COWBOYS LASSO PALADINS 10-0 ON SECOND DAY OF SOUTHWEST DIAMOND CLASSIC
Fort Worth, TEXAS—Oklahoma State starting pitcher Spencer Grogan pitched
eight innings of shutout baseball to lead the Cowboys to an 10-0 win over Furman
in day two of the Southwest Diamond Classic.
Grogan allowed eight hits while striking out five and walking one to improve
to 2-0 on the year. Freshman Brent Weaver completed the shutout with an inning
of one-hit relief.
Leadoff batter Rod Allen opened the game with a homer for the Cowboys (3-3)
and added a RBI single in his second at bat to put the team up 2-0.
Freshman first baseman Ty Wright added a RBI single in the third to extend
the lead to 3-0. Wright finished the day 4-for-6 with two RBIs and a run scored.
OSU broke the game open with a four-run fifth, highlighted by a RBI single
by Wright and a two-run single by leftfielder Scott Kirby.
Third baseman Josh Fields, who went 4-for-6 at the plate, added a two-run homer
in the eighth as the Pokes scored three more runs in the stanza to extend the
lead to 10-0.
Allen, centerfielder Keanon Simon and shortstop Chris Gutierrez each had two
hits on the day to help lead the offensive surge.
Furman shortstop A.J. Davidiuk led the Paladins (1-3) with two hits, while
starting pitcher David Mitchell dropped to 0-1 on the year.
The Paladins finish out the Southwest Diamond Classic tomorrow when they face TCU at 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma State will close out the tournament tomorrow at 4 p.m. against host Dallas Baptist.