Ethan Lund locked eyes with the opposing batter as he dug his foot into the pitcher’s mound. 

With a runner on first and two outs in the top of the sixth, Lund gripped the laces on the baseball, preparing to deliver his go-to pitch — a curveball. Oklahoma State nursed a comfortable 17-run lead at that point, but that didn’t matter to Lund. He wanted to deliver in the moment for his team.

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