WEATHERFORD – SWOSU Baseball racked up 18 hits, including four home runs, in a 15-5 run-rule over Ouachita Baptist on Senior Day. The Bulldogs clinched a second consecutive GAC series in the process.

SWOSU fell behind 2-0 in the first inning but answered emphatically in the bottom of the first when they scored eight runs on eight hits. Ty Eastwood spark plugged the inning when he belted his first home run of the season – a three-run home run – which jumped the Dawgs back on top 3-2 just four batters into the inning.

From there, SWOSU scored another five runs before Ouachita finally switched pitchers to stop the bleeding.

Starting pitcher Ayden Page, in his first start of the year, threw four straight scoreless innings after the first to settle the Tiger offense down which allowed the Bulldogs to keep all momentum. Page faced resistance throughout his outing but found ways to get out of innings and ultimately earned the win. He finally ran out of gas in the sixth and was relieved by Sebastian Diaz (1.2 IP) who threw the rest of the way.

All nine starters in the batting lineup had at least one hit on Saturday. Seven had at least two hits, highlighted by Connor Jeffers and Eric Foufoulas who both finished 3-for-5 at the bottom of the order.

Gage Gaunt homered in the third inning, extending SWOSU's lead at the time to 10-2. In the sixth, Campbell Sullivan and Jeffers both hit long balls to answer Ouachita's three-run scoring inning in the top half.

The game reached the run-rule in the bottom of the seventh thanks to RBI doubles from Eastwood and Reece Burke, and it ended in walk-off fashion when Jeffers singled up the middle.

SWOSU now sits 22-17 overall on the year and 11-15 in GAC play. They'll seek revenge over USAO in an upcoming home midweek game before traveling across state lines to face Henderson State in next weekend in continued conference play.

19 seniors played their final game in Weatherford. They were honored prior to Saturday's game.