STILLWATER — Imagine being called out of the bullpen with a one-run lead, the bases loaded and staring down a 6-foot-4, 251-pound titan with a bleach blond mohawk and a tattoo sleeve. That’s what Jared Viertel had to do Sunday, and it went about as expected.
Griffin Doersching capped off Oklahoma State’s comeback in the Cowboys’ 29-15 (a baseball score) victory over Missouri State in the teams’ NCAA Regional elimination game with a sixth inning grand slam on the first pitch he saw against Viertel. The Cowboys were down a dozen runs after three innings before finding their footing on the mound and in the batter’s box.