With no outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, the final stretch of the Oklahoma State baseball team’s critical rubber match against Kansas State largely rested on the bat of Jacob Chappell, a .132 hitter.
With runners at first and second, Chappell ripped a sinking fastball over the middle of the infield and drove in the Cowboys’ third insurance run in the Cowboys’ 6-3 victory Sunday at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. It was their first conference series win this season and Chappell’s first hit in three weeks.
After being swept by TCU, dropping two of three against West Virginia and losing the series opener against K-State 10-4, OSU sat 1-6 in conference play with a battered roster.