2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team explained

Year:	2024
Team:	Oklahoma State Cowboys
Sport:	baseball
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:	Big 12
Record:	37–16
Conf Record:	19–9
Head Coach:	Josh Holliday
Hc Year:	12th
Asst Coach1:	Rob Walton
Ac1 Year:	12th
Asst Coach2:	Mark Ginther
Ac2 Year:	1st
Asst Coach3:	Victor Romero
Ac3 Year:	1st
Stadium:	O'Brate Stadium
Champion:	Big 12 tournament champions
Tourney:	Stillwater Regional
Tourney Result:	2-2

The 2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2024 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 twelfth season at Oklahoma State.

Background

See main article: 2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team. The 2023 Oklahoma State baseball team finished the season with a 41–18 overall record and a 15–9 record in the Big 12 Conference. The won the Big 12 regular season for the first time since 2014.^[1] The Pokes went 4–2 in the 2023 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, but earned an at-large berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. There, the Pokes were seeded 11th overall and hosted the Stillwater Regional.^[2] In the tournament, Oklahoma went 0–2 being eliminated by No. 18 Dallas Baptist.^[3]

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

Big 12 media poll
1	TCU	143 (11)
2	Texas	131 (2)
3	Oklahoma State	119
4	Texas Tech	107
5	Kansas State	98
T–6	Oklahoma	85
T–6	West Virginia	85
8	Kansas	67
9	Houston	56
10	UCF	45
11	Baylor	36
T–12	BYU	21
T–12	Cincinnati	21

Source:^[4]

Offseason

2023 MLB Draft

See main article: 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

3	89		RHP	Toronto Blue Jays
3	91		3B	New York Mets
4	129		2B	New York Yankees
5	138	Marcus Brown	SS	Washington Nationals
10	312	Brian Hendry	RHP	New York Yankees
16	478	Isaac Stebens	LHP	Boston Red Sox

Schedule and results

2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball game log (42-19)
Regular season (36–16)
February (4–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record February 16 at * No. 21 Don Sanders Stadium Huntsville, TX L 2–7 Atkinson (1–0) Garcia (0–1) Hewitt (1) 1,181 0–1 — February 17 at Sam Houston* No. 21 Don Sanders Stadium L 1–2 David (1–0) Cranz (0–1) None ESPN+ 979 0–2 — February 18 at Sam Houston* No. 21 Don Sanders Stadium W 19–2 Keisel (1–0) Hellums (0–1) None ESPN+ 1,014 1–2 — February 21 at * Crutcher Scott Field Abilene, TX W 8–4 Weber (1–0) Greanead (0–1) None 1,063 2–2 — February 23 vs. Michigan* Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 9–3 Garcia (1–1) Voit (0–1) None 13,038 3–2 — February 24 vs. No. 2 Arkansas* Globe Life Field W 2–1^14 Molsky (1–0) Fisher (1–1) None FloBaseball 16,271 4–2 — February 25 vs. No. 7 Oregon State* Globe Life Field L 1–8 Segura (1–0) Keisel (1–1) None FloBaseball 7,459 4–3 — February 27 at * Horner Ballpark Dallas, TX L 4–14^7 Wilson (2–0) Bogusz (0–1) None ESPN+ 1,274 4–4 —
March (14–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record March 1 O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK W 7–4 O'Toole (1–0) Miller (0–2) Davis (1) B12N 4,363 5–4 — March 2 Central Michigan* O'Brate Stadium W 8–1 Holiday (1–0) Batka (0–2) None B12N 5,204 6–4 — March 3 Central Michigan* O'Brate Stadium W 19–0 Keisel (2–1) Mrakitsch (1–2) None B12N 4,765 7–4 — March 5 O'Brate Stadium L 8–9 Vasiliou (1–2) Weber (1–1) Hardman (1) B12N 3,875 7–5 — March 6 Utah Tech* O'Brate Stadium W 12–2^7 Hudgens (1–0) Marshall (0–1) None B12N 3,902 8–5 — March 8 O'Brate Stadium W 4–2 Garcia (2–1) Cosper (1–1) Davis (2) B12N 5,139 9–5 — March 9 Mercer* O'Brate Stadium L 1–4 Yntema (2–1) Holiday (1–1) Olson (5) B12N 5,139 9–6 — March 10 Mercer* O'Brate Stadium W 4–3 Blake (1–0) O'Neal (0–2) Benge (1) B12N 4,228 10–6 — March 12 at * Mitchell Park Norman, OK W 14–5 Davis (1–0) Carsten (0–1) None ESPN+ 4,177 11–6 — March 15 Euliano Park Orlando, FL L 2–13 Vespi (2–0) Garcia (2–2) None B12N 2,256 11–7 0–1 March 16 at UCF Euliano Park L 3–4 Centala (2–0) Davis (1–1) None B12N 2,189 11–8 0–2 March 17 at UCF Euliano Park W 16-10 Molsky (2-0) Boxrucker (1-1) None B12N 1,749 12-8 1-2 March 19 O'Brate Stadium W 13-4 Blake (2-0) Beaver (0-2) None B12N 4,499 13-8 — March 22 O'Brate Stadium L 0-1 Tolle (2-1) Garcia (2-3) None B12N 4,979 13-9 1-3 March 23 TCU O'Brate Stadium W 6-2 Holiday (2-1) Klecker (0-2) None B12N 5,309 14-9 2-3 March 24 TCU O'Brate Stadium W 6-3 Molshy (3-0) Sloan (3-2) None B12N 4,184 15-9 3-3 March 26 at * Eck Stadium Wichita, KS W 3-0 Ure (1-0) Dobbs (4-2) Cranz (1) ESPN+ 844 16-9 — March 29 at Monongalia County Ballpark Morgantown, WV W 2-1 Garcia (3-3) Major (3-2) Benge (2) B12N 3,088 17-9 4-3 March 30 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark W 10-1^11 Molsky (4-0) Hagaman (1-3) None B12N 2,778 18-9 5-3 March 31 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark L 10-15 Yehl (1-0) Davis (1-2) Estridge (1) B12N 2,547 18-10 5-4
April (13-4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record April 2 O'Brate Stadium B12N — April 5 Oklahoma O'Brate Stadium B12N April 6 Oklahoma O'Brate Stadium B12N April 7 Oklahoma O'Brate Stadium B12N April 9 at Wichita State* Eck Stadium ESPN+ — April 12 O'Brate Stadium B12N April 13 Cincinnati O'Brate Stadium B12N April 14 Cincinnati O'Brate Stadium B12N April 16 Dallas Baptist* O'Brate Stadium B12N — April 19 at Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS B12N April 20 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium B12N April 21 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium April 23 at Oral Roberts* J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK — April 25 O'Brate Stadium B12N April 26 BYU O'Brate Stadium B12N April 27 BYU O'Brate Stadium B12N April 30 Wichita State* O'Brate Stadium B12N —
May (5-2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record May 3 Disch-Falk Field Austin, TX May 4 at Texas Disch-Falk Field LHN May 5 at Texas Disch-Falk Field LHN May 10 O'Brate Stadium B12N May 11 Texas Tech O'Brate Stadium B12N May 12 Texas Tech O'Brate Stadium B12N May 16 at Schroeder Park Houston, TX B12N May 17 at Houston Schroeder Park B12N May 18 at Houston Schroeder Park B12N
Postseason (6–3)
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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Rankings

See main article: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

External links

• OK State Baseball

Notes and References

1. Web site: OSU, UT and WVU Share Big 12 Baseball Regular Season Title, Championship Seeds Announced . . big12sports.com . March 2, 2024 . May 20, 2023.
2. Web site: Fitt . Aaron . Sixteen regional sites selected for 2023 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship . NCAA.com . March 2, 2024 . May 30, 2023.
3. Web site: Bush . Braeden . Oklahoma State baseball season ends in rout to Dallas Baptist in NCAA Stillwater Regional . . . March 1, 2024 . June 3, 2023.
4. Web site: TCU Picked As Favorite In Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll . . March 1, 2024 . January 25, 2024.
5. Web site: 2023 Baseball Schedule . okstate.com . February 10, 2023.