Cowboy Baseball Travels To Missouri For Midweek

Games 26: Missouri State • April 1 / 6:30 p.m. • Springfield, Mo. • Hammons Field (8,000)

OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
12-13 overall (1-6 Big 12)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 74
Streak: Lost 3 • H: 7-3 • A: 1-6 • N: 4-4
Head Coach: Josh Holliday, 13th Season at OSU (457-251-2)

MISSOURI STATE BEARS
13-13 overall (5-1 Missouri Valley)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 232
Streak: Won 1 • H: 10-4 • A: 3-9• N: 0-0
Head Coach: Joey Hawkins, 1st season at MSU (13-13)

TV: ESPN+ (Don West & Tom Ladd)
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, 22-9
Last: 3/19/24 in Stillwater.; OSU won, 13-4

Oklahoma State is 12-13 and coming off being swept at Kansas last weekend.

Up next, the Cowboys travel to Springfield, Mo., for a non-conference road test Tuesday night against Missouri State.

OSU is 1-6 in Big 12 Conference play. The Cowboys host league leader Kansas State this weekend at O'Brate Stadium.

The Pokes own a .263 team batting average and .479 slugging percentage and are averaging just over seven runs per game. Colin Brueggemann leads OSU with a .340 batting average and 30 RBIs.

OSU's pitching staff sports a 4.89 ERA; the Cowboys rank among the Big 12's best in strikeouts per nine innings (10.5) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.61).

Missouri State is 13-13 and has won six of their last seven games, including a victory over No. 2 Arkansas.

MSU is hitting .287 as a team and averaging over eight runs per game. Jake McCutcheon leads the Bears with a .356 batting average to go along with eight homers and 23 RBIs.

The Bears' pitching staff sports a 6.58 ERA and has tallied 236 strikeouts and 102 walks in 220 1/3 innings.

OSU owns a 22-9 advantage in the all-time series with Missouri State, which includes a 16-3 mark under Josh Holliday. The Cowboys have won six straight against KU dating back to 2021.

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Players Mentioned

Colin Brueggemann

Oklahoma State University Athletics