 1 ; Encarnacion-Strand, Christian 1 ; DeNicola, Nick 1
