WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The hits and runs kept coming on Saturday as SWOSU Baseball picked up their second run-rule victory of the week and completed a series victory over Southeastern Oklahoma State. The Bulldogs took two-of-three games in the series, improving to 9-6 (4-2 GAC), heading into a Tuesday matchup against USAO.
SWOSU 18, Southeastern 4 (7 inn.)Box Score Each player in the lineup had at least one hit as the Bulldogs scored a season-high 18 runs and 16 hits to earn a run-rule shortened victory in Saturday's opener. SWOSU had seven doubles in the game and
Korbin Polston hit his second home run of the season, a grand slam in the sixth that put the game in position for the run-rule.
Polston and
Joshua Santos each had three hits, two runs scored and five RBI while
Trent Troxell,
CJ Faddis and
Haden Houska all had two hits and one RBI apiece.
Tanner Dearman added two RBI and
Jacob Spring had an RBI single as everybody got in on the hit parade.
Gunnar Cook (2-2) picked up the win after tossing 5.0 innings and allowing three earned runs on just one hit with five walks and six strikeouts.
Brett McNaughton closed things down, allowing just one run on one hit with two strikeouts in the final two innings.
Southeastern 14, SWOSU 9Box Score SWOSU scored four runs in the opening inning and it appeared the series finale would follow the same script as the other two games, but Southeastern scored 10 runs from the second-to-fourth innings and they added on four in the seventh for good measure.
The Bulldogs had 11 hits in the contest and continued putting up stellar offensive numbers with two doubles and four triples, including two by Spring, who now leads the GAC with six this season. Spring finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and Santos had two RBI as well while
Tanner Dearman and
Joel Baxley each had two hits apiece.
Five pitchers shared time on the mound and struggled to set the Savage Storm down, with
Devin Ring (2-2) taking the loss after allowing eight runs on eight hits in 3.0 innings of work.
