Oklahoma State University Athletics
Oklahoma State University
35-18-1
UC Santa Barbara
40-18
Cowboy Baseball Drops NCAA Regional Opener
June 04, 2021 | Cowboy Baseball
Box Score (PDF)
TUCSON, Ariz.ย โ Oklahoma State fell to the elimination bracket of the NCAA Tucson Regional Friday as the second-seeded Cowboys dropped a 14-4 contest to third-seeded UC Santa Barbara in the Regional's opening game at Hi Corbett Field.
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With the loss, the Cowboys fell to 35-18-1 on the season and will face the loser of the Arizona-Grand Canyon Saturday at 1 p.m. (CST).
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In extending its winning streak to nine games, the Gauchos improved to 40-18. Southpaw Rodney Boone led the way for UCSB, striking out 11 in 7 1/3 innings to improve to 11-4, while Marcos Castanon went 5-for-6 with five RBIs at the plate.
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OSU starter Justin Campbell allowed a season-high eight runs in falling to 7-2 on the season. The right-hander worked six innings and issued three walks while striking out two.
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Offensively, Jake Thompson led the Cowboys with a 2-for-3 day that included a home run, while Carson McCusker and Cade Cabbiness tallied RBIs.
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UCSB took the game's initial lead in its first at bat as Castanon's two-out single plated Cole Cummings, who had tripled earlier in the inning.
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The Cowboys tied the game in the bottom of the inning. With runners on first and second and one out, Thompson grounded to second base. But a throwing error by UCSB shortstop Jordan Sprinkle trying to turn a double play brought home the tying run.
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The game remained tied until the fourth. The Gauchos opened the frame with back-to-back singles to put runners on the corners, and a squeeze bunt with one out plated a run as Jason Willow slid into home just ahead of Brock Mathis' tag.
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After a double steal, an RBI groundout by Sprinkle extended the UCSB lead to 3-1 before the Cowboys escaped further damage.
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OSU got back on the board in the bottom of the fourth as Thompson led off with a home run to right-center field, with his fourth blast of the season cutting the Pokes' deficit to 3-2.
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UCSB added two more runs in the fifth, both of them unearned. The first came on a two-base throwing error by right fielder Cade Cabbiness, and a sacrifice fly brought home another run to make the score 5-2.
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The Gauchos' lead reached 8-2 following a three-run sixth inning. OSU threatened in the bottom of the frame, loading the bases with no outs, but the Cowboys managed just one run on an RBI groundout by Cabbiness.
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With OSU trailing 9-4 after eight innings, UCSB put the game away with a five-run ninth.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Boone, Rodney (11-4)
L: Campbell, Justin (7-2)
Batting:
2B: Castanon, Marcos 1
3B: Cummings, Cole 1
HR: Castanon, Marcos 1
RBI: Sprinkle, Jordan 1 ; Rodriguez, Zach 3 ; Castanon, Marcos 5 ; O'Connor, McClain 2 ; Bloom, Gianni 1
SH: Bloom, Gianni 1
SF: Rodriguez, Zach 1 ; O'Connor, McClain 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sprinkle, Jordan 2 ; Cummings, Cole 3 ; Rodriguez, Zach 1 ; Castanon, Marcos 3 ; Mortensen, Broc 1 ; Willow, Jason 1 ; O'Connor, McClain 2 ; Vogt, Nicolas 1
SB: Sprinkle, Jordan 1 ; O'Connor, McClain 1 ; Bloom, Gianni 1
CS: Willow, Jason 1
HBP: Cummings, Cole 2 ; Mortensen, Broc 1
Batting:
2B: Thompson, Jake 1 ; Garcia, Alix 1
3B: McLean, Nolan 1
HR: Thompson, Jake 1
RBI: Thompson, Jake 1 ; McCusker, Carson 1 ; Cabbiness, Cade 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hewitt, Max 2 ; Thompson, Jake 2
HBP: Encarnacion-Strand, Christian 1
