Oklahoma State's Garrett McCain (Bruce Waterfield/OSU Athletics)

Hit Machine McCain Lifts Pokes

OKLAHOMA CITY — Garrett McCain played 43 games last year and hit .203.

Through 54 games this year, the Oklahoma State junior left fielder is batting .387. The Big 12 batting leader is a full 30 points ahead of second-place Austen Wade of TCU. Talk about an eye-opening star turn.

Of course, the Cowboys had an inkling that McCain was going to take a big step forward this year. He has shown flashes of real ability before — he spent some time leading off as a freshman and hit .319 before breaking his hand. He hit .319[…]