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WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The SWOSU baseball team scored 22 runs on 22 hits and used four home runs to defeat Southeastern Oklahoma State twice on Saturday, winning the Great American Conference series 2-1 in the process. The Bulldogs downed the Savage Storm by scores of 13-6 and 9-1.
SWOSU 13, Southeastern 6Box Score SWOSU scored five runs twice in the final three innings to break the first game of the afternoon open. After Southeastern tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the sixth inning, the Bulldogs responded with five runs on five hits in the top of the sixth inning to take command. Three more hits in the bottom of the eighth, including a
Chris Faulkner grand slam, put the game out of reach as the Dawgs took a 13-6 lead heading into the final frame.
Faulkner went 2-for-5 with 5 RBI in the game while
JR Head also added a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first inning.
Kale Thaxton was 2-for-4 at the plate and scored three runs, as did
Dalton Daniels, who drew four walks in the game.
Jaden Chappell and
Dietrick Turney also recorded multi-hit games for the Dawgs, who totaled 11 base hits as a team.
Jacob Swigart pitched a complete game to earn the win and improve to 4-4 on the year. Swigart allowed nine hits and six runs while striking out five batters in 9.0 innings of work.
SWOSU 9, Southeastern 1Box Score Head and Faulkner continued their hitting competition in game two. Faulkner had an RBI single in a 3-run first inning as the Bulldogs got on top 3-0 early. Head then homered to lead off the fourth inning and Faulkner followed that with a two-run shot later in the inning, giving SWOSU a 6-0 advantage after four complete.
Another three-run inning, the fifth, was highlighted by a two-run single by Head, who later scored in the inning when the Savage Storm committed an error. SWOSU again recorded 11 base hits in the game, with them coming from seven different players. Head was 2-for-3 with three RBI and three run scored while Faulkner went 3-for-4 and added three RBI as well.
Ethan Davis was the third SWOSU pitched to toss a complete game on the weekend, needing just 87 pitches for 7.0 innings of work. He allowed just six hits to the Savage Storm, whose lone run came on a solo home run in the fifth inning. Davis improves to 7-3 on the year following his seventh complete-game of the year.
Winning the games – and the series – against Southeastern was very important for the Bulldogs and their push for the conference tournament. SWOSU is now 22-20 on the year and 14-13 in GAC play, good for a share of fifth place in the standings with East Central. The Bulldogs – who must finish among the top six to advance to Enid for the GAC Tournament – are one game ahead of Ouachita Baptist for that final spot.
The Bulldogs are scheduled to play at USAO on Monday before wrapping up conference play next weekend against Northwestern Oklahoma State.
