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Game One (Thursday, Feb. 28): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Oklahoma State 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 7 USF 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 Game Two (Friday, Feb.29): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final USF NYY Game Three (Saturday, Mar. 1): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Northwestern USF   Game Four (Sunday, Mar. 2): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Oklahoma State USF

TAMPA, Fla. ? The University of South Florida Bulls came up short against the No. 21 Oklahoma State Cowboys, 7-2, Thursday night at Red McEwen Field. The game was the first outing of a four-game weekend for the Bulls.

The Bulls fall to 2-2 on the season and the Cowboys improve to 5-0 after the non-conference game.

The winning pitcher was Cowboy sophomore Andrew Oliver (2-0) and the loss went to junior pitcher Daniel Thomas (0-1).

The Bulls started the game even with the Cowboys through three innings. Thomas, a junior right-handed pitcher, started the game strong, not allowing a run until the fourth. He was limited to 86 pitches, throwing 54 strikes in his second outing of the year. Thomas struck out eight of his 24 batters faced in 5.0 innings.

The Bulls tallied both of their runs in the bottom of the seventh, as a pair of newcomers earned RBI in the inning.

Junior Chris Rey led off the seventh with a double, then senior Charles Cleveland drove in USF's first RBI with a single up the middle. Freshman Jonathan Koscso then hit a line drive down the first base line to score Charles Cleveland from first base. The Bulls scored two runs in the seventh, but it wasn't enough to corral the nationally-ranked Cowboys.

Redshirt-freshman Ryan Lockwood and Rey headlined the Bulls' offense, both hitting .500 for the day. Lockwood also played well in the outfield, diving for two hard-hit balls to center. Rey's two hits came in the seventh and the ninth innings.

Junior Addison Maruszak extended his hitting streak to four games, getting one hit in the Bulls' second loss of the season.

Freshman right-hander Michael Anzivino, who made his first-career appearance, threw seven strikes in 12 pitches during the sixth inning.

Three more young Bulls made their first career appearances including, Drew Malley, a Gaither HS graduate, Stephen Hunt, a Jesuit HS graduate, and Kyle Eastham, a Riverview HS graduate. Malley threw two-thirds of an inning and struck out one batter. Following Malley, Hunt struck out his first batter faced of his NCAA career and finished the game with three Ks. Eastham closed the game for USF, striking out two and forcing a pop up against three batters faced.

Friday the Bulls face off against the New York Yankees, in an exhibition game, at 1:15 p.m. at Legends Field. The last time the Bulls played against the Yankees was in 1982, a 9-1 victory for the Bronx Bombers.

The Bulls then return to Red McEwen Saturday at 7 p.m. to play the Northwestern Wildcats and will take the field against Oklahoma State on Sunday at noon.