The Cowboys open the year with a three-game set at Desert Sun Stadium, the former spring training home of the San Diego Padres.
Friday, the Pokes will take the field for a 4:30 p.m. CST contest against The Citadel.
Saturday, OSU will square off with the San Diego State Aztecs at 8 p.m. before closing out the weekend with a 3:30 p.m. contest against Cal-Riverside.
In OSU’s only previous meeting with The Citadel, the Cowboys came away with a 21-12 win over the Bulldogs on Feb. 16, 1996.
The Cowboys opened last season with a three-game set against the Aztecs in Yuma. SDSU won the first two contests, 3-2 and 10-3, before OSU closed out the series with a 14-8 win.
Overall, the Pokes hold a 3-2 advantage in the all-time series.
Sunday’s meeting between OSU and Cal-Riverside will be the first ever between the two schools.
The Highlanders are making the jump to Division I this season after many years as a Division II powerhouse.
Oklahoma State is 45-18-1 all-time in season openers. With last season’s 3-2 setback to San Diego State, OSU saw its streak of 14 consecutive season-opening wins snapped.
OSU is 51-12 all-time in home openers.
On the hill for the Cowboys Friday afternoon will be preseason All-Big 12 pick Josh Merrigan.
Merrigan, a senior southpaw from Vermillion, S.D., went 8-2 last season with a 2.91 ERA en route to second team All-Big 12 honors.
Saturday’s starter against the Aztecs will be junior college transfer Nick McCurdy.
McCurdy, a two-time draft choice of the Colorado Rockies, will be making his first ever start for the Pokes after transferring from Jefferson Davis Junior College.
Sophomore righty Mike Miller or freshman Scott Baker will be making the start on Sunday.
Miller was 1-1 in his freshman campaign mainly as a relief pitcher.
Baker, considered one of the top newcomers in the country according to Baseball America.
He was a 36th round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2000 amateur baseball draft.
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