Cowboys walked off for second time in 3 days, drop series to BYU with 5-4 loss

Keoni Painter's two-run walk-off home run hands OSU a costly series loss

Daniel Allen

Mar 28, 2026 - 5 min read

Oklahoma State sophomore right-handed pitcher Noah Wech (26) delivers a pitch during the Cowboys' 11-1 run-rule victory over No. 23 Vanderbilt on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Wech struck out four batters through 3 1/3 innings and stranded the bases loaded in the fourth inning to preserve OSU's lead. – Photo by Bruce Waterfield/OSU Athletic

Cowboys walked off for second time in 3 days, drop series to BYU with 5-4 loss — Oklahoma State sophomore right-handed pitcher Noah Wech (26) delivers a pitch during the Cowboys' 11-1 run-rule victory over No. 23 Vanderbilt on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Wech struck out four batters through 3 1/3 innings and stranded the bases loaded in the fourth inning to preserve OSU's lead. – Photo by Bruce Waterfield/OSU Athletic

Keoni Painter wasn’t supposed to play Saturday.

Had he not entered to pinch run for BYU in the bottom of the seventh inning, he likely would have remained in the home dugout. But the trajectory of the contest altered his fate, and two innings later, he left Oklahoma State closer Noah Wech on the wrong end of a postgame celebration for the second time this weekend.

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