ADA, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball opened Great American Conference play on Saturday by splitting a doubleheader at East Central. The Bulldogs are now 4-2, 1-1 GAC on the year heading into the series finale on Sunday at noon.
 
SWOSU 18, ECU 5
 
The Bulldogs scored six runs in the fourth and ninth innings and four in the fifth as they picked up a convincing win to open the series. Each player in the starting lineup had at least one hit, with Alex Bedard leading the way after going 5-for-6 at the dish with one run scored and one RBI. Miguel Soto and Taylan Mullins-Ohm each had home runs and Drew White was 2-for-6 with a double to his credit. Brayden Whitchurch and Mullins-Ohm each had four RBI and Soto had three.
 
Jackson Dietel (2-0) picked up his second win of the season after striking out five in the first six innings while allowing three runs on four hits. Isaiah Martinez and Colton Hunter pitched the final three frames and they combined to allow two runs.
 
ECU 2, SWOSU 1
 
SWOSU had the advantage in hits in Game 2, but a pair of defensive errors allowed East Central to score two unearned runs and even the series at 1-1. Kemper Bednar was 2-for-3 while Zach Baxley singled and scored on an RBI single from Whitchurch in the fourth.
 
Eric Estrada (1-1) struck out five in five innings, but he suffered the loss despite holding ECU to three hits and not allowing an earned run.