Cowboys Fall to UCF in Extra Innings
Oklahoma State's baseball team lost to UCF 7-6 in 10 innings at the Big 12 Tournament at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, late Thursday night, dropping the Cowboys into the losers' bracket.
UCF's A.J. Nessler singled in Andrew Brait, then was thrown out trying to reach second base in the top of the 10th inning, giving the Knights a 7-6 lead.
OSU had tied the game in the 8th inning on a double by Tyler Wulfert, which scored Lane Forsythe to make it 6-6.
The Cowboys scored four runs in the first inning, bringing home the first run on the second pitch of the game.
On the opening pitch of the game, Zach Ehrhard reached on a double, then on the first pitch to the next batter, Carson Benge singled home Ehrhard to make it 1-0 Cowboys.
Aiden Meola doubled in Benge to make it 2-0.
Collin Brueggemann hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0, then Forsythe laid down a squeeze bunt to score Meola and it was 4-0 Cowboys.
UCF answered with a four-run 2nd inning to tie it 4-4.
It stayed that way until the fifth, when Benge hit a solo home run to put the Cowboys up 5-4.
The Knights took the lead in the seventh inning on a two-run home run by Matt Cedarburg to make it 6-5.
OSU drops to the losers' bracket and will play Texas Tech at 4:00 pm Friday in an elimination game.