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Tuesday, March 17

Stillwater, OK

6:00 PM

Oklahoma State University

13-7

South Dakota State

5-15

South Dakota State

Oklahoma State

March 17, 2026 | Cowboy Baseball

Box Score

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State opened its midweek series against South Dakota State with a 7-6 win Tuesday night at O'Brate Stadium.

With the victory, the Cowboys improved to 13-7, which includes a 9-1 mark at home, while SDSU fell to 5-15. The two teams will conclude the series Wednesday at 4 p.m.

OSU used five pitchers in the contest, with Drew Winslow picking up the first win of his career in relief. Kai Fyke earned his first-career save, working the final three innings and striking out a career-best five while allowing only one hit.

Alex Conover led the Pokes offensively, going 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and reaching base three times to extend his streak to 18 games.

Brennan Phillips made his eighth appearance and first start of the season for the Cowboys. The lefty pitched two scoreless innings, working around five baserunners and striking out one.

Zane Burns replaced Phillips in the third and surrendered a leadoff home run to Luke Luskey, which gave the Jackrabbits a 1-0 lead.

After Burns struck out a pair of batters in the fourth, the Cowboys' offense broke through in the bottom of the inning. SDSU starter Kaden Rylance was perfect through three innings before Conover hit a long double off the top of the wall in center field. Brock Thompson then walked before Rylance recorded back-to-back outs. Up next, Colin Brueggemann lined an RBI single to right field to score Conover, and Sebastian Norman followed with an RBI double to give the Pokes a 2-1 lead.

Bryce LeBlanc took Burns' place in the fifth and allowed three runs while striking out three, and SDSU pushed its lead to 5-2 in the sixth with an unearned run against Winslow.

The Pokes' offense scored five runs in the sixth inning on only one hit. With two outs, Campbell Smithwick reached on an error before Brueggemann and Norman walked to load the bases. TP Wentworth was hit by a pitch to collect an RBI, and both Evan Saunders and Remo Indomenico had RBI walks to tie the game.

With the bases still loaded, Conover blooped an RBI double just inside the left-field line to give the Cowboys a 7-5 lead.

Fyke took the mound for the seventh and pitched the first clean inning of the game for the Cowboy pitching staff. The righty returned for the eighth and struck out two in another scoreless inning.

In the ninth, Fyke faced early trouble, allowing two baserunners before recording an out. He then induced a shallow fly out and an RBI fielder's choice before striking out the final batter to seal the victory.