2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball
Big 12 Regular season champions
Stillwater Regional, 0–2
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
CB	No. 14
Record	41–20 (15–9 Big 12)
Head coach	Josh Holliday (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Rob Walton (11th season) Robin Ventura (1st season) Justin Seely (6th season)
Home stadium	O'Brate Stadium
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2023 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Texas  ‍†‍‍y	15	–	9		.625			42	–	22		.656
Oklahoma State  ‍†‍‍y	15	–	9		.625			41	–	20		.672
West Virginia  ‍†‍‍y	15	–	9		.625			40	–	20		.667
No. 5 TCU  ‍‍‡‍y	13	–	11		.542			44	–	24		.647
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			35	–	24		.593
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍y	12	–	12		.500			41	–	23		.641
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y	11	–	13		.458			32	–	28		.533
Kansas  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			25	–	32		.439
Baylor  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			20	–	35		.364
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2023 [1] Rankings from D1baseball

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

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

Award	Player	Position	Year	Source
Big 12 Preseason Pitcher of the Year	Juaron Watts-Brown	RHP	Sophomore	[2]
Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year	Juaron Watts-Brown	RHP	Sophomore	[2]
Golden Spikes Award watchlist	Nolan McLean	U	Junior	[3]
	Juaron Watts-Brown	RHP	Sophomore	[3]

Big 12 media poll

Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
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: ^[4]

Preseason Big 12 awards and honors

Preseason All-Big 12 Team [2]
Player	No.	Position	Class
Marcus Brown	19	INF	Junior
Nolan McLean	13	U	Junior
Roc Riggio	7	INF	Sophomore
Juaron Watts-Brown	23	RHP	Sophomore

Preseason All-Americans

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

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

Sources: ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

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 State Farm College Baseball Showdown 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) FloSports 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 1–187 Hunter Hollan (1–0) Bayden Root (0–1) — FloSports 17,567 1–2 — February 21 Cal Baptist* No. 15 O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK W 2–0 Evan O'Toole (1–0) Brandon Downer (1–1) Nolan McLean (2) B12N/ESPN+ 4,928 2–2 — February 24 Loyola Marymount* 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 8–1010 Merrick Baldo (2–0) Gabe Davis (0–1) — 4,562 3–3 — February 26 Loyola Marymount* No. 15 O'Brate Stadium W 11–17 Brennan Phillips (1–1) Owen Hackman (0–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,326 4–3 — February 28 at Missouri State* 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 Austin Peay* No. 12 O'Brate Stadium W 19–27 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 Utah Tech* No. 13 O'Brate Stadium W 11–17 Juaron Watts-Brown (2–0) Brett Porthan (2–2) — 4,312 11–3 — March 11 [a] Utah Tech* No. 13 O'Brate Stadium W 10–4 Bayden Root (3–1) Ryan Hardman (0–4) — 5,095 12–3 — March 11 [a] 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 20–47 Ben Abram (2–0) Zach Heaton (1–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 5,167 15–3 — March 17 at Texas Tech No. 12 Rip Griffin Park Lubbock, TX L 7–810 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 1–127 Brandon Beckel (3–0) Juaron Watts-Brown (2–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 3,746 16–5 1–2 March 22 at Wichita State* 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 Baylor 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 13–27 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. 21 Texas 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 at TCU 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) — ESPNU 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 West Virginia 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 Bedlam Series April 18 [b] 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 Kansas 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) ESPNU 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) BTN 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 East Tennessee State* 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 20–77 Ryan Bogusz (1–1) Cade Carlson (3–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,620 33–14 — May 12 Kansas State 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 12–27 Carson Benge (2–1) Mason Buss (4–3) — B12N/ESPN+ 4,599 35–15 13–8 Bedlam Series 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)
Big 12 Tournament (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) — ESPN2 14,673 41–18 4–2
Stillwater Regional (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 (2) No. 18 Dallas Baptist (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.
[9]

Statistics

Team batting

As of March 24, 2023 ^[10]

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

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches' [11]	8	8*	13	14	13	15	13	13	16
Baseball America [12]	15	21	21	18	17	20	17	11	14
Collegiate Baseball^ [13]	12	16	23	24	18	19	14	12	18
NCBWA† [14]	14	19	18	15	13	16	13	15	17
D1Baseball [15]	9	15	12	13	12	20	17	16	18

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Notes

1. Part of a doubleheader.
2. Non-conference game.

References

1. "2022–23 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
2. "TCU's Taylor, OSU's Watts-Brown Lead Big 12 Baseball Preseason Awards". Big 12 Sports.
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4. "TCU Picked As Favorite In Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll". Big 12 Sports.
5. "Collegiate Baseball announces 2023 Preseason All-American teams". NCAA.com. December 19, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
6. Carter, Bo. "NCBWA unveils 2023 Preseason All-America Team". sportswriters.net. NCBWA . Retrieved February 11, 2023.
7. "2023 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans". d1baseball.com. January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
8. Collazo, Carlos (January 30, 2023). "2023 Preseason College All-American Teams". Baseball America . Retrieved February 11, 2023.
9. "2023 Baseball Schedule". okstate.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
10. "2023 Cowboy Baseball Cumulative Statistics - Team Statistics". okstate.com. Oklahoma State University Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
11. "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today . Retrieved February 10, 2023.
12. "College Top 25". Baseball America. February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
13. "2023 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
14. "NCBWA Division I Poll". sportswriters.net. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
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External links

• OK State Baseball