EDMOND, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball scored in each of the first five innings and never looked back as they shut out Pittsburg State 14-0 for a seven-inning run-rule victory to open the Edmond First Pitch Classic.
 
Alex Bedard got the party started with a leadoff home run on the second pitch of the game, jumpstarting a three-run first inning that put the momentum on the Bulldogs side. SWOSU would score four runs in the second inning, three in the third and two in the fourth before adding single runs in the fifth and seventh innings.
 
Six different players had two or more hits, with SWOSU getting home runs from Bedard and Taylan Mullins-Ohm, a triple from Bedard and doubles from Drew White, Zach Baxley and Mullins-Ohm. Bedard scored a team-high four runs while Mullins-Ohm and White had four RBI apiece.
 
Jackson Dietel (1-0) started and threw five shutout innings with three strikeouts while allowing just two hits. Dietel also went 3-for-5 at the plate with two RBI. Ryan Hildner and Colton Hunter each pitched an inning to close out the game.
 
SWOSU opens the season 1-0 and they will return to action on Saturday morning at 10:00 am against Emporia State.