Cowboy Baseball Set For First Of Four Games In Lone Star State

Game 7: Abilene Christian • Wed., Feb. 26, 6:30 p.m. • Cleburne, Texas • La Moderna Field (1,750)

#16 OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
3-3 overall (0-0 Big 12)

National Ranking: 16 • NCAA RPI: n/a
Streak: Won 2 • H: 2-0 • A: 0-0 • N: 1-3
Head Coach: Josh Holliday, 13th Season at OSU (448-241-2)

ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS
3-4 overall (0-0 WAC)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: n/a
Streak: Lost 1 • H: 2-1 • A: 0-1 • N: 1-2
Head Coach: Rick McCarty, 7th Season at ACU (170-137)

TV: n/a
Radio: Cowboy Radio Network & The Varsity App 93.7 KSPI FM/780 AM okla.state/GetVarsity (Rex Holt & Matt Davis)
Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
X: @osubaseball (in-game scoreboard/updates)
Series: Cowboys lead, 5-0
Last: 2/21/24 in Arlington, TX; Cowboys won, 8-4

Oklahoma State is 3-3 after sweeping a two-game series against UT Arlington in Stillwater.

OSU is the preseason Big 12 Conference favorite and was ranked as high as #13 in the national preseason polls. This week, the Cowboys are ranked as high as 16th.

The Pokes rank second in the Big 12 with a .324 team batting average and lead the league with a .557 slugging percentage. Garrett Shull (.533) and Nolan Schubart (.455) rank second and sixth, respectively, in batting average in the conference.

OSU's pitching staff sports a 3.98 ERA and leads the Big 12 in strikeouts per nine innings at 12.29.

Up next, the Cowboys travel to Cleburne, Texas, to take on Abilene Christian Wednesday night before a trip to Houston for the Astros Foundation College Classic at Daikin Park.

The Cowboys are 5-0 all time against Abilene Christian. The last meeting came in 2024 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, with OSU winning, 8-4.

Abilene Christian is 3-4 on the season and coming off a series win at home against Youngstown State as the Wildcats took 2-of-3 games.

Rick McCarty is in his seventh season as the Wildcats' head coach and owns a 170-137 record.

The Wildcats own a .250 team batting average and are averaging nearly seven runs per game. Nick Arias leads the offense with a .414 batting average to go along with eight RBIs.

ACU's pitching staff sports a 7.97 ERA and has recorded 62 strikeouts and 41 walks in 61 innings.

Oklahoma State University Athletics

Cowboy Baseball Set For First Of Four Games In Lone Star State

Players Mentioned

Nolan Schubart

Garrett Shull

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