Oklahoma State Cowboys win at Texas after two prior loses

The Oklahoma State Cowboys got a win in Austin on Sunday, taking the edge off two straight losses to the Longhorns.

The 'Pokes get only a couple of days to rest before the Texas Tech Red Raiders roll into Stillwater for a three-game series at O'Brate Stadium.

As for game three in Texas, Carson Benge contributed both offense and defense in the 7-2 victory two days ago. He hit a home run and scored twice.

Benge pitched 6 2/3 innings (the most in his college career) - striking our five and giving up two walks.

The Longhorns managed only one run and two hits during his mound stint.

Colin Brueggeman lofted a two-run smash over the center-field fence to gain a lead for OSU. After that, the Cowboys never trailed.

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Despite the end result, OSU might have been glad to leave UFC Disch-Falk Field.

In game two, trailing 2-0 after a good first inning for Texas, the Cowboys made things interesting with one run in the fifth, then knotted the score at 2-2 in the top of the seventh.

But that was the start of a see-saw. The Longhorns scored a run, to reach a 3-2 advantage.

The Cowboys got a run to start the eighth, tying things up. OSU seemed positioned to catch the Longhorns in the latter stages.

Alas, ’twas not to be.

For Texas, three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning made it 6-3, and that’s how it ended.

For the Cowboys, Benge had two hits, while Bruggemann and Lane Forsythe each had one.

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Before the Texas series, the Cowboys had won six games in a row. But as a CityNewsOKC story reported, they fell to the Longhorns 7-5 on a windy night(Friday, May 3)

Zach Ehrhard had two hits, as did Benge and Aidan Meola,

Nolan Schubart homered for the Cowboys.

After the Sunday win in the Lone Star State, OSU raised its overall mark to 32-16 (.625), and 15-9 (.625) in Big 12 competition.

Texas dropped to 15-9 (.625 in-conference) and 30-19 (.612) overall.

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How The Top Four Big 12 baseball teams stack up after the latest games

Recent game results leave competition fierce atop the thirteen-team Big 12.

The Sooners of Oklahoma won all three in Lubbock (a difficult benchmark, settling in at first for now. OU is 18-6 (.750) in the league, and 29-17 (.630) for the year.

Oklahoma State is in second, Texas is tied with the ‘Pokes in-conference, and barely behind overall.

West Virginia on the right coast is 15-9 (.625) in-conference, and 28-18 (.609) for the season. After the Moutaineers, there's a pretty good drop-off in league standings.

Kansas and Cincinnati are both 13-11 (.542)

Ten squads in the conference have winning records for the year -- those mentioned above plus Kansas State, Texas Christian, University of Central Florida and Texas Tech.

Houston is 24-24 for the year, while both Baylor and Brigham Young are below .500.

( https://big12sports.com/standings.aspx?path=baseball )