Oklahoma State University Athletics
Saturday, March 2
Stillwater, OK
1:00 PM
Oklahoma State University
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Central Michigan
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Oklahoma State
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Cowboy Baseball Clinches Series With CMU
March 02, 2024 | Cowboy Baseball
STILLWATERย โ Brian Holiday shined as Oklahoma State clinched a series win over Central Michigan with an 8-1 victory Saturday at O'Brate Stadium.
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With the win, the Cowboys improved to 6-4, while Central Michigan fell to 3-8.
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Holiday picked up his first win as a Cowboy with a season-high eight innings of work. The right-hander racked up a season-best nine strikeouts and allowed just one run on three hits.
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Offensively, Kollin Ritchie tallied a career-high in hits, going 3-for-4 with a triple and an RBI, while Carson Benge also had three hits and drove in two runs. Jaxson Crull delivered a three-run bomb early to mark his second consecutive game with a home run.
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The Cowboys also did damage on the basepaths as they collected seven stolen bases, including three by Lane Forsythe. It was the most steals in a game for OSU since it had eight against Incarnate Word on March 1, 2016.
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Benge opened things up for OSU with an RBI triple in the first inning, and he scored on a throwing error on the play to give the home team a 2-0 lead.
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Crull extended that lead with his three-run homer to left-center field in the second inning. A senior, Crull entered the series with just one home run in 117 career games.
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After CMU plated its only run of the contest in the third, the Pokes added to their lead on a Ritchie RBI single in the third and then went up 7-1 on Benge's RBI hit in the fourth.
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Holiday finished the contest with 107 pitches before yielding to Robert Cranz, who worked a scoreless ninth to seal the win.
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The two teams round out their weekend series Sunday at O'Brate Stadium with a 1 p.m. first pitch.
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With the win, the Cowboys improved to 6-4, while Central Michigan fell to 3-8.
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Holiday picked up his first win as a Cowboy with a season-high eight innings of work. The right-hander racked up a season-best nine strikeouts and allowed just one run on three hits.
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Offensively, Kollin Ritchie tallied a career-high in hits, going 3-for-4 with a triple and an RBI, while Carson Benge also had three hits and drove in two runs. Jaxson Crull delivered a three-run bomb early to mark his second consecutive game with a home run.
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The Cowboys also did damage on the basepaths as they collected seven stolen bases, including three by Lane Forsythe. It was the most steals in a game for OSU since it had eight against Incarnate Word on March 1, 2016.
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Benge opened things up for OSU with an RBI triple in the first inning, and he scored on a throwing error on the play to give the home team a 2-0 lead.
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Crull extended that lead with his three-run homer to left-center field in the second inning. A senior, Crull entered the series with just one home run in 117 career games.
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After CMU plated its only run of the contest in the third, the Pokes added to their lead on a Ritchie RBI single in the third and then went up 7-1 on Benge's RBI hit in the fourth.
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Holiday finished the contest with 107 pitches before yielding to Robert Cranz, who worked a scoreless ninth to seal the win.
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The two teams round out their weekend series Sunday at O'Brate Stadium with a 1 p.m. first pitch.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Holiday, Brian (1-0)
L: Keegan Batka (0-2)
Batting:
RBI: Jake Brill 1
SF: Jake Brill 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ely Stuart 1
SB: Elijah Henning 1
HBP: Ely Stuart 1
PO: Jacob Donahue 1
Batting:
2B: Ortiz, Avery 1 ; Wulfert, Tyler 1
3B: Benge, Carson 1 ; Ritchie, Kollin 1
HR: Crull, Jaxson 1
RBI: Crull, Jaxson 3 ; Benge, Carson 2 ; Ritchie, Kollin 1
SH: Ehrhard, Zach 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Crull, Jaxson 2 ; Ehrhard, Zach 1 ; Benge, Carson 1 ; Wulfert, Tyler 2 ; Ritchie, Kollin 1 ; Forsythe, Lane 1
SB: Ehrhard, Zach 1 ; Benge, Carson 1 ; Wulfert, Tyler 1 ; Ritchie, Kollin 1 ; Forsythe, Lane 3
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
1
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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