THE LEAD
DBU trailed Oklahoma State heading into the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday night, but Blayne Jones' two-run triple plated the go-ahead run in a 7-5 win at Horner Ballpark. OSU (12-7) scored five runs in the second inning to take an early lead that would stand until Jones drove in the winning run.

The Patriots (15-5) answered the Cowboys' second-inning rally with a four-run bottom of the second inning, using four walks and two hits to plate four runs. Luke Bandy, Jackson Glenn, and Bryce Ball picked up RBIs in the DBU second.

The score held at 5-4 until Jones came to the plate with Jimmy Glowenke at third and Evan Sandmann at second in the eighth. The sophomore second baseman worked a six-pitch at-bat that ended with a triple off the center field fence, his second of the season. He came around to score an insurance run on Christian Boulware's pinch-hit single.

Burl Carraway earned his third win of the season with 1.2 innings of perfect relief. The sophomore left struck out three of the five batters he faced. MacGregor Hines picked up the save, working out of trouble with back-to-back strikeouts and a game-ending flyout.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
 - DBU earned its seventh come-from-behind victory of the season and its second seventh-inning-or-later comeback in its last two games.
 - Jones joins Evan Sandmann (3) and Luke Bandy (2) with multiple triples on the season.
 - The Patriots are now 12-5 against teams that made the NCAA Tournament in 2018.

COACH DAN HEEFNER ON HIS TEAM'S RESILIENCY
"I thought it was a great job in the eighth inning, but the thing I'm most proud of is that second inning. To have a five-spot and we were just not sharp, not good, lots of free bases, and to bounce right back to score four right after that happened, and then to put  a bunch of zeroes up on the board the rest of the ballgame."

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
49 - Jimmy Glowenke extended his reached-base streak to 49 games when he drew a walk to set up Jones' go-ahead triple.
9 - After Peyton Sherlin entered in the fifth inning,Patriot pitchers did not walk a batter and struck out nine.
0 - Jimmy Fouse did not allow a run in his season debut Tuesday.

UP NEXT
The Patriots head to Colorado Springs to take on Air Force in a weekend series. First pitch Friday is scheduled for 4:00 Central.