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Cowboys Shut Out In Series Opener
April 25, 2014 | Cowboy Baseball
April 25, 2014
AUSTIN, Tex. – Oklahoma State managed just two hits Friday night as the No. 9 Cowboys dropped a 3-0 decision to 10th-ranked Texas in the series opener at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
In being shut out for only the second time this season, the Cowboys dropped to 29-13 overall. OSU, which entered the contest having won seven-straight Big 12 Conference games, is still in first place in the Big 12 Conference standings at 11-5, holding a ½ game lead over TCU.
Parker French worked the first six innings for Texas to improve to 5-3, while Chad Hollingsworth tossed the final three frames for his first save. Each pitcher allowed just one hit, both of them singles.
Jon Perrin suffered the loss for the Cowboys despite allowing just one run on four hits in 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander, who had won his last three starts, issued a career-high six walks and fell to 5-3.
“Texas pitched extremely well,” said OSU head coach Josh Holliday. “Parker French did a nice job keeping the ball down and making nice pitches, and the kid out of the bullpen (Hollingsworth) did a nice job as well. We really never put enough together to create any momentum. (Texas) controlled the tempo. They were efficient when they got runners on and did the little things well, bunt them into scoring position and get a couple of clutch hits to score.
“Tonight (Texas) was better, and tomorrow is a new day. We've got to put this one behind us rather quickly and turn the page and be sharper tomorrow.”
The Longhorns (32-11, 10-6) plated their first run in the fourth inning when C.J. Hinojosa, who opened the frame with a single, came around to score on an RBI fielder's choice by Jacob Felts when OSU was unable to turn a double play.
UT added key insurance runs in the eighth against Cowboy reliever Vince Wheeland, getting RBI singles from Zane Gurwitz, who had three of the Longhorns' seven hits in the game, and Felts.
OSU's lone hits came in the third inning on a two-out single by Craig McConaughy and in the ninth when Donnie Walton led off the frame with an opposite-field single.
The two teams return to action Saturday at 1 p.m.
