Cowboy Baseball Hosts Houston

Games 35-37: Houston • April 18-20 / 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 12 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla. • O'Brate Stadium (8,000)

OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
16-18 overall (5-8 Big 12)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 54
Streak: Lost 3 • H: 10-5 • A: 2-9 • N: 4-4
Head Coach: Josh Holliday, 13th Season at OSU (461-256-2)

HOUSTON COUGARS
20-17 overall (5-10 Big 12)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 113
Streak: Won 1 • H: 10-11 • A: 10-5 • N: 0-1
Head Coach: Todd Whitting, 15th season at Houston (464-355-1)

TV: ESPN+ (Dave Hunziker & Tom Holliday)
Radio: Cowboy Radio Network & The Varsity App KSPI 93.7 FM / KSPI 780 AM okla.state/GetVarsity (Rex Holt & Matt Davis)
Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
X: @osubaseball (in-game scoreboard/updates)
Series: Cowboys lead, 47-41-1
Last: 5/28/24 in Houston, TX; Cowboys won, 9-2

Oklahoma State is 16-18 and coming off a loss at home Tuesday night against No. 12 Oklahoma.

Up next, the Cowboys host Houston in a Big 12 weekend series starting Friday afternoon at O'Brate Stadium.

OSU is 5-8 in Big 12 play and 10th in the conference standings.

The Pokes own a .258 team batting average and .458 slugging percentage and are averaging just under 6.5 runs per game. Colin Brueggemann leads OSU with a .308 batting average, eight homers and 33 RBIs.

OSU's pitching staff sports a 4.78 ERA; the Cowboys rank among the nation's best in strikeouts per nine innings (10.4) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.62).
Houston is 20-17 and coming off a 15-3 win at Rice on Tuesday night.

UH is 11th in the Big 12 standings with a 5-10 conference mark. The Cougars have won two league series at UCF and at Baylor, winning twice in each series.

The Cougars are hitting .252 as a team and averaging seven runs per game. Xavier Perez leads UH with a .331 batting average, nine doubles and 36 RBIs to go along with seven homers.

UH's pitching staff sports a 5.06 ERA and has 363 strikeouts and 169 walks in 329 innings.

OSU owns a 47-41-1 advantage in the all-time series vs. Houston. The Cowboys are 2-0 against the Cougars under head coach Josh Holliday.

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Players Mentioned

Colin Brueggemann

Oklahoma State University Athletics