The No. 4 Oklahoma State Cowboys jumped out to an early lead on Sunday and held on in the final game of thus weekend’s Bedlam series in Stillwater.
While the Oklahoma Sooners had a strong 3-run seventh inning, it wasn’t enough to catch up to the Cowboys.
The Cowboys started doing damage early with a three-run home run by third baseman Nolan Mclean. The Cowboys would lead for the rest of the ballgame.
It wasn’t a good day for Chazz Martinez as he allowed 11 hits and five earned runs in 3.2 innings of work. Martinez struck out three batters and didn’t allow a walk m before he was pulled in the fourth.
Martinez picked up the loss and now holds a 2-3 record on the season.
It was a quiet day for the Sooners through the first six innings as they struggled to get any momentum offensively. Oklahoma stranded six baserunners through the first five innings and didn’t get more than one hit in an inning until the seventh.
Aside from a ninth inning home run by shortstop Peyton Graham, it was a frustrating day for the Sooners.
Oklahoma State’s Bryce Osmond struck out eight batters for the Cowboys through six innings of work and picked up the win.
Eighth home run of the season for Peyton Graham#Sooners | #LaunchPad pic.twitter.com/AskSDkpDo6
— Oklahoma Baseball (@OU_Baseball) April 10, 2022
Losing the Bedlam Series isn’t ideal, but this is the number four team in the country and the Sooners showed a lot of backbone on Sunday and in the entire series.
The Sooners are staring another matchup with a top ten opponent in the Texas Tech Red Raiders on April 12 in Amarillo.
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