Josh Jung stymied No. 9 Oklahoma State’s comeback to hand the Cowboys an 8-6 loss to No. 8 Texas Tech in the best-of-three opening game of the NCAA Super Regional on Friday afternoon at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, Texas.
The Cowboys (39-20) must win Saturday to keep their season alive when they play the second game of the series at 5 p.m., televised on ESPNU. An OSU victory would force a winner-take-all Game 3 against Tech (43-17) at the same time Sunday for a trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
OSU trailed by three runs, cut the deficit to one then fell behind four before trimming the lead to one again in the seventh inning.