Cowboys Blank Nebraska In Opener

[MajorMike]

Oliver Superb On The Mound As Cowboys Top Nebraska In Opener
Courtesy: okstate.com
Release: 04/11/2008
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Andrew Oliver tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts in the complete game win.


STILLWATER, Okla. — Andrew Oliver pitched a three-hit, complete game shutout to lead Oklahoma State to a 1-0 win over No. 6 Nebraska Friday night at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.

Oliver, a sophomore southpaw, tied a career high with 10 strikeouts and did not allow a walk as the 20th-ranked Cowboys improved to 22-9 overall and 7-6 in Big 12 Conference play. The win was OSU’s fourth in a row and puts the Pokes over the .500 mark in the league for the first time this season.

The Cowboys got the game’s only run in the sixth. Michael Dabbs led off the inning with a fly ball to left-centerfield that NU centerfielder Bryce Nimmo appeared to have a play on. But Nimmo lost his footing and the ball dropped in to give Dabbs a triple.

That brought Jordy Mercer to the plate, and the Cowboys’ shortstop delivered a single through a drawn-in Nebraska infield to plate Dabbs with what proved to be the winning run. Mercer’s hit also extended his season-long hitting streak to 10 games.

Nebraska saw its three-game winning streak come to an end as the Huskers fell to 24-5-1 overall and 10-2-1 in league play. Johnny Dorn (4-1) suffered his first loss of the season despite striking out seven and allowing only four hits.

The Huskers could do nothing offensively against Oliver, who was perfect through the first five innings until a single by Nimmo to lead off the sixth.

Oliver faced just two batters over the minimum and tossed the first complete game of his career. His previous career-long outing was seven innings, which he had reached three times this season.

Friday’s contest also marked a first in Reynolds Stadium history as it was the first 1-0 game since the stadium opened on April 4, 1981.

[MajorMike]

Cowboys Clinch Series With 19-2 Rout Of Nebraska
Courtesy: okstate.com
Release: 04/12/2008

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Neil Medchill was 4-for-4 with a pair of RBIs in Saturday's win.

STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State’s offense racked up 24 hits Saturday to propel the Cowboys to a 19-2 win over No. 6 Nebraska in front of a season-high 2,888 fans at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.

Every player in OSU’s starting lineup collected at least two hits as the 20th-ranked Cowboys won their fifth-straight game and clinched their second-consecutive Big 12 Conference series win. The Cowboys are 8-6 in conference play and improved to 23-9 overall.

Sophomore left fielder Neil Medchill led the Cowboys’ hit parade with a 4-for-4, two-RBI effort that saw him finish just a home run shy of hitting for the cycle.

Four Cowboys — Matt Hague, Luis Flores, Tyrone Hambly and Thomas Belza — each had three hits in the contest, while Rebel Ridling led OSU with four RBIs and smashed his team leading eighth home run of the season.

Tyler Lyons improved to 6-2 on the mound with his third complete game of the season. The sophomore southpaw allowed just six hits while striking out five and became the first Cowboy hurler since Brae Wright in 2006 to toss back-to-back complete games.

Nebraska saw its streak of seven-straight Big 12 series wins come to an end as the Cornhuskers fell to 24-6-1 overall and 10-3-1 in league play. Thad Weber (6-2) suffered the loss after allowing seven runs on nine hits in 3.1 innings of work.

NU, which came into the series atop the Big 12 standings, took the game’s initial lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Bryce Nimmo.

The Cowboys tied the game in the bottom of the frame. Dean Green and Flores both singled, and after a sacrifice bunt by Medchill, Green scored on a passed ball by NU catcher Mitch Abeita.

The score remained 1-1 until the fourth when the Cowboys had the first of two huge offensive innings as they rallied for six runs on seven hits.

Four different Cowboys collected RBI singles in the frame, with Ridling, Hambly, Dabbs and Hague bringing home runs with base hits. OSU’s other two runs scored on wild pitches.

OSU erupted for an even bigger inning in the fifth as the Cowboys sent 10 batters to the plate and scored eight runs on eight hits.

Flores led off the rally with a double, and a sacrifice fly by Ridling made the score 8-1. A Belza double brought home a pair of runs, and back-to-back RBI hits by Michael Dabbs and Jordy Mercer pushed the OSU lead to double digits.

The Cowboys weren’t done as a Dean Green single made the score 13-1. Two batters later, Medchill tripled to plate OSU’s final two runs of the inning.

OSU will try and get its first conference sweep of the season Sunday at 1 p.m.

[SrA Husker]

At least it wasn't 37-18 like Nebraska suffered at Allie P. in 1995. Or the similar score Texas suffered this weekend. OSU wins the series, but Nebraska will win the war :)

[MajorMike]

I wonder when was the last time OSU had scoreboard in football, basketball and baseball over Neb at the same time?

[SrA Husker]

I wonder when was the last time OSU had scoreboard in football, basketball and baseball over Neb at the same time?

Enjoy it for the one day you do, because the Huskers are winning 8-3 right now and look to take Game 3.

[MajorMike]

Series 2-1. Scoreboard.