{"id":679439,"date":"2026-04-19T22:51:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679439\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T22:51:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:51:54","slug":"cowboy-baseball-falls-in-series-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679439\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboy Baseball Falls In Series Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STILLWATER\u00a0\u2013 Oklahoma State dropped Sunday&#8217;s series rubber game to 18th-ranked Kansas, 9-6, at O&#8217;Brate Stadium.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWith the loss, the Cowboys fell to 24-16 overall and 8-10 in the Big 12, while Kansas improved to 29-11 and 14-4 in the league.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/okstate.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/brennan-phillips\/13921\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13921\" target=\"_blank\">Brennan Phillips<\/a> got the start for the Cowboys and worked 4 2\/3 innings, striking out four and allowing four runs. <a href=\"https:\/\/okstate.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/drew-blake\/13912\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13912\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Blake<\/a> took the loss in relief to fall to 0-1 on the season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/okstate.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/danny-wallace\/13952\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13952\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Wallace<\/a> hit his second home run of the year for the Cowboys, and <a href=\"https:\/\/okstate.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/alex-conover\/13915\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13915\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Conover<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/okstate.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kollin-ritchie\/13923\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13923\" target=\"_blank\">Kollin Ritchie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/okstate.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/garrett-shull\/13924\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13924\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Shull<\/a> all had multiple hits.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOSU struck\u00a0first, scoring a run in the opening inning courtesy of an <a href=\"https:\/\/okstate.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/aidan-meola\/13918\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13918\" target=\"_blank\">Aidan Meola<\/a> RBI groundout.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nKansas responded, evening the score at 1-1 in the second. The Jayhawks loaded the bases on a pair of singles and a walk before another walk brought home the tying run.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Pokes went back on top in the third on Wallace&#8217;s solo blast to right field and added two more runs in the fourth on a single by Conover to go up 4-1.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe scoreboard swung in KU&#8217;s favor in the fifth. With two outs and runners on the corners, an infield single brought home the Jayhawks&#8217; second run. After Blake came in and walked the lone batter he faced to load the bases, <a href=\"https:\/\/okstate.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kai-fyke\/13929\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13929\" target=\"_blank\">Kai Fyke<\/a> surrendered a grand slam to Dariel Osoria to put the visitors on top.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTrailing 6-4 in the seventh, the Cowboys cut their deficit to one on a two-out RBI double by <a href=\"https:\/\/okstate.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/campbell-smithwick\/13932\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13932\" target=\"_blank\">Campbell Smithwick<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nKU got the run back off reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/okstate.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/hudson-barrett\/13933\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13933\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson Barrett<\/a> in the eighth, then extended its lead to 9-5 with a pair of runs in the ninth.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn the ninth, OSU rallied for a run on an RBI double off the bat of Ritchie, but three consecutive strikeouts ended the game.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Cowboys return to action Tuesday when they host Wichita State. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. at O&#8217;Brate Stadium.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STILLWATER\u00a0\u2013 Oklahoma State dropped Sunday&#8217;s series rubber game to 18th-ranked Kansas, 9-6, at O&#8217;Brate Stadium.\u00a0 \u00a0 With the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5],"class_list":{"0":"post-679439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116433829508675863","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}