Oklahoma State University Athletics
Oklahoma State University
14-7
South Dakota State
5-16
Cowboy Baseball Completes Midweek Sweep
March 18, 2026 | Cowboy Baseball
With the win, the Cowboys improved to 14-7, including a 10-1 mark at home, while SDSU fell to 5-16.
Smithwick led off the bottom of the ninth by sending a 3-2 pitch from Austin Henry over the right-field wall for his second walk-off blast of the season.
Three Cowboys collected multiple RBIs in the contest, with Smithwick's three leading the way. Brock Thompson and Aidan Meola each drove in two runs.
Kyler Zagar picked up the first win of his career as he retired the lone batter he faced in the ninth inning with a pair of Jackrabbits on base.
SDSU plated runs against OSU starter TP Wentworth in the second and third innings and took a 5-0 advantage in the fifth.
But the Cowboy offense broke out in the bottom of the frame, rallying for 10 runs.
After scoring its first run on an error, OSU got RBI singles from Colin Brueggemann and Garrett Shull to cut the deficit to 5-3. Smithwick then entered the game as a pinch hitter and immediately hit a game-tying, two-RBI double.
Thompson's second hit of the big inning was a go-ahead, two-run single to put OSU up, 7-5. From there, Meola roped a two-run triple off the right field wall and would go on to score on a passed ball to make it a 10-5 game.
Drew Blake finished the fifth inning on the mound for the Cowboys and returned for the sixth where he struck out a pair in a scoreless frame.
Parker Jennings took Blake's place in the seventh inning and allowed a leadoff homer but struck out the next three batters to keep it a 10-6 game.
Jennings stayed in the game for the eighth inning and was the beneficiary of some stellar defensive plays behind him. Thompson made a sliding stop at short for the first out, with Brueggemann scooping the throw out of the dirt at first. After a hit, Brueggemann made another nice play, starting a 3-6-3 double play to get out of the inning.
OSU added an insurance run in in the eighth via a sacrifice fly from Remo Indomenico.
In the ninth, the Jackrabbits rallied for five runs on five hits and tied the game on a wild pitch before Zagar entered the game with runners on the corners and induced a pop out to get out of the inning.
In the bottom of the ninth, Smithwick played hero once again with his second walk-off homer in the last eight days. He also achieved the feat with a 10th inning shot against Dallas Baptist last week.
OSU returns to Big 12 Conference action this weekend as the Cowboys host Baylor at O'Brate Stadium. Friday's series opener is scheduled for a 6 p.m. first pitch.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Zagar, Kyler (1-0)
L: Henry, Austin (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Werk, Nic 1
HR: Lang, Mason 1
RBI: Grawe, Nolan 1 ; Jirschele, Keagen 2 ; Wroblewski, Luke 1 ; Jones, Luke 1 ; Lang, Mason 3 ; Werk, Nic 1 ; Sorensen, Grant 1
SH: Sorensen, Grant 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Siegert, Owen 1 ; Grawe, Nolan 1 ; Jirschele, Keagen 1 ; Wroblewski, Luke 2 ; Jones, Luke 1 ; Finney, Travis 1 ; Lang, Mason 1 ; Taylor, Carter 2 ; Sorensen, Grant 1
SB: Grawe, Nolan 1
CS: Jirschele, Keagen 1
HBP: Wroblewski, Luke 1 ; Finney, Travis 1 ; Sorensen, Grant 1
Batting:
2B: Smithwick, Campbell 1
3B: Meola, Aidan 1
HR: Smithwick, Campbell 1
RBI: Thompson, Brock 2 ; Meola, Aidan 2 ; Smithwick, Campbell 3 ; Shull, Garrett 1 ; Indomenico, Remo 1 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1
SF: Indomenico, Remo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Thompson, Brock 2 ; Meola, Aidan 1 ; Smithwick, Campbell 2 ; Shull, Garrett 1 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1 ; Ritchie, Kollin 2 ; Conover, Alex 1 ; Essex, Ezra 1 ; Saunders, Evan 1
SB: Thompson, Brock 1 ; Essex, Ezra 1
HBP: Meola, Aidan 1 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1
