College baseball: Late run lifts OSU past Texas Tech
BY Staff Reports
Saturday, April 21, 2012
4/21/12 at 5:40 AM
Trey Whaley scored on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Jordan Mings in the bottom of the ninth inning as Oklahoma State scored a 2-1 win over Texas Tech on Friday night in Stillwater.
OSU pitcher Andrew Heaney turned in another dominating performance, allowing a run in 8 1/3 innings before giving way to Blake Barnes, who got the last two outs in the top of the ninth inning.
In the bottom of the ninth, Whaley drew a one-out walk, Gabe Weidenaar was hit by a pitch, and pinch-hitter Victor Romero singled to load the bases. Mings then lifted a fly ball to left field, and Whaley raced home and slid in ahead of the throw for the winning run.
It was the first RBI of Mings' career.
The Red Raiders (22-18, 3-10 in Big 12) scored their only run in the fifth on a two-out RBI single by Nick Hanslik.
The Cowboys (20-17, 6-7) tied the score in the sixth as Hunter Bailey singled with two outs, Robbie Rea walked and Jared Womack singled up the middle to score Bailey.
ORU 9, Western Illinois 3: At J.L. Johnson Stadium, Jose Trevino and Nate Goro each homered as the Golden Eagles (18-18, 5-3 Summit) rolled to a big win in their Summit League series opener.
Mike Torrence (3-5) allowed two earned runs on four hits while striking out three in six inning. Joe Spring pitched the final three innings to earn his first save.
WIU (12-21-1, 3-6) has not won a game at J.L. Johnson Stadium since 1998.
OU 5, Alabama State 0: Jordan John struck out 12 in a four-hit complete game shutout in the series opener.
The Sooners (24-14) opened the scoring with a two-out RBI double by Max White in the first inning. OU added a pair of runs in the third as Cody Reine and Evan Mistich each had two-out RBI singles.
The Sooners added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh on a sacrifice squeeze by Garrett Carey and a two-out RBI single by Erik Ross.
OU also stole four bases in the game, the most since swiping four against West Virginia on March 10.
OSU 2, Texas Tech 1
| Texas Tech |
000 |
010 |
000 |
- |
1 |
6 |
0 |
| Oklahoma State |
000 |
001 |
001 |
- |
2 |
7 |
1 |
Neely, Stewart (7), Wheeler (9), McCrumman (9) and Altobelli; Heaney, Barnes (9) and Womack. W: Barnes (4-3). L: McCrummen (2-2).
ORU 9, Western Illinois 3
| Western Illinois |
000 |
002 |
010 |
- |
3 |
8 |
1 |
| Oral Roberts |
110 |
004 |
30X |
- |
9 |
10 |
0 |
Smith, Zarate (5), Loconsole (6), Macek (7) and Reyes; Torrence, Spring (7) and Pickar. W: Torrence (3-5). L: Zarate (0-2). S: Spring (1). HR: ORU, Trevino (7), Goro (1).
OU 5, Alabama State 0
| Alabama State |
000 |
000 |
000 |
- |
0 |
4 |
1 |
| Oklahoma |
102 |
000 |
20X |
- |
5 |
9 |
1 |
Alvira, Estevez (4), Dyer (7), Sanders (8) and Rodriguez; John and Toal. W: John (7-4). L: Alvira (3-4).
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