2022 Senior Day Baseball

Baseball Jon Chidester, Assistant AD/Media Relations

SWOSU Season Concludes on Senior Day

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball closed out the regular season against Northwestern on Saturday but dropped both ends of the doubleheader by scores of 13-2 and 11-10. The Bulldogs honored 12 seniors prior to the day's action, who played their final game in Weatherford.
 
Seniors honored were Miguel Soto, Zach Baxley, Marc Gonzales, Ramon Vingochea, Matt Hopkins, Chase Hamilton, Dakota Jones, Enzo Bonventre, Nate Postlethwait, Jean Ortiz, Rafael Perez-Guzman, and Eric Williams.
 
SWOSU ends the season 19-27.
 
GAME ONE
 
Northwestern jumped out to a big 6-0 lead in the third inning, extended it to 8-0 later, and put the nail in game one with five runs in the top of the eighth to end the game early.
 
The offense managed two runs, both scored in the seventh inning, from an Alex Rice RBI double and a Miguel Soto RBI groundout.
 
Nate Postlethwait started on the mound and pitched 4.0 innings before giving way to the bullpen. Ernesto Hidrogo (3 IP) and Chase Hamilton (1 IP) bridged the game from the fifth on.
 
SWOSU was outhit 13-3 in the contest.
 
GAME TWO
 
The Dawgs trailed early, led through the middle innings, and gave up the lead late. In their final at-bat in the bottom of the seventh, trailing 11-8, SWOSU plated two runs and stranded the game-tying run just 90 feet away.
 
Sluggish through the first two innings, SWOSU found life in the third following a blunder by the Rangers. With two outs, a Jean Ortiz pop up skied in the infield and miscommunication caused the ball to drop and the inning to extend. The play scored a run and was followed by RBI singles from Zach Baxley and JC Reed who put SWOSU out in front 4-3.
 
SWOSU scored three more runs in the fourth inning to grab a 7-4 lead. Ortiz walked with the bases loaded, followed by Baxley who brought in a run on a sacrifice fly and Enzo Bonventre who singled.
 
Northwestern posted back-to-back three-run innings in the six and seventh to regain the lead and earn the win.
 
Ramon Vingochea doubled in two runs in the seventh and eventually moved to third base but with two outs, Ortiz struck out to end the game.
 
Four pitchers threw in the game. Perez-Guzman got the start, followed by Grant Ewy, Dakota Jones, and Matt Hopkins. Jones was handed the decision loss.
 
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Players Mentioned

Zach Baxley

#23 Zach Baxley

UTL
6' 1"
Junior
R/R
Chase  Hamilton

#16 Chase Hamilton

RHP
5' 11"
Sophomore
R/R
Dakota Jones

#14 Dakota Jones

RHP
6' 0"
Junior
R/R
Miguel Soto

#1 Miguel Soto

INF
5' 7"
Junior
R/R
Eric Williams

#31 Eric Williams

C
6' 1"
Junior
R/R
Grant Ewy

#28 Grant Ewy

RHP
6' 0"
Freshman
R/R
Marc Gonzales

#3 Marc Gonzales

INF
5' 8"
Junior
R/R
Matt Hopkins

#11 Matt Hopkins

RHP
5' 11"
Junior
R/R
Jean Ortiz

#21 Jean Ortiz

INF
6' 0"
Sophomore
L/R
Nate Postlethwait

#20 Nate Postlethwait

RHP
6' 3"
Junior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Zach Baxley

#23 Zach Baxley

6' 1"
Junior
R/R
UTL
Chase  Hamilton

#16 Chase Hamilton

5' 11"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Dakota Jones

#14 Dakota Jones

6' 0"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Miguel Soto

#1 Miguel Soto

5' 7"
Junior
R/R
INF
Eric Williams

#31 Eric Williams

6' 1"
Junior
R/R
C
Grant Ewy

#28 Grant Ewy

6' 0"
Freshman
R/R
RHP
Marc Gonzales

#3 Marc Gonzales

5' 8"
Junior
R/R
INF
Matt Hopkins

#11 Matt Hopkins

5' 11"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Jean Ortiz

#21 Jean Ortiz

6' 0"
Sophomore
L/R
INF
Nate Postlethwait

#20 Nate Postlethwait

6' 3"
Junior
R/R
RHP