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2026 Vanderbilt vs Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State Comes Alive, Cowboys Beat Vandy 11-1 At Globe Life Field

Oklahoma State Comes Alive, Cowboys Beat Vandy 11-1 At Globe Life Field

Oklahoma State comes to life and defeats Vanderbilt 11-1 to kick off the final day of the 2026 Shriners Children’s College Showdown in Arlington, Texas.

Feb 15, 2026 by Matt Cannizzaro
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There’s no halftime in baseball. No specific time to rehydrate and regroup. No set opportunity for a deep breath and a pep talk.

But something happened halfway through the Vanderbilt-Oklahoma State matchup Sunday at the 2026 Shriners Children’s College Showdown that sparked life into the OSU offense and turned a dismal weekend into an exciting onslaught against the No. 23 team in the country.

Unique might be the best way to describe the first half of the contest, a pitchers’ duel with almost as many walks as strikeouts, but 10 runs across the fifth and sixth innings catapulted the Cowboys to their first win of the year, an 11-1 eight-inning victory over the two-time national champions.

The game was the first of three scheduled for the final day of the opening event of the 2026 College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

The Commodores were looking to end the weekend with a winning record, while OSU was hoping to end a two-game season-opening losing skid.

Every game of the three-weekend, 18-team College Baseball Series is being broadcast live on FloCollege and the FloSports app. 

Oklahoma State entered the game after blowout losses to No. 7 Arkansas (12-2) and Oklahoma (10-1) that saw 35 of OSU’s 54 outs come as strikeouts.

The trend continued into the fifth inning Sunday, with the Cowboys striking out seven times against Vanderbilt starter Nate Taylor, before they were able to capitalize on one of the free passes and break open the game.

Two walks and a single loaded the bases for OSU in the fifth inning, while a sacrifice fly from sophomore Garrett Shull plated the first run of the game. 

Junior outfielder Kollin Ritchie then delivered a three-run blast to right field, the first of his two home runs on the day, to extend the lead to 4-0. Ritchie hit another ball into the bleachers in the bottom of the eighth inning to end the clash early.

In between, the Cowboys added another six runs in the sixth inning, while the OSU pitchers held Vanderbilt hitless into the seventh.

Sophomore right-hander Noah Wech, who entered the game in the fourth inning, served up a seventh-inning home-run pitch to graduate outfielder Logan Johnstone, a transfer from Washington State, to break up the no-hitter and the shutout. 

The last no-hit performance for Oklahoma State was a combined effort against Loyola Marymount in 2023, the 13th in OSU program history.

Wech ended up getting the win Sunday after going 3 1/3 innings. He gave up one hit, one run, struck out four and walked three. 

The forgotten stat of the day, however, might be from Oklahoma State starter Ethan Lund, a sophomore left-hander who did a lot of work, but didn’t get a decision.

Lund threw 93 pitches through 3 2/3 innings, while holding Vanderbilt hitless. He recorded eight strikeouts and six walks, before leaving the game with runners on first and second and two outs.

Most recollections of the game also won’t include Taylor, who made his first career start for the Commodores, but earned the loss. Prior to Sunday, the most pitches he’d ever thrown was 24, and the most innings he’d pitched was 1 1/3.

His contribution in the losing effort included 4 1/3 innings, two hits, two runs, seven strikeouts, three walks and a hit batter. 

Oklahoma State finished the game with 11 runs on eight hits and left six runners on base. Ritchie was 3 for 5 with two home runs, six RBIs and three runs scored. Senior first baseman Colin Brueggemann, whose ground-rule double in the second inning was the first hit of the game, was 2 for 4 with an RBI.

Vanderbilt’s other hit was an eighth-inning single from Johnstone’s younger brother, Carter. 

OSU and Vanderbilt first met in 2010, and the Commodores still own a 5-4 advantage in the series. 

The Cowboys won 2 of 3 on Vandy’s home turf in 2022, and the Commodores took their last meeting, an 11-9 nailbiter at Globe Life Field during the 2023 College Baseball Series. Vanderbilt led 11-3 after six innings, but OSU stalled after a six-run eighth inning.

This year was the second consecutive time Oklahoma State has opened its season at the Shriners event. The Cowboys went 1-2 at the tournament last year.

Vanderbilt is a return competitor, too, having also started the 2023 season at Globe Life Field. The Commodores lost to TCU that year, before beating Oklahoma State and Texas to round out the weekend.

This time, Vanderbilt leaves Texas at 1-2 on the season, which includes a late-inning collapse in a 5-4 loss to No. 10 Texas Christian University on Friday and a 13-3 run-rule blowout of Texas Tech on Saturday.

Vanderbilt, the 2014 and 2019 national champion and reigning Southeastern Conference Tournament champion, owns the longest active streak in the nation for appearances in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship with 19, led by Tim Corbin, who is in his 24th season with the team. 

The squad will head home to Nashville, Tennessee, for a six-game homestand that begins Tuesday with a visit from Eastern Michigan. 

Oklahoma State will take its own 1-2 record on the road this week for four games against Grand Canyon in Phoenix from Feb. 19-22.

Next up at the Shriners Children’s College Showdown is Texas Tech against Arkansas at 3:40 p.m. Eastern and TCU vs. Oklahoma in the finale at 7:30 p.m. EST.

The 2026 season marks the sixth consecutive year of college baseball at Globe Life Field, home of the 2023 World Series-winning Texas Rangers, and the third straight year the action spans three weekends. 

The schedule includes the Shriners Children’s College Showdown (Feb. 13-15), Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 2 (Feb. 20-22) and Amegy Bank College Baseball Series presented – Weekend 3 (Feb. 27-March 1), all of which will bring 18 teams to Arlington. 

How To Watch The Replay Of Vanderbilt vs. Oklahoma State At The 2026 Shriners Children’s College Showdown

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Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event will be on both platforms. 


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Final Score: Oklahoma State 11, Vanderbilt 1


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Kollin Ritchie Delivers Again For Oklahoma State, Cowboys Defeat Vanderbilt 11-1 In Texas

Ritchie hits his second home run of the game, and this one ends in the bottom of the eighth inning. 

Oklahoma State wins 11-1 and goes to 1-2 on the season.

Vanderbilt falls to 1-2, with its lone win coming against Texas Tech on Saturday. 

Quiet Seventh Inning Ends Between Oklahoma State And Vanderbilt

The Vanderbilt home run is the only excitement of the seventh inning.

We head to the eighth with Oklahoma State ahead 10-1.

Sophomore right-hander Stormy Rhodes comes on to pitch for OSU.

Vanderbilt Gets First Hit, First Run To Extend OSU Contest At Least Another Half Inning

Graduate outfielder Logan Johnstone, transfer from Washington State, goes deep for Vanderbilt off Wech to break up the combined no-hitter and ruin the shutout.

OSU leads 10-1.

Oklahoma Extends Lead Over Vanderbilt To 10-0 With Six-Run Outburst

Vanderbilt is retired in order in the top of the sixth inning.

The Commodores bring in a new pitcher for the bottom of the sixth. Graduate righty Jacob Faulkner takes the hill with Vandy down 4-0.

A one-out base hit and back-to-back walks load the bases again for Oklahoma State.

Campbell Smithwick is hit by a pitch to bring home a run. Oklahoma State leads 5-0.

Thompson delivers a base hit to the left side to bring in another run. Oklahoma State leads 6-0.

Shull hits another sacrifice fly and increases the lead to 7-0, with Conover scoring from third base. Oklahoma State leads 7-0.

Ritchie, who homered earlier, hits a two-run double to right field. He had five RBIs on the day. Oklahoma State leads 9-0.

Faulkner hits another batter and leaves the game with two outs and runners on first and second.

Freshman right-hander Connor Hamilton comes on to pitch for the Commodores. 

Another hit for Brueggemann, an opposite-field single, gives him his first RBI of the season and extends the OSU lead to 10-0.

That's where the rally ends. Oklahoma State 10, Vanderbilt 0 after six innings.

Five Innings Complete At Globe Life Field, Oklahoma State Leads 4-0

After a quick top half of the fifth inning, Oklahoma State steps up and gains some momentum with a walk and the second hit of the contest, a one-out single.

That marks the end of the day for Taylor, the Vandy starter. He leaves with one out and runners on first and second base after having thrown 75 pitches in 4 1/3 innings.

Junior right-hander Alex Kranzler takes the mound for Vanderbilt. He loads the bases with another walk.

Alex Conover scores the first run of the game on a sac fly from Garrett Shull. The run is charged to Taylor. That leaves runners on the corners with two outs. 

Junior outfielder Kollin Ritchie blasts a three-run home run to right field to break the game wide open. OSU leads 4-0.

The inning ends with a solid defensive play in right field.

Oklahoma State 4, Vanderbilt 0

OSU Baseball Retired In Order To End Fourth Inning Against Vanderbilt

Taylor makes quick work of the Cowboys in the fourth inning. 

He has struck out six, walked two and given up one hit, while throwing 63 pitches.

Vanderbilt 0, Oklahoma State 0

Vanderbilt Still Hitless Against Oklahoma State Baseball In Arlington, Texas

OSU's Lund threw 93 pitches through 3 2/3 innings but held Vanderbilt hitless. He recorded eight strikeouts and six walks and leaves the game with runners on first and second with two outs.

Sophomore right-hander Noah Wech takes over for the Cowboys and gives up a walk to loaded the bases again for Vanderbilt.

Wech gets a strikeout to end the inning. Vanderbilt now has stranded seven runners.

Vanderbilt 0, OSU 0

Bizarre Box Score Gets A "Caught Stealing" and a "HBP," As Vanderbilt Baseball And Oklahoma State Remain Scoreless Through Three Innings

Taylor starts the third inning with another walk, but Brady Francisco gets caught at second base on a failed hit-and-run attempt.

Brock Thompson then grounds out for the second out of the inning.

Taylor hits the next batter.

Inning ends with a fly ball to right field.

This game has a little bit of everything - except offense.

Vanderbilt 0, Oklahoma State 0

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Between the two starters, there have been 12 strikeouts through two and a half innings.

Lund has a career-high seven strikeouts for OSU, but he also has walked four. 

Taylor has five strikeouts and one walk through two innings for Vanderbilt. 

Oklahoma State has the only hit of the game so far.

OSU Baseball Can't Capitalize On First Hit Of Showdown With Vanderbilt

Senior first baseman Colin Bruggemann starts the Oklahoma State half of the second inning with a missile to left center that bounces over the wall for a ground-rule double. It's his first hit of the season and first hit of the game for either team.

Bruggemann is stranded at second, as Taylor strikes out another two Cowboys.

After two full innings, Vanderbilt 0, Oklahoma State 0

Control Issues For OSU Starter Ethan Lund Giving Vanderbilt Opportunity

Despite going 3-2 on four of his first five batters, OSU's Lund struck out three of them. 

However, back-to-back-back walks in the second inning loads the bases with one out. 

Lund is able to pitch out of the jam and keep the game scoreless.

Through two innings, he has four strikeouts and three walks, while throwing 50 pitches. 

Vanderbilt 0, OSU 0

Offensive Woes Continue For Oklahoma State Baseball

Oklahoma State gets its first baserunner via walk, but Vandy's Taylor strikes out the side.

Out of 54 outs this season, the Cowboys have struck out 35 times.

After one full inning, Vanderbilt 0, Oklahoma State 0.

Fast Fact: Oklahoma State Cowboys

Through two games this season, the OSU Cowboys have been struck out more than 30 times. That includes 17 on Saturday against in-state rival Oklahoma. 

Oklahoma State Opens With 1-2-3 Inning Against Vanderbilt Baseball

Lund strikes out the first two batters he faces, and a grounder to shortstop ends the inning.

Three up, three down, no score.

Vanderbilt 0, Oklahoma State 0

Vanderbilt And OSU Baseball Underway In Arlington, Texas

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Sophomore left-hander Ethan Lund is on the hill for winless Oklahoma State.

Vanderbilt, the "visiting" team, will send sophomore right-hander Nate Taylor to the mound in the bottom half of the inning.

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2026 Vanderbilt vs Oklahoma State


What Teams Are Playing In the 2026 College Baseball Series?

Here’s a list of every team headed to Globe Life Field:

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  • Arkansas
  • Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma State
  • Texas Tech
  • TCU
  • Vanderbilt

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  • Auburn
  • Florida State
  • Kansas State
  • Louisville
  • Michigan
  • Nebraska

Amegy Bank College Baseball Series – Weekend 3

  • Arizona State
  • Mississippi State
  • Tennessee
  • Texas A&M
  • UCLA
  • Virginia Tech

Midweek Games

  • *Arkansas vs. Tarleton State (Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. EST)
  • *TCU vs. UT Arlington (Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. EST)

*Will not be broadcast live by FloSports.

About Vanderbilt Baseball

Vanderbilt finished the 2025 college baseball season with a 43-18 record after being bounced from the NCAA Nashville Regional.

The Commodores, the 2014 and 2019 NCAA national champions, opened the 2025 Division I Baseball Championship with a win over Wright State but then lost to Louisville and Wright State in consecutive games to close the door on their campaign.

After finishing tied for third place in the competitive SEC last year and earning the No. 4 seed for the SEC Tournament, Vanderbilt went on to win the tournament and earned an opportunity to add another national title.

In the championship game of the 2025 SEC Tournament, the Vanderbilt pitching staff held off Ole Miss to secure a 3-2 victory and the fifth SEC Tournament title for the Commodores. 

Following the event, the SEC found the national spotlight with a record 13 (of 16) SEC teams advancing to the Division I Baseball Championship. 

This season, Vanderbilt has been picked to finish fourth in possibly the most competitive league in all of NCAA athletics, while the Commodores hope to get the momentum going in the right direction with another winning weekend at Globe Life after going 2-1 in 2023.

Read more about Vanderbilt baseball:

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Check Out Some Highlights From Vanderbilt’s Win Over Texas Tech On Saturday

Vanderbilt defeated Texas Tech on Day 2 of the 2026 Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. 

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About Oklahoma State Baseball

Oklahoma State is coming off a 30-25 season that ended in the final of the NCAA Athens Regional with a 3-2 loss to Duke.

The Cowboys finished seventh in the Big 12 with a 15-12 mark and then suffered a 7-6 quarterfinal loss to Kansas in the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship, also at Globe Life Field. 

Over the last four seasons, OSU has played 34 games at GLF and arrives at the 2026 College Baseball Series with a 19-15 record there. The Cowboys were 5-5 in 2022, 5-4 in 2023, 7-2 in 2024 and 2-4 in 2025.  

OSU is led by Josh Holliday, who is in his 14th year in charge and is closing in on 500 career wins with the Cowboys. He has led the team to 12 appearances in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship and five Big 12 championships.

In 2016, Holliday helped Oklahoma State to its 20th appearance at the Men’s College World Series (ranks sixth all time) and became one of 17 people in history to reach the MCWS as a player and as a coach.

The Cowboys reached the MCWS for the first time in 1954, but they haven’t been back since 2016. The team’s lone Division I national championship came in 1959, and that was followed by runner-up finishes in 1961, 1966, 1981, 1987 and 1990. 

Read more about Oklahoma State baseball:

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Feb. 13, 2026

Feb. 14, 2026

Feb. 15, 2026

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Feb. 20, 2026

Feb. 21, 2026

Feb. 22, 2026

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Feb. 27, 2026

Feb. 28, 2026

March 1, 2026

2026 D1Baseball Preseason Top 25 Rankings

  1. UCLA (48-18)
  2. LSU (53-15)
  3. Texas (44-14)
  4. Mississippi State (36-23)
  5. Georgia Tech (41-19)
  6. Coastal Carolina (56-13)
  7. Arkansas (50-15)
  8. Louisville (42-24)
  9. Auburn (41-20)
  10. TCU (39-20)
  11. North Carolina (46-15)
  12. Oregon State (48-16-1)
  13. Florida (39-22)
  14. Tennessee (46-19)
  15. Georgia (43-17)
  16. Florida State (42-16)
  17. NC State (35-21)
  18. Kentucky (31-26)
  19. Clemson (45-18)
  20. Southern Miss (47-16)
  21. Wake Forest (39-22)
  22. Miami (35-27)
  23. Vanderbilt (43-18)
  24. Arizona (44-21)
  25. Texas A&M (30-26)

2026 Big 12 Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll

  1. TCU (13 first-place votes) — 169 points
  2. Arizona (1) — 157
  3. West Virginia — 137
  4. Arizona State — 128
  5. Kansas — 112
  6. Oklahoma State — 112
  7. Kansas State — 87
  8. Cincinnati — 85
  9. Texas Tech — 78
  10. UCF — 66
  11. Baylor — 54
  12. Houston — 42
  13. BYU — 29
  14. Utah — 18

To see all of the individual Big 12 recognition and preseason honors, check out this compilation from the Big 12 Conference.

2026 SEC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll

  1. LSU (9 first-place votes) — 231 points
  2. Texas (1) — 214
  3. Mississippi State (4) — 205
  4. Arkansas (2) — 203
  5. Auburn — 175
  6. Tennessee — 162
  7. Florida — 156
  8. Vanderbilt — 151
  9. Georgia — 133
  10. Ole Miss — 110
  11. Kentucky — 99
  12. Alabama — 87
  13. Texas A&M — 86
  14. Oklahoma — 84
  15. South Carolina — 49
  16. Missouri — 31

To see all of the individual SEC recognition and preseason honors, check out this compilation from the SEC.

When Does The 2026 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Start?

The first/regional round of the 2026 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship will be May 29-31, with times and locations TBD.

The NCAA Super Regional action will be held June 5-7, again, with times and locations TBD.

The last eight teams standing will head to the 2026 Men's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, from June 12-22 to battle through a combination of double-elimination and best-of-three competition until a champion emerges.

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College baseball in 2026 will be streamed on FloCollege and the FloSports app for select Division I preseason tournaments and for much of the Division II and Division III seasons. 

Recent NCAA Division I Baseball National Champions

  • 2025 – LSU
  • 2024 – Tennessee
  • 2023 – LSU
  • 2022 – Ole Miss
  • 2021 – Mississippi State
  • 2020 – No Tournament 
  • 2019 – Vanderbilt 

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Replays, highlights and breaking news from the event are available on both platforms. 

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