BETHANY, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball claimed both ends of Saturday's series ending doubleheader against Southern Nazarene, winning by final scores of 10-4 and 8-7. The Bulldogs completed the weekend sweep of the Crimson Storm and move to 18-16 overall on the season and 11-10 in GAC play.
They'll face Panhandle State in midweek action before hosting Oklahoma Baptist next weekend at the Athletic Complex.
GAME ONE – SWOSU 10, SNU 4
A five-run top of the ninth allowed the Bulldogs to breathe and win handily in the first game of the day. Leading just 5-4 entering the final inning, SWOSU loaded the bases with no outs and finished with four hits in the frame with another two walks and a hit by pitch.
Prior to that, SWOSU got the first runs of the game in the fifth inning and added solo runs in the sixth and seventh. After being held scoreless the first half of the game, they finished with runs in four of the game's final five innings.
Meanwhile,
Ernesto Hidrogo (W, 3-1) pitched a season high seven innings on the mound to keep the SNU offense at bay. He allowed just one run through seven innings but a leadoff home run in the eighth finally chased him from the game.
Grant Ewy entered briefly after Hidrogo before being relieved by
Matt Milner who pitched the rest of the way and earned the save.
Brooks Red (3 RBI) and
Reece Burke both finished 3-5 and doubled in the contest.
GAME TWO – SWOSU 8, SNU 7
The Dawgs erased a 6-1 deficit in the series finale and came back to win 8-7.
Trailing by their largest deficit of the weekend in the fourth inning,
Reece Burke and
Emilio Trevino jump started the comeback with back-to-back home runs to make it 6-3.
JC Reed then tripled and was driven in for the third run of the inning, which made it 6-4.
Reed struck again an inning later with a two-RBI double to tie things up. After SNU regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth, SWOSU scored two more in a final response which proved to be the game winning runs. Burke singled in the tying run and a wild pitch with two outs plated the go-ahead score.
Starting pitcher
Jackson Phillips made it 2.0 innings before being relieved.
Wyatt Sharry (W, 1-0) and
Logan Lagasse (SV) pitched the final five, allowing just one run in relief including a scoreless sixth and seventh from Lagasse.
Reed and Burke led the lineup with 3-4 performances at the plate.
Geoff Marlow, 2-5, hit his ninth home run of the season in the first inning.
