Cowboy Baseball Opens Play At Big 12 Championship

Big 12 Baseball Championship • May 21-24 • Arlington, Texas • Globe Life Field

OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
27-22 overall (15-12 Big 12)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 45
Streak: Won 3 • H: 18-6 • A: 5-12 • N: 4-4
Head Coach: Josh Holliday, 13th Season at OSU (472-260-2)

BAYLOR BEARS
33-21 overall (13-17 Big 12)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 68
Streak: Lost 1 • H: 22-11 • A: 10-8 • N: 1-2
Head Coach: Mitch Thompson, 3rd season at BU (75-77)

TV: ESPN+ (Clay Matvick & Mike Rooney)
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, 59-45
Last: 5/11/25 in Waco; Bears won, 5-4, in 10 inn.

Oklahoma State is 27-22 and closed the regular season by winning nine of its last 10 games with series wins over UCF, Baylor and Arizona State.
OSU finished seventh in the Big 12 standings with a 15-12 conference record.
Up next, the Cowboys open play at the Big 12 Championship with a first-round matchup against Baylor Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
The Pokes own a .256 team batting average and .466 slugging percentage and are averaging 6.6 runs per game. Brayden Smith leads OSU with a .313 batting average and 14 doubles, while Nolan Schubart paces the Cowboys with 17 homers and 53 RBIs.
OSU's pitching staff sports a 4.34 ERA; the Cowboys rank among the nation's best in shutouts (5), strikeouts per nine innings (9.9) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.65).
Baylor is 33-21 and completed the regular season by winning 2-of-3 games at UCF.
At 13-17 in Big 12 play, the Bears finished tied for ninth in the conference standings.
The Bears are hitting .288 as a team and averaging nearly seven runs per game. Tyriq Kemp is hitting a team-high .364, while Wesley Jordan leads BU with 10 homers and 41 RBIs.
BU's pitching staff sports a 4.56 ERA and has 433 strikeouts and 171 walks in 474 innings.
OSU owns a 59-45 advantage in the all-time series and won this year's regular season series by taking the first two games in Waco earlier this month. OSU is 21-12 against the Bears under head coach Josh Holliday.

Cowboys At The Big 12 Championship

OSU is making its 26th appearance at the Big 12 Baseball Championship. The Cowboys own a 43-43 all-time record in the tournament, including a 30-17 mark under Josh Holliday.
The Cowboys are the No. 7 seed in this year's 12-team, single-elimination tourney.
OSU has advanced to the tournament final seven times under Holliday — 2014, '15, '17, '19, '21, '23 and '25.
OSU has won four Big 12 Championship titles.
- In 2004, the Cowboys defeated Missouri, 10-9, in 13 innings in Arlington, Texas.
- The 2017 tourney saw the Pokes knock off Texas in the title game in Oklahoma City, as OSU became the first No. 8 seed in tourney history to claim the crown.
- In 2019, the Cowboys returned to the winner's circle, defeating West Virginia, 5-2, in the final.
- Last season, OSU knocked off Bedlam-rival Oklahoma, 9-3, to take the trophy.

Home Away From Home

Over the last four seasons, OSU has played 32 games at Globe Life Field. The Pokes are 18-14 all time at the home of the Texas Rangers, going 5-5 in 2022, 5-4 in 2023, 7-2 in 2024 and 1-3 this season.

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Players Mentioned

Nolan Schubart

Brayden Smith

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