Cowboy Baseball Hosts Midweek Series

Games 18-19: North Dakota State • March 18-19 • Stillwater, Okla. • O'Brate Stadium (8,000)

OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
9-8 overall (0-1 Big 12)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 56
Streak: Lost 2 • H: 5-3 • A: 0-1 • N: 4-4
Head Coach: Josh Holliday, 13th Season at OSU (454-246-2)

NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON
4-14 overall (2-1 Summit League)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 22
Streak: Lost 1 • H: 0-0 • A: 4-14 • N: 0-0
Head Coach: Tyler Oakes, 4th Season at NDSU (78-93-1)

TV: ESPN+
Radio: Cowboy Radio Network & The Varsity App KSPI 780 AM okla.state/GetVarsity (Rex Holt & Matt Davis)
Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
X: @osubaseball (in-game scoreboard/updates)
Series: Cowboys lead, 3-0
Last: 3/24/82 in Stillwater, Okla.; OSU won, 7-5

Oklahoma State is 9-8 and coming off a loss at home to No. 13 West Virginia in its Big 12 opener last Sunday and a midweek road loss at No. 17 Dallas Baptist; the first two games of the WVU series were canceled due to wildfires in Stillwater.

Up next, the Cowboys host North Dakota State for a pair of midweek games at O'Brate Stadium Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon. Following that series, the Cowboys will travel to Salt Lake City for a weekend conference series against Utah.

The Pokes own a .278 team batting average and .490 slugging percentage and are averaging eight runs per game. Colin Brueggemann leads OSU with a .397 batting average and 25 RBIs.

OSU's pitching staff sports a 4.02 ERA and ranks second in the Big 12 in strikeouts per nine innings (11.2) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.35).

North Dakota State is 4-14 on the season but coming off a series win at Oral Roberts on conference opening weekend as it took the first two games from the Golden Eagles in Tulsa.

Each of NDSU's games this season has come on the road, and the Bison have played the likes of Dallas Baptist, LSU, Alabama and UTRGV.

The Bison are hitting .230 as a team and averaging just under five runs per game. Jake Schaffner leads NDSU with a .375 batting average.

NDSU's pitching staff owns a 9.34 ERA and has recorded 119 strikeouts and 101 walks in 142.2 innings.

OSU is 3-0 all time against North Dakota State. The two teams played a three-game series in Stillwater in 1982 in their only previous meeting.

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Players Mentioned

Colin Brueggemann

Oklahoma State University Athletics