Cowboy Baseball Drops Midweek Bedlam Contest

Tuesday, March 29

Tulsa, OK

7:00 PM

Oklahoma State University

18-7

Oklahoma

15-8

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma

Aidan Meola

March 30, 2022 | Cowboy Baseball

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TULSA, Okla. – Oklahoma State's 11-game win streak came to an end Tuesday night as the No. 2 Cowboys fell to Bedlam-rival Oklahoma in a non-conference affair at ONEOK Field.

The loss drops the Cowboys to 18-7 while Oklahoma improves to 15-8.

David Mendham led OSU at the plate with a 3-for-4, two-RBI night that included a double and home run. Zach Ehrhard drove in a pair of runs with a double and also walked three times.

Trevor Martin took the loss on the mound to fall to 1-1 as he came on with OSU leading by a run in the ninth and allowed two runs on a hit and three walks.

The Cowboys put together a big inning in the top of the second to take an early lead. Mendham led the inning off with a double, and Hueston Morrill drove him in with a double of his own two batters later. Aidan Meola, making his first career start, then singled with two outs to drive in Morrill. After the next batter was hit by a pitch, Ehrhard capped the inning off with a two-RBI double down the left-field line to make it 4-0.

Oklahoma answered in a big way in the bottom of the inning. The Sooners managed three runs on four hits in the inning against OSU starter Mitchell Stone to reduce the Cowboys' lead to just one.

OSU doubled its lead in the top of the fifth. Ehrhard drew a one-out walk, and two batters later, Nolan McLean was hit by a pitch. Mendham hit a line drive to left that ricocheted off the glove of the diving OU left-fielder for a single, bringing Ehrhard in to score and make it 5-3.

The Sooners tied things in the sixth. A hit by pitch and a walk put the tying run on first base before Jackson Nicklaus doubled down the third-base line, driving in both runs and evening things at 5-5.

Mendham put the Cowboys back on top in the eighth. On a 2-2 count to lead off the inning, Menham crushed a solo home run to left field, with the ball leaving the yard despite a strong wind blowing against it. It was his third home run of the season and it put Oklahoma State back on top 6-5.

In the decisive ninth, a hit batter and two wild pitches put the tying run on third with no outs before a single tied the game. Two more walks would load the bases before a final base on balls would bring in the winning run for OU.

The Cowboys return to Big 12 action Friday at Kansas State, with the opener set for a 6 p.m. first pitch.