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ADA, Okla. – Jacob Spring went 3-for-4 and
Jon Chidester limited East Central to one run over seven innings as the Bulldog baseball team won their fourth straight game, defeating the Tigers 4-1 on Friday afternoon in Ada.
After the first three innings were scoreless,
Korbin Polston made his way on base after a Tiger error and set the stage for an RBI triple from
Jacob Spring two batters later to make it 1-0 in favor of the visitors. The Bulldogs did the rest of their offensive damage the next inning, getting
Haden Houska and
CJ Faddis on base to start what amounted to a three-run inning.
Joshua Santos grounded out to third, scoring Houska while Faddis crossed the dish on an RBI groundout from
Tanner Dearman.
East Central got a leadoff home run in the bottom of the sixth, their lone extra base hit of the game, but Chidester was not fazed as he retired six of the next seven batters he faced before exiting after a leadoff single in the eighth.
Ben Schweifurth entered and allowed a walk but struck out two Tigers to end the ECU threat. The Tigers again got two batters on in the ninth before
Quinton Dougherty struck out the final batter of the game looking.
Spring went 3-for-4 at the plate with an RBI, accounting for half of SWOSU's six hits in the game. Santos, Houska and Faddis each had a hit with Santos, Dearman and Polston accounting for the RBI. Chidester (2-1) picked up the victory on the bump, allowing six hits and one earned run in 7.0 innings with four strikeouts.
SWOSU (5-4, 1-0 GAC) is back on the field in Ada tomorrow at noon to conclude the series with a doubleheader against the Tigers.
