Rainy Day and Ugly Ending for Cowboys in Game Two at WVU

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Oklahoma State dropped a 5-2 contest to 24th-ranked West Virginia Saturday at Monongalia County Ballpark.The loss evened the series and sets up a Sunday rubber game, which is set for a 12 p.m. (CST) first pitch.

Third-ranked OSU is now 25-10 overall on the season and fell back into second place in the Big 12 standings at 8-3 in league play. The Mountaineers are back atop the conference at 6-2 and are 22-11 overall.

Victor Mederos took the loss on the mound as he fell to 3-2 on the season. The right-hander allowed three runs on six hits in four innings of work; he struck out three and walked one. Offensively, the Cowboys managed just five hits, with Jake Thompson and David Mendham driving in the OSU runs.

WVU took the game's initial lead in the second on Nathan Blasick's first home run of the season, a solo shot to center field.

The Mountaineers would extend that advantage with another long ball in the third, this one a two-run shot off the bat of McGwire Holbrook to make the score 3-0.

OSU got on the scoreboard with a two-out rally in the fourth. After a walk to Griffin Doersching, he advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on an RBI single by Mendham to cut the Pokes' deficit to 3-1. The Cowboys would eventually load the bases, but a groundout ended the rally.

In the fifth, OSU cut into the Mountaineers lead again. Caeden Trenkle was hit by a pitch, and Hueston Morrill delivered a ground-rule double into the left-center field gap, a hit that would have plated a run and likely resulted in a triple had it not cleared the wall. With two runners in scoring position, Thompson collected an RBI on a fielder's choice to make the score 3-2, but the Cowboys did not manage to score again in the inning.

The home team plated its fourth run in the fifth and extended its lead to 5-2 on a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the seventh.