No. 20 Oklahoma State Bombs UWM, 24-3
February 14, 1999
STILLWATER, Okla. - The 20th ranked Oklahoma State baseball team used five home runs by five different players to beat Wisconsin-Milwaukee 24-3 Sunday afternoon at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. The Cowboys never trailed in the contest, sweeping the two-game series against the Panthers while moving to 3-0 on the season. "I thought we played much better than we did yesterday and alot of credit goes to our pitching staff. Thom (Dreier) came in and did a great job of throwing the breaking ball and straight change. Our pitching today allowed us to swing the bat and score alot of runs," said head coach Tom Holliday. Oklahoma State opened the scoring with four runs in the bottom of the second and proceeded to score in the next four innings. The Pokes capped off the scoring barrage with a 10-run sixth which featured three of OSU's five home runs on the afternoon. Outfielder Lamont Matthews led the Cowboy offensive attack with a 2 -for-5 performance at the plate with a grand-slam homer and six RBIs. Shortstop Billy Gasparino continued his hot start to the young season, hitting a home run in the sixth inning, his fifth of the year. Second baseman Kevin Lucas also aided the offensive surge with a three-for-three performance with two RBIs and three runs scored. Pitcher Thom Dreier (1-0) picked up the win hurling five innings of shutout ball while allowing only three hits and striking out three. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 -- 3 Oklahoma State 0 4 2 1 6 (10) 0 1 X -- 24 Neary, Raeder (5), Freisleben (5), Risser (6), Crawford (7), Oiler (8) and Ludwig; Dreier, New (6), Herrmann (9) and Holliday, Haggard. W - Dreier 1-0. L - Neary 0-1.
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