Oklahoma State baseball announces time change for Sunday matchup vs. Texas Tech

The Oklahoma State baseball team decided to move up their Sunday matchup vs. the Texas Tech Red Raiders. On Saturday night, the Cowboys announced they were moving up the time of the game to 1 p.m. CST due to the weather. The move was announced via the OSU Twitter page. The game was originally slated for 6 p.m. CST on Sunday.

🚨 Sunday's series finale vs. Texas Tech has been moved to a 1 p.m. first pitch#GoPokes

— OSU Cowboy Baseball (@OSUBaseball) May 11, 2024

OSU pitcher Brian Holiday had an impressive showing on Saturday night, firing double digit strikeouts. Holiday showed some nice control, displaying a solid variety of pitches that left Red Raiders’ batters shaking their heads.

The Cowboys took a 9-3 lead on Texas Tech in the bottom of the eighth inning. The game was tied 2-2 in the first inning, and it stayed that way until the seventh and eighth innings, when OSU piled on seven combined runs. OSU would go on to win the game by six runs, 9-3. The Pokes improved their overall record this year to 34-16, including 17-9 in the Big 12 Conference.

Before Saturday, Holiday had a 4-3 record on the 2024 campaign, with a 3.70 ERA and 87 strikeouts in 80.1 innings of work.

After their series with the Red Raiders, the only three games left in the regular season for OSU is their series with the Houston Cougars. They’ll face off on Thursday, May 16th through Saturday, May 18th.

Then Oklahoma State will begin their preparations for the Big 12 Tournament (May 21-May 25), before the 2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament (NCAA Regionals begin May 31-June 3).

On offense, Oklahoma state has four batters with double digit home runs this year (Nolan Schubart, Carson Benge, Zach Erhard, and Colin Brueggemann). Carson Benge leads the Pokes in RBIs (54), with Nolan Schubart not far behind (45 RBIs).

Texas Tech has had a 30-22 overall record, including losing their last five straight games. They’ve had three batters with double digit home runs this year (Drew Woodcox, Gavin Kash, and Cade McGee).

Weather impacted several other teams besides Oklahoma State

Plenty of different parts across the United States had to deal with thunderstorms this weekend. The bad weather delayed a PGA golf tournament and several different college baseball and softball games in the past few days. On Friday night, many different people across the US were treated to an aerial show of a lifetime, as the atmosphere around the Earth experienced Geomagnetic storms. The storms created some of the more stunning views of the Northern Lights ever seen across different states.