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DURANT, Okla. – After splitting a pair of games on Friday, the SWOSU Baseball team came out victorious over Southeastern 7-5 on Saturday, winning the rubber match to take the series 2-1.
Cole Wagner led the Bulldogs with two hits and one run scored while six other players had a hit in the game.
Korbin Polston had a team-high two RBI and scored two runs, as did
Dalton Daniels, who went 1-for-3.
SWOSU got on the board in the first inning with an RBI single from
Christian Perez that scored Daniels for an unearned run before Wagner had an infield single to score
CJ Faddis, giving the Bulldogs a 2-0 advantage. That lead returned to the Savage Storm after they scored four runs on six hits in the bottom of the second inning, chasing SWOSU starter
Austin Hannum from the game after just 1.2 innings of work.
Taylor Weifenbach recorded the third out of the second inning with the bases loaded to keep the damage minimal for the Bulldogs.
After being set down quickly in the third and fourth innings, the Bulldogs offense regained the advantage with three runs in the top of the fifth. Wagner and Daniels led off the inning with back-to-back singles, setting up for a two-run double to left center by Polston that tied the game. Polston would later score on an RBI single from
Bryan Holt, putting the Bulldogs on top 5-4.
Daniels led off the top of the seventh with a walk and promptly stole second base, putting him in position to score on an RBI single from
Tyler Rapp. Polston, who was intentionally walked in the inning, scored on a balk for SWOSU's seventh run, providing an insurance run, which was needed with the Storm getting one run in the seventh inning.
Ethan Davis pitched the final 2.0 innings, earning his first save of the season by allowing just one hit and preserving the win for Weifenbach, who is now 1-1 on the year. Weifenbach pitched 4.2 innings in relief of Hannum, allowing just three hits and one run while striking out four Storm batters.
"It was a really good team weekend," Coach
Zack Saunders said after the series finale. "A lot of guys stepped up and contributed to winning a road series, which is always a tough thing in the GAC but especially at Southeastern. We have a lot of season to keep improving and that's what we plan to do."
The Bulldogs improve to 4-9 on the year and 2-4 in GAC play with the series victory, heading into a trip to Southern Arkansas next weekend for a three-game conference series.
