While looking for its first sweep since February, Texas upended by No. 14 Oklahoma State

The brooms remained in the janitor's closet Sunday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

Limited to four hits offensively, Texas closed out its weekend with a 7-2 loss to No. 14 Oklahoma State, preventing the Longhorns from their first series sweep since February against Cal Poly. Texas still won the Big 12 series, however, due to its 7-5 and 6-3 wins on Friday and Saturday.

Sunday's setback didn't cost UT its second-place standing in the Big 12. West Virginia also lost, so Texas, WVU and Oklahoma State all are 15-9 in conference play. With two weeks left in the regular season, first-place Oklahoma holds a three-game lead over the trio.

"Not what we expected. We came here to sweep and (Oklahoma State) did a good job, they really did," UT coach David Pierce said.

Neither team scored over the first three innings, but Oklahoma State homered twice during a three-run fourth. One of those was hit by Carson Benge, who was also Oklahoma State's starting pitcher. On the mound, he allowed just two hits over a start that lasted 6⅔ innings and a career-high 112 pitches. The third-year right-hander was pulled after Jack O'Dowd hit a pinch-hit homer into the Yeti Yard section of the stadium.

O'Dowd's solo shot pulled UT within 5-1. By the time that designated hitter Kimble Schuessler homered two innings later, Texas was trailing by five runs.

Texas used eight pitchers to get through a game that featured 10 Oklahoma State hits and nine walks. Lebarron Johnson Jr. was credited with the pitching loss.

"You want to have confidence in guys, but they have to pitch ahead in counts," Pierce said. "We've given up free passes. If we do that, then we're going to have to mix and match until we get that."

Texas is off until it travels to Orlando this weekend to play three games against Central Florida (29-15, 11-12). The baseball teams from Texas and UCF, which joined the Big 12 this season, have never met before.