STILLWATER, Okla. – The K-State baseball team was held to two hits on Sunday by Oklahoma State starting pitcher Michael Freeman, who carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning, as the Wildcats fell to the No. 12 Cowboys, 4-1, to lose the Big 12 series at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.

 

Despite being no-hit for 8 1/3 innings, the Wildcats (12-14, 1-5 Big 12) jumped out to a lead over Oklahoma State (19-8, 4-2 Big 12) in the sixth inning. Jake Wodtke led off the frame by reaching on an error by Cowboy second baseman Tim Arakawa. After Wodtke advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and then to third on a groundout, the redshirt sophomore scored on a passed ball to make it 1-0 Wildcats.

 

Oklahoma State, however, answered the lone Wildcat run in the bottom of the sixth with a sacrifice fly by Donnie Walton. The RBI by Walton, one of his game-high three, was set up when K-State starting pitcher Brandon Courville issued a leadoff walk to Jacob Chappell, who stole second base on the first pitch delivered by reliever Brandon Erickson to the next batter, Arakawa. Arakawa then moved Chappell to third with a sacrifice bunt to set up the game-tying play.

 

The Wildcats surrendered the game-deciding runs in the seventh when the Cowboys had six of their seven batters that came to the plate reach base with four hits and two walks. K-State reliever Corey Fischer was responsible for the first two runners, who reached via singles, while Jordan Floyd allowed one of the two runners to score. Although catcher Tyler Moore cleared the base paths by throwing out two attempted base stealers, Floyd allowed a two-out, two-run double to Walton that capped the scoring at 4-1.