2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team explained

Year:	2023
Team:	Oklahoma State Cowboys
Sport:	baseball
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:	Big 12
Coachrank:	13
Cbrank:	14
Record:	41–18
Conf Record:	15–9
Head Coach:	Josh Holliday
Hc Year:	11th
Asst Coach1:	Rob Walton
Ac1 Year:	11th
Asst Coach2:	Robin Ventura
Ac2 Year:	1st
Asst Coach3:	Justin Seely
Ac3 Year:	6th
Stadium:	O'Brate Stadium
Champion:	Big 12 Regular season champions
Tourney:	Stillwater Regional
Tourney Result:	0–2

The 2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys played their home games at O'Brate Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Josh Holliday, in his eleventh season at Oklahoma State.

Previous season

See main article: 2022 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team.

The 2022 team finished the season with a 42–22 record and a 15–9 record in the Big 12. In the 2022 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, the fourth-seeded Cowboys made a run to the semifinals where they fell to fifth-seeded Texas in Game 7, 2–9. They earned an at-large bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they were seeded seventh overall and the top seed in the Stillwater Regional. There, the Cowboys were eliminated by second-seeded Arkansas.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Big 12 Preseason Pitcher of the Year	Juaron Watts-Brown		Sophomore	^[1]
Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year	Juaron Watts-Brown		Sophomore
Golden Spikes Award watchlist	Nolan McLean		Junior	^[2]
	Juaron Watts-Brown		Sophomore

Big 12 media poll

Big 12 media poll
1	TCU	61 (5)
2	Oklahoma State	59 (4)
3	Texas Tech	48
4	Texas	43
5	Oklahoma	38
6	West Virginia	28
7	Kansas State	17
8	Kansas	16
9	Baylor	14

Source:^[3]

Preseason Big 12 awards and honors

Preseason All-Big 12 Team
Player	No.	Position	Class
Marcus Brown	19		Junior
Nolan McLean	13		Junior
	7		Sophomore
Juaron Watts-Brown	23		Sophomore

Preseason All-Americans

Second Team All-Americans
Player	No.	Position	Class	Selector(s)
Nolan McLean	13		Junior	Collegiate Baseball D1Baseball
Juaron Watts-Brown	23		Sophomore	Baseball America D1Baseball

Third Team All-Americans
Player	No.	Position	Class	Selector(s)
Nolan McLean	13		Junior	Baseball America NCBWA
	7		Sophomore	Baseball America D1Baseball
Juaron Watts-Brown	23		Sophomore	NCBWA

Sources:^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Schedule and results

2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball game log
Regular season (37–16)
February (5–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record February 17 vs. Missouri* No. 9 Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 5–3 Drew Blake (1–0) Chandler Murphy (0–1) Nolan McLean (1) 15,721 1–0 — February 18 vs. No. 10 Vanderbilt* No. 9 Globe Life Field L 9–11 Andrew Dutkanych IV (1–0) Brennan Phillips (0–1) Nick Maldonado (1) FloSports 20,295 1–1 — February 19 vs. No. 8 Arkansas* No. 9 Globe Life Field L 1–18^7 Hunter Hollan (1–0) Bayden Root (0–1) — FloSports 17,567 1–2 — February 21 No. 15 O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK W 2–0 Evan O'Toole (1–0) Brandon Downer (1–1) Nolan McLean (2) 4,928 2–2 — February 24 No. 15 O'Brate Stadium W 1–0 Evan O'Toole (2–0) Diego Barrera (0–1) Nolan McLean (2) B12N/ESPN+ 4,562 3–2 — February 25 Loyola Marymount* No. 15 O'Brate Stadium L 8–10^10 Merrick Baldo (2–0) Gabe Davis (0–1) — 4,562 3–3 — February 26 Loyola Marymount* No. 15 O'Brate Stadium W 11–1^7 Brennan Phillips (1–1) Owen Hackman (0–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,326 4–3 — February 28 at * No. 12 Hammons Field Springfield, MO W 12–10 Bayden Root (1–1) Scott Youngbrandt (0–2) Nolan McLean (4) B12N/ESPN+ 1,031 5–3 —
March (15–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record March 3 No. 12 O'Brate Stadium W 19–2^7 Juaron Watts-Brown (1–0) Nick James (1–2) — 4,729 6–3 — March 4 Austin Peay* No. 12 O'Brate Stadium W 2–1 Isaac Stebens (1–0) Lyle Miller-Green (0–2) Nolan McLean (5) 5,348 7–3 — March 5 Austin Peay* No. 12 O'Brate Stadium W 12–4 Bayden Root (2–1) Jacob Kush (0–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 5,006 8–3 — March 7 Arizona State No. 13 O'Brate Stadium W 8–4 Isaac Stebens (2–0) Blake Pivaroff (0–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,233 9–3 — March 8 Arizona State* No. 13 O'Brate Stadium W 7–4 Ben Abram (1–0) Owen Stevenson (0–1) Nolan McLean (6) B12N/ESPN+ 4,086 10–3 — March 10 No. 13 O'Brate Stadium W 11–1^7 Juaron Watts-Brown (2–0) Brett Porthan (2–2) — 4,312 11–3 — March 11 Utah Tech* No. 13 O'Brate Stadium W 10–4 Bayden Root (3–1) Ryan Hardman (0–4) — 5,095 12–3 — March 11 Utah Tech* No. 13 O'Brate Stadium W 9–3 Brian Hendry (1–0) Jake Dahle (0–3) — 5,095 13–3 — March 12 Utah Tech* No. 13 O'Brate Stadium W 9–4 Isaac Stebens (3–0) Carsten Herman (2–1) — 4,304 14–3 — March 14 Dallas Baptist No. 12 O'Brate Stadium W 20–4^7 Ben Abram (2–0) Zach Heaton (1–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 5,167 15–3 — March 17 No. 12 Rip Griffin Park Lubbock, TX L 7–8^10 Ryan Free (2–1) Nolan McLean (0–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 3,713 15–4 0–1 March 18 at Texas Tech No. 12 Rip Griffin Park W 9–4 Ben Abram (3–0) Mason Molina (2–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,021 16–4 1–1 March 19 at Texas Tech No. 12 Rip Griffin Park L 1–12^7 Brandon Beckel (3–0) Juaron Watts-Brown (2–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 3,746 16–5 1–2 March 22 at * No. 20 Eck Stadium Wichita, KS W 10–1 Carson Benge (1–0) Cameron Bye (0–3) — B12N/ESPN+ 1,835 17–5 — March 24 No. 20 O'Brate Stadium W 11–9 Nolan McLean (1–1) Hambleton Oliver (2–2) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,776 18–5 2–2 March 25 Baylor No. 20 O'Brate Stadium W 15–8 Ben Abram (4–0) Mason Marriott (1–3) — B12N/ESPN+ 6,556 19–5 3–2 March 26 Baylor No. 20 O'Brate Stadium W 13–2^7 Juaron Watts-Brown (3–1) Will Rigney (2–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,736 20–5 4–2 March 28 at Dallas Baptist* No. 17 Horner Ballpark Dallas, TX L 0–8 Zach Heaton (2–1) Carson Benge (1–1) — 1,376 20–6 — March 31 No. 17 O'Brate Stadium L 3–5 Lucas Gordon (3–0) Ben Abram (4–1) Zane Morehouse (4) B12N/ESPN+ 5,876 20–7 4–3
April (10–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record April 1 No. 21 Texas No. 17 O'Brate Stadium W 4–1 Juaron Watts-Brown (4–1) Travis Sthele (2–3) Isaac Stebens (1) B12N/ESPN+ 6,489 21–7 5–3 April 2 No. 21 Texas No. 17 O'Brate Stadium W 4–3 Isaac Stebens (4–0) Zane Morehouse (4–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 5,655 22–7 6–3 April 4 Wichita State* No. 16 O'Brate Stadium L 6–13 Matt Boyer (4–0) Ryan Bogusz (0–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 5,273 22–8 — April 6 No. 16 Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, TX W 7–6 Evan O'Toole (3–0) Chase Hoover (1–1) Isaac Stebens (2) B12N/ESPN+ 3,728 23–8 7–3 April 7 at TCU No. 16 Lupton Stadium L 3–7 Kole Klecker (6–2) Ben Abram (4–2) — 3,996 23–9 7–4 April 8 at TCU No. 16 Lupton Stadium L 5–12 Garrett Wright (2–1) Evan O'Toole (3–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,385 23–10 7–5 April 11 Oral Roberts No. 18 O'Brate Stadium L 5–8 Caleb Isaacs (5–0) Gabe Davis (0–2) Cade Denton (8) B12N/ESPN+ 4,781 23–11 — April 14 No. 18 O'Brate Stadium L 3–6 Ben Hampton (3–1) Juaron Watts-Brown (4–2) Carlson Reed (3) B12N/ESPN+ 5,055 23–12 7–6 April 15 West Virginia No. 18 O'Brate Stadium L 5–9 Aidan Major (2–2) Isaac Stebens (4–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 5,817 23–13 7–7 April 16 West Virginia No. 18 O'Brate Stadium W 11–6 Brian Hendry (2–0) David Hagaman (0–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,576 24–13 8–7 April 18 Oklahoma O'Brate Stadium W 19–8 Evan O'Toole (4–1) Gray Harrison (0–2) Isaac Stebens (3) B12N/ESPN+ 6,769 25–13 — April 21 at Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS W 15–10 Evan O'Toole (5–1) Collin Baumgartner (3–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 682 26–13 9–7 April 22 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark W 14–3 Ben Abram (5–2) Sam Ireland (4–5) Gabe Davis (1) 893 27–13 10–7 April 23 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark W 8–3 Bayden Root (4–1) Ethan Bradford (2–4) — B12N/ESPN+ 964 28–13 11–7 April 25 Wichita State* O'Brate Stadium Canceled due to weather conditions April 28 at Michigan* Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI April 29 at Michigan* Ray Fisher Stadium W 5–3 Bayden Root (5–1) Connor O'Halloran (7–3) Isaac Stebens (4) 1,619 29–13 — April 30 at Michigan* Ray Fisher Stadium W 8–5 Ben Abram (6–2) Noah Rennard (6–3) Isaac Stebens (5) BTN 1,410 30–13 —
May (7–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record May 2 at Oral Roberts* J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK L 7–9 Jacob Widener (2–2) Brian Hendry (2–1) — 2,273 30–14 — May 5 O'Brate Stadium W 7–4 Juaron Watts-Brown (5–2) Colby Stuart (1–4) Isaac Stebens (6) B12N/ESPN+ 5,007 31–14 — May 6 East Tennessee State* O'Brate Stadium W 17–7 Bayden Root (6–1) Nathanial Tate (6–4) — B12N/ESPN+ 5,435 32–14 — May 7 East Tennessee State* O'Brate Stadium W 20–7^7 Ryan Bogusz (1–1) Cade Carlson (3–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,620 33–14 — May 12 O'Brate Stadium L 9–10 Owen Boerema (7–1) Juaron Watts-Brown (5–3) Tyson Neighbors (10) B12N/ESPN+ 4,990 33–15 11–8 May 13 Kansas State O'Brate Stadium W 19–5 Bayden Root (7–1) German Fajardo (3–3) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,816 34–15 12–8 May 14 Kansas State O'Brate Stadium W 12–2^7 Carson Benge (2–1) Mason Buss (4–3) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,599 35–15 13–8 May 18 at Oklahoma No. 25 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park Norman, OK W 13–2 Evan O'Toole (6–1) Braxton Douthit (4–5) — ESPN+ 2,571 36–15 14–8 May 19 at Oklahoma No. 25 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park L 0–5 Braden Carmichael (7–0) Juaron Watts-Brown (5–4) — ESPN+ 3,044 36–16 14–9 May 20 at Oklahoma No. 25 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park W 11–1 Ben Abram (7–2) James Hitt (5–1) — ESPN+ 3,371 37–16 15–9
Postseason (4–4)
(4–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12T Record May 24 vs. (7) Oklahoma (2) No. 18 Globe Life Field L 5–9 James Hitt (6–1) Carson Benge (2–2) Carter Campbell (2) B12N/ESPN+ 7,406 37–17 0–1 May 25 vs. (3) No. 21 West Virginia (2) No. 18 Globe Life Field W 3–2 Juaron Watts-Brown (6–4) Carlson Reed (2–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 6,325 38–17 1–1 May 26 vs. (7) Oklahoma (2) No. 18 Globe Life Field W 8–3 Ben Abram (8–2) Will Carsten (1–3) — B12N/ESPN+ 10,745 39–17 2–1 May 27 vs. (6) Texas Tech (2) No. 18 Globe Life Field W 8–1 Brennan Phillips (2–1) Zane Petty (3–1) Bayden Root (1) B12N/ESPN+ — 40–17 3–1 May 27 vs. (6) Texas Tech (2) No. 18 Globe Life Field W 6–5 Gabe Davis (1–2) Brandon Beckel (5–2) — B12N/ESPN+ 13,532 41–17 4–1 May 28 vs. (4) TCU (2) No. 18 Globe Life Field L 5–12 Luke Savage (3–3) Ben Abram (8–3) — 14,673 41–18 4–2
(0–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 2 (4) Oral Roberts (1) No. 16 O'Brate Stadium L 4–6 Caleb Isaacs (7–0) Nolan McLean (1–2) Cade Denton (13) ESPN+ 5,423 41–19 0–1 June 3 (1) No. 16 O'Brate Stadium L 4–18 Zach Heaton (5–1) Juaron Watts-Brown (6–5) — ESPN2 5,033 41–20 0–2
Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled Bold = Oklahoma State team member
"*" indicates a non-conference game. "#" represents ranking. All rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. "" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.
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Statistics

Team batting

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Team	AB	Avg.	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Oklahoma State	738	.310	229	55	4	40	167	107	201	20
Opponents	704	.246	173	32	5	21	100	82	224	7

Team pitching

Team	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	SV	ERA
Oklahoma State	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Opponents	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Rankings

See main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

External links

• OK State Baseball

Notes and References

1. Web site: TCU’s Taylor, OSU’s Watts-Brown Lead Big 12 Baseball Preseason Awards . Big 12 Sports.
2. Web site: Cowboy Baseball Duo Lands On Golden Spikes Watch List . okstate.com . February 11, 2023 . February 10, 2023.
3. Web site: TCU Picked As Favorite In Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll. Big 12 Sports.
4. Web site: Collegiate Baseball announces 2023 Preseason All-American teams . NCAA.com . February 11, 2023 . December 19, 2022.
5. Web site: Carter . Bo . NCBWA unveils 2023 Preseason All-America Team . sportswriters.net . . February 11, 2023.
6. Web site: 2023 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans . d1baseball.com . February 11, 2023 . January 30, 2023.
7. Web site: Collazo . Carlos . 2023 Preseason College All-American Teams . . February 11, 2023 . January 30, 2023.
8. Web site: 2023 Baseball Schedule . okstate.com . February 10, 2023.
9. Web site: 2023 Cowboy Baseball Cumulative Statistics - Team Statistics . okstate.com . Oklahoma State University Athletics . March 24, 2023.