April 01, 2025 | Baseball
The Bears (14-13) scored in double figures for the sixth time in eight contests thanks to production up and down the lineup, with eight starters recording a hit and eight scoring a run.
Max Knight's two-run double in the bottom of the first erased OSU's (12-14) early 2-0 lead before the Cowboys went back up 4-2 thanks to a pair in the third.
In the bottom of the third, Jake McCutcheon led off with a double and scored on Taeg Gollert's single, and Knight singled and later stole home for a 4-4 tie.
William Zareh led off the fourth with a solo homer and Nick Rodriguez doubled and scored on an error for a 6-4 advantage, and the Bears broke it open with a four-run fifth.
The scoring in the fifth came on Caden Bogenpohl's bases-loaded walk, a wild pitch, a Rodriguez fielder's choice and McCutcheon RBI single for the 10-4 margin.
Owen Slater (1-1) pitched 3.2 innings of relief with a career-high five strikeouts in his first victory, the only blip being a two-run homer by OSU in the sixth that cut the lead to 10-6.
Curry Sutherland threw a scoreless seventh, and Jackson Holmes pitched the final two innings, working out of a jam in the ninth after OSU plated two runs before the first out.
Gollert (15) and Rodriguez (14) extended their respective hitting streaks, and Bogenpohl reached for the 40th consecutive game. Dylan Robertson tied his career high with three hits.
The pitching staff equaled a season best with 15 strikeouts.
The Bears are on the road this weekend at Southern Illinois in a battle of the two teams tied atop the Missouri Valley Conference standings. Game one is currently scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, April 4.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Slater, Owen (1-1)
L: Hope, Jett (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Ritchie, Kollin 1
HR: Conover, Alex 1
RBI: Conover, Alex 2 ; Schubart, Nolan 1 ; Ritchie, Kollin 2 ; Jones, Jayson 1 ; Sylvester, Beau 2
SH: Daugherty, Ian 1
SF: Ritchie, Kollin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Conover, Alex 2 ; Smith, Brayden 1 ; Schubart, Nolan 2 ; Brueggemann, Colin 1 ; Jones, Jayson 1 ; Culbertson, Drew 1
SB: Ritchie, Kollin 1 ; Shull, Garrett 1
CS: Jones, Jayson 1
HBP: Conover, Alex 1 ; Sylvester, Beau 1 ; Culbertson, Drew 1

Batting:
2B: Rodriguez, Nick 1 ; McCutcheon, Jake 1 ; Knight, Max 1 ; Robertson, Dylan 1
HR: Zareh, William 1
RBI: Bogenpohl, Caden 1 ; Rodriguez, Nick 1 ; McCutcheon, Jake 1 ; Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Knight, Max 2 ; Zareh, William 1
SH: Epstein, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bogenpohl, Caden 1 ; Rodriguez, Nick 1 ; McCutcheon, Jake 2 ; Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Knight, Max 1 ; Robertson, Dylan 1 ; Stewart, Zack 1 ; Zareh, William 2
SB: Knight, Max 2 ; Epstein, Tyler 2
HBP: McCutcheon, Jake 1 ; Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Zareh, William 1
PO: McCutcheon, Jake 1

























