Cowboys vs. South Dakota State (midweek series)

[Northwoods Cowboy]

Games 20-21: South Dakota State • March 17-18 • Stillwater, Oklahoma • O'Brate Stadium (8,000)​

OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS
12-7 overall (0-3 Big 12)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 39
Streak: Lost 3• H: 8-1 • A: 3-4 • N: 1-2
Head Coach: Josh Holliday, 14th Season at OSU (487-270-2)

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS
5-14 overall (0-3 Summit League)

National Ranking: n/a • NCAA RPI: 121
Streak: Lost 6 • H: 0-0 • A: 4-13 • N: 1-1
Head Coach: Rob Bishop, 9th Season at SDSU (179-252)

TV: ESPN+ (Adam Hildebrandt, Dave Hunziker & Tom Holliday)
Radio: Cowboy Radio Network & The Varsity Network App Tues.: KSPI-AM 780 Wed.: KSPI 93.7 FM okla.state/GetVarsity (Rex Holt, Adam Hildebrandt & Dave Holliday)
Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
X: @osubaseball (in-game scoreboard/updates)
Series: Cowboys lead, 14-1
Last: 3/12/17 in Stillwater; Cowboys won, 8-3

• Oklahoma State returns home for five games this week at O'Brate Stadium as the Cowboys host a two-game midweek series with South Dakota State before taking on Baylor this weekend.
• The Pokes are 12-7 on the season after being swept on the opening weekend of Big 12 play at UCF.
• OSU is hitting .278 as a team and ranks eighth nationally with 39 home runs. The Cowboys' pitching staff sports a 5.62 ERA and has 182 strikeouts over 157 IP.
• The 2026 season marks OSU's 14th under the direction of Holliday, who is 13 wins shy of 500 for his career.
• South Dakota State is 5-14 and coming off being swept in a three-game series at Oral Roberts.
• The Jackrabbits own a .241 team batting average, while their pitching staff sports a 7.94 ERA.
• Rob Bishop is in his ninth season as SDSU's head coach and has led the Jackrabbits to a 179-252 record.

 

[Northwoods Cowboy]

Predictions? Should win both- would not be surprised if we drop one. That said, good opportunity to get back on track heading into the weekend.

Side-note, X (Twitter) has been pure entertainment on the state of the program. The Chief & O-State Daily have been pulling out all stops to defend Josh. They do make valid points here and there and I am not trying to stir anything up too much, but it’s absurd to me that they, being two OSU baseball die-hards, are okay accepting the program as average, not sniffing Omaha for a decade under the same leadership, and blaming a lack of resources.

 

[SanditeCowboy]

Predictions? Should win both- would not be surprised if we drop one. That said, good opportunity to get back on track heading into the weekend.

Side-note, X (Twitter) has been pure entertainment on the state of the program. The Chief & O-State Daily have been pulling out all stops to defend Josh. They do make valid points here and there and I am not trying to stir anything up too much, but it’s absurd to me that they, being two OSU baseball die-hards, are okay accepting the program as average, not sniffing Omaha for a decade under the same leadership, and blaming a lack of resources.

It boils down to proximity bias. The probably see (or have seen) more good in the day to day than the typical fan which balances their perspective. Also, with The Chief he made money for years calling JH games, so I understand not wanting to criticize too heavily.

 

[JRod]

With the wind it’s likely to be a home run derby. That bodes well for us

 

[Cowboy4life9688]

Let the home run derby commence

https://twitter.com/x/status/2034026261039968297

 

[ostate77]

Stat padder.

 

[JRod]

BP is all over the place. No control.

 

[Chairman of the Board]

Starting Brennan Phillips is a wild move, but he does get out of the first

 

[ostate77]

Starting Brennan Phillips is a wild move, but he does get out of the first

I think the more appropriate term is ignorant move.

 

[Poke Skywalker]

Starting Brennan Phillips is a wild move, but he does get out of the first

Barely…

 

[JRod]

Yeesh. Just swinging away at EVERYTHING

 

[ostate77]

Yeesh. Just swinging away at EVERYTHING

Joshball at its best!

 

[JRod]

Playing with fire big time.

 

[Cowboy4life9688]

Brennan Phillips was considered a top 3 round prospect out of HS. Didn’t sign because his asking price was too high. He’s got to be one, if not the biggest recruiting bust in the Holliday era.

 

[Chairman of the Board]

Their pitcher came in with a 10.00 era

 

[Cowboy4life9688]

Took Phillips 51 pitches to get through 2 innings…at some point you can’t keep throwing him out there and expect different results. He is what he is

 

[Chairman of the Board]

Solo HR gives the Rabbits the lead, off Burns

 

[Chairman of the Board]

Coach Ward describes Wentworths AB as "a really bad strikeout"

"Some ugly swings and lack of discipline."

"We need to look and who we are and what we're trying to do after the last few days."

 

[David Lee Roth]

Josh usually feasts on these cupcake east popcorn state type games. Usually beats them like a drum and proclaims all is well. I guess Arkansas pine bluff wasn’t available.

 

[JRod]

They’ve had base runners in every single inning. We’ve had zero