Cowboy Baseball Hosts Wichita State For Midweek Tilt

Game 23: Wichita State • March 25 • Stillwater, Okla. • O'Brate Stadium (8,000)

OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
11-10 overall (1-3 Big 12)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 75
Streak: Lost 1 • H: 6-3 • A: 1-3 • N: 4-4
Head Coach: Josh Holliday, 13th Season at OSU (456-248-2)

WICHITA STATE SHOCKERS
8-15 overall (1-2 AAC)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 126
Streak: Lost 2 • H: 5-4 • A: 3-10 • N: 0-1
Head Coach: Brian Green, 2nd season at WSU (40-44)
11th Season Overall (289-245-1)

TV: ESPN+ (Adam Hildebrandt & Tom Holliday)
Radio: Cowboy Radio Network & The Varsity App Pete 94.3 FM / KSPI 780 AM okla.state/GetVarsity (Rex Holt & Matt Davis)
Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
X: @osubaseball (in-game scoreboard/updates)
Series: Cowboys lead, 68-36
Last: 4/30/24 in Stillwater.; OSU won, 21-6, in 7 inn.

Oklahoma State is 11-10 and coming off a weekend series loss at Utah.

Up next, the Cowboys host Wichita State on Tuesday night at O'Brate Stadium before returning to Big 12 play with another road series, this one against Kansas in Lawrence.

The Pokes own a .271 team batting average and .482 slugging percentage and are averaging just over seven runs per game. Colin Brueggemann leads OSU with a .366 batting average and 26 RBIs.

OSU's pitching staff sports a 4.21 ERA; it ranks second in the Big 12 and in the top 20 nationally in strikeouts per nine innings (10.8) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.08).

Wichita State is 8-15 and coming off a conference-series loss at Tulane last weekend as the Shockers dropped two of three games.

The Shockers are 3-10 on the road this season.

WSU is hitting .262 as a team and averaging 5.5 runs per game. Camden Johnson leads the lineup with a .380 batting average to go along with seven doubles and 19 RBIs.

The Shockers' pitching staff owns a 6.69 ERA and has tallied 195 strikeouts and 116 walks in 197 2/3 innings.

OSU owns a 68-36 advantage in the all-time series with Wichita State, which includes a 17-4 mark under Josh Holliday. This marks the only scheduled meeting between the two schools this season.

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Players Mentioned

Colin Brueggemann

Oklahoma State University Athletics