ALVA, Okla. – SWOSU Baseball went an even 1-1 on the final Saturday of the season, defeating Northwestern 6-4 in the day's first game before falling 3-1 in the nightcap.
 
The season finale and rubber match will be tomorrow in Alva at 1pm.
 
Game One – SWOSU 6, Northwestern 4
 
Chris Goldston was finally chased from the mound in the ninth inning and exited with two outs and the bases loaded but gave the Dawgs everything he had in his final outing. He struck out nine and allowed just two earned runs in a career long 8.2 innings of work. It was his third time striking out nine this season.
 
Zane Leonard came in to earn the one-out save and close things out from there.
 
After falling behind 2-0 after the first inning, SWOSU's offense scored the next six runs including a three-run go-ahead home run off the bat of Brooks Red in the third inning.
 
In the fifth, SWOSU scored two more on executed first-and-third base running from Alex Rice and a solo home run from Geoff Marlow.
 
 
Game Two – Northwestern 3, SWOSU 1
 
The Bulldogs immediately led 1-0 in game two after Alex Rice led the game off with a home run. However, that would be all the scoring they'd get in the contest after stranding nine runners on base.
 
Northwestern answered back in the fourth inning with back-to-back home runs to start the frame and ended up adding another after a pair of singles.
 
The offense totaled seven hits including Rice's blast and doubles from Marlow and Reece Burke.
 
Jackson Phillips was handed the loss after throwing 4.0 innings. Bryson Armstrong threw nearly two innings of scoreless relief before handing the ball to Logan Lagasse for the final out.
 
Burke and Markus Coronado both had two hits in the contest.