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WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The SWOSU Baseball team overcame a five-run deficit against Southeastern Oklahoma State on Friday to force extra innings before the Savage Storm scored two runs in the 12th inning and held on for an 8-7 victory.
Jonathan Johnson pitched another complete game for the Bulldogs, settling down to hold Southeastern scoreless for five consecutive innings after SWOSU got down 6-1 in the top of the sixth inning. The Bulldogs scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth to get within one at 6-5 and tied the game at 6-6 when
Brandon Ruiz scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the ninth.
Chris Faulkner struck out looking with two runners on later in the inning, forcing the game to extra innings. Johnson struck out the side in the top of the tenth and SWOSU had a great chance to win the game after
Tyler Rapp doubled to lead off the bottom of the tenth, but Rapp would be stranded at third base as the inning ended.
Johnson again sat the Savage Storm down in order in the 11th, but the Bulldogs again stranded two runners on base with
Dalton Daniels standing on second after drawing a leadoff walk. Southeastern finally broke through with two runs in the top of the 12th to take an 8-6 lead and SWOSU got one back on an RBI double from
JR Head but that would be all for the Bulldogs.
Daniels was 3-for-4 for the Bulldogs and Rapp went 3-for-6 as SWOSU scattered 11 hits over 12 innings in the game. Johnson threw over 200 pitches in a 12-inning complete-game effort that ended with him falling to 5-5 on the year after allowing 11 hits and six earned runs while striking out 12 Southeastern batters.
The Bulldogs and Savage Storm are back at it on Saturday, concluding the series with a 1 pm doubleheader at the Athletic Complex.
