Final Stats

THE RUNDOWN
STILLWATER, Okla.

- Baylor (14-23, 4-9) dropped the series opener at No. 17 Oklahoma State (25-12, 9-4) in a 10-4 decision Saturday afternoon at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. The Cowboys used a pair of runs in the fourth and fifth along with a four-run sixth to put away the Bears.

BU started the day well, taking the game's first lead with an RBI groundout by West Tunnell in the third. The Bears made it a 2-0 lead with a two-out RBI single by Justin Arrington in the fourth.

Then came OSU's fury of runs as the Cowboys scored two in the fourth on two hits, two errors and a wild pitch. OSU added two more in the fifth on three hits and an error. In the sixth, after scoring three runs on two hits and a wild pitch, Donnie Walton blasted a two-run homer to put the game out of reach.

The Bears rallied in the eighth as Mitch Price led off with a single and Kameron Esthay followed with a double. Pinch-runner Steven McLean scored on a wild pitch before Aaron Dodson roped an RBI single to cut it to a 9-4 deficit but BU did no more damage as OSU added an eighth inning run.

OSU starter Jon Perrin (4-3) earned the win as he gave up two runs on six hits and one walk with three strikeouts in 6.1 innings. BU starter Daniel Castano (2-5) took the loss after giving up six runs on eight hits and one walk with four strikeouts in 5.1 innings.

NOTES
*Baylor narrowly trails the all-time series against Oklahoma State 37-40 overall, 14-18 in Stillwater and leads 31-28 under Steve Smith. BU has won 14 of the last 22 meetings, including taking two of three from No. 20 OSU last year in Waco on March 21-23, 2014. The last time OSU topped BU in a series was March 31-April 1, 2007, in Stillwater. In 18 all-time series in Big 12 play, Baylor leads Oklahoma State 10-4-4, including a 4-3-2 record in Stillwater.

*As one of the league's founding members in 1997, Baylor owns a 492-558-4 record against the current members of the Big 12 Conference. The Bears own a 272-218 all-time record in regular season play.

*Baylor is 2-12 this season in road games and 2-15 away from Baylor Ballpark.

*Baylor has won four of its eight three-game series in 2015 and 21 of 41 since 2012.

*Baylor is 30-38 against ranked teams since 2011 and 3-11 this season.

*Baylor 192-287-1 overall against Baseball America ranked teams, and 0-8 this season.

*Baylor is 56-144 all-time on the road against Baseball America ranked teams.

*Baylor has four series wins over ranked teams since 2014 in nine attempts.

*Baylor 227-160 in April under Smith and 2-7 this year.

*Logan Brown has a 10-game on-base streak and has a hit in his last three games as he tallied his team-high 15th multi-hit game.

*Justin Arrington had a career-high three hits for his third multi-hit game of the season.

*Mitch Price has reached base in four straight games and has a hit in his last three.

*Cameron Miller has reached base in three straight games.

STAT OF THE GAME
17 - The amount of hits and runs by Oklahoma State in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings (nine hits, eight runs).

WHAT'S NEXT
The teams finish the series with games at 1 p.m. CT tomorrow and Sunday. Saturday's pitching matchup will feature BU RHP Drew Tolson (1-6, 4.17 ERA) vs. OSU LHP Michael Freeman (6-1, 1.29 ERA) while Sunday will have BU RHP Nick Lewis (1-1, 5.75 ERA) vs. OSU LHP Tyler Nurdin (1-2, 2.67 ERA).