Cook adds baseball honor
February 23, 1999
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon States B.R. Cook was named the Pacific-10 Conferences Pitcher of the Week, it was announced Tuesday. The conferences baseball Player of the Week was Arizona State infielder Mark Ernster.
Cook, a junior righthander from Salems Sprague High, pitched a one-hitter on Thursday as the Beavers beat 25th-ranked Oklahoma State 1-0 in the San Diego Classic. He walked one and struck out five, allowed only two baserunners and wrapped up the game with just 105 pitches.
Cook retired the first 14 Cowboys to face him before giving up a two-out triple to Chris Becerra in the fifth inning. After yielding a two-out walk in the sixth, Cook sent down the final 10 Oklahoma State hitters in order.
On Monday, Cook had been named as one of three national Players of the Week by Louisville Slugger and Collegiate Baseball newspaper.
Cook is 2-1 this season with a 3.38 earned run average for Oregon State (7-5 overall). The Beavers will be on the road again next week for five games. OSU plays a four-game series at Santa Clara that includes a single game Friday night, a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon and a single game on Sunday; Oregon State concludes its trip with a single game at San Jose State on Monday afternoon.
The games on Saturday and Sunday can be heard on KLOO-AM (1340).
Ernster went 11-for-15 against Brigham Young in a three-game series with two homers, a double and 11 runs batted in.
