Errors Cost Oklahoma State in Game against Missouri State

Originally Published: Apr 7, 2010 9:22 PM CDT

Andrew Topps
Oklahoma Sports Staff Writer

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri -- Missouri State defeated Oklahoma State 7-5 Wednesday. The Cowboys committed four errors in the game and have lost three of their last four contests.

OSU (17-9) had a 5-4 lead heading into the bottom of the eighth but the Bears (12-16) were able to make the most out of a couple Cowboys errors.

With one on and no outs in the bottom of the eighth, Keenen Maddox singled to left but was able to advance to third after two OSU miscues. Tyler Ryun and Luke Voit scored thanks to the two errors by the Cowboys. Maddox would later score on Curt Courtwright’s sacrifice fly to give the Bears a 7-5 advantage.

Luis Uribe’s two-run double to left field brought OSU within one run of the Bears. Dusty Harvard capitalized on that momentum by hitting a two-run homer to right to put the Cowboys on top 5-4.

Tom Belza led the game off with a solo home run to give OSU a 1-0 lead.

Maddox scored on a wild pitch to tie the game 1-1 in the fifth inning. The next batter, Tyler Paxson, drove in Beau Stoker to put Missouri State on top 2-1. Courtwright scored on the next play on Travis McComack’s sacrifice bunt. Paxson crossed the plate on Voit’s sacrifice fly to cap a four run inning give the Bears a 4-1 advantage.

Mike Strong (3-1) gets tagged with the loss for the Cowboys after giving up six runs (three earned) in seven innings. Gordon Grant (2-1) gets the victory for Bears after throwing two innings and allowing just one run.

The Cowboys get back into Big 12 play when they host Texas Tech at 6:30 p.m. Friday.