Baseball Beats No. 19 OSU 5-3 to Win Series

Sunday, May 15

Stillwater, Okla.

1:00 PM

Baylor

Oklahoma State

Baseball Beats No. 19 OSU 5-3 to Win Series

5/15/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

May 15, 2011


BAYLOR 26-23, 11-13	OKLAHOMA STATE 33-18, 13-10

Box Score \| Quotes

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	5	11	2
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	7	1

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W - Pinckard (5-2)	7.1	6	3	3	2	3
L - McCurry (2-3)	4.2	7	2	2	1	3
S - Garner (6)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1

Batting Leaders	AB	H	RBI	R	BB	HR
BU - Muncy	5	4	1	1	0	0
BU - Ludy	3	2	0	0	1	0
BU - Hainsfurther	4	1	2	0	1	0

Notes: Baylor is 25-4 this season when scoring four or more runs in a game ... Baylor is 31-36 in the all-time series against Oklahoma State, including a 13-16 mark in games played in Stillwater and a 26-23 record in the Big 12 era ... Baylor won a road series against a ranked opponent for the first time since winning two of three at Long Beach State in 2006 ... The Bears won a series in Stillwater for the first time since 2003; that series was also the last time Baylor beat a ranked Big 12 opponent in a road series ... Baylor has won eight of 12 three-game series against Oklahoma State in Big 12 play ... Brooks Pinckard established a new career-long with 7.1 innings pitched; his previous long outing was 7.0 innings at Nebraska on May 1 ... Logan Vick took over sole possession of seventh place on Baylor's career Big 12 walks list with 37 ... Max Muncy extended his hitting streak to seven games ... Muncy hit his 8th home run of the season (19th of career) and his fifth in Big 12 play on the first pitch of his at-bat in the third ... Muncy (40th career) and Josh Ludy (19th career) had multi-hit games ... Muncy had his second four-hit game of the season ... Joey Hainsfurther had his 19th career multi-RBI game.

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STILLWATER, Okla. - Brooks Pinckard turned in the longest outing of his career and allowed only one run through his first seven innings of work, as Baylor knocked off No. 19 Oklahoma State, 5-3, to win the series on Sunday afternoon at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.

With the win, Baylor (26-23, 11-13 Big 12) recorded its first series win in Stillwater since 2003 and its first road series win over a ranked opponent since winning two of three at Long Beach State in 2006.

Oklahoma State (33-18, 13-10 Big 12) hadn't lost a Big 12 series at home this season, and the Cowboys entered the weekend with an 8-1 record in Big 12 home games.

Pinckard (5-2) allowed three runs on six hits in 7.1 innings before turning the ball over to the bullpen. He gave up only one run on four hits in his first seven innings before giving up a two-run homer to Jared Womack in the eighth.

"I can`t remember a weekend in Big12 play when we got this good of starting pitching," head coach Steve Smith said. "Brooks Pinckard pitched it well. I can`t say enough about the job from Josh Ludy behind the plate. No one before this series had caught all three games of a series, and I thought he had a great feel for it and the guys were able to execute. He made some really good decisions and guys did a great job of executing."

Trent Blank came on in relief to get the second out of the inning, and Max Garner stranded a pair of runners with a strikeout for the third out before retiring the side in order in the ninth to post his sixth save of the season. Garner has saved a game in five consecutive Big 12 series.

OSU took advantage of two walks and a single to take an early lead with a RBI groundout in the first inning, but Pinckard settled in and retired 13 of 14 batters between the third and seventh innings.

Baylor tied the game in the third when Max Muncy hit his eighth homer of the season, and one inning later Landis Ware doubled and came around to score on Jake Miller's sacrifice fly to give the Bears a 2-1 lead they would never relinquish.

Muncy went 4-for-5, while Josh Ludy went 2-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt and a walk and Hainsfurther drove in a pair of runs for the Bears. Baylor had four sacrifice bunts and a sacrifice fly in the game.

"(Muncy) had a really good ball game for us," Smith said. "He made a great play to complete a double play. We made and completed a lot of those plays all weekend ... there were a lot of things that went well for us this weekend."

The Bears padded their lead in the eighth on a two-out, two-run single from Joey Hainsfurther, but Womack homered in the bottom half of the inning to end Pinckard's day and cut the Baylor lead back down to one at 4-3.

OSU starting pitcher Randy McCurry (2-3) took the loss after allowing two runs on seven hits in 4.2 innings, while reliever Andrew Heaney gave up two runs on four hits in 3.0 innings of work. Hunter Bailey had the Cowboys' only multi-hit game, finishing 3-for-4.

Baylor again got an insurance run in the ninth after Dan Evatt was hit by a pitch and came home on a suicide squeeze bunt from Steve DalPorto. Garner wouldn't need the run, as he retired the side in order on 12 pitches in the ninth to close out the win.

Baylor closes out the regular season with a four-game homestand starting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night against Dallas Baptist. The Bears wrap up Big 12 play with a three-game home series against Oklahoma Thursday through Saturday.