Bison Host USAO Tuesday

OKLAHOMA BAPTIST (23-14) VS USAO (31-12)

6 PM | Tuesday | April 11

Bison Field at Ford Park | Shawnee, Oklahoma

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SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist steps out of Great American Conference action Tuesday for a 6 p.m. home game against Science and Arts of Oklahoma.
 
OBU has a 70-12 all-time record against USAO with nearly all of those games coming as Sooner Athletic Conference foes. The Drovers won last season, however, 7-5, to snap an eight-game OBU win streak in the series.
 
The Bison are 23-14 overall and 14-10 in the Great American Conference. OBU is batting .305 as a team with 24 home runs. Brett Berghammer leads the team with a .381 batting average. Josh Timms leads the Bison with six home runs and a .577 slugging percentage. Zane Gelphman has a team-best 42 runs batted in.
 
OBU carries a 3.66 earned run average as a team. A.J. Merkel leads the squad with a 1.88 earned run average. Brad Adams has been the best option out of the bullpen with a 3.07 earned run average. Teams are batting .235 against the Bison pitching staff this season.
 
At 31-12 overall and 11-6 in conference, the Drovers are third in the Sooner Athletic Conference and ranked 21st in the NAIA. Christian Perez leads the SAC with a .474 batting average and Dillon White's 64 RBI also tops the SAC. White has swatted 13 home runs. The team hits .357 as a team with 47 homers in 43 games.
 
USAO boasts a 3.32 earned run average, led by Francis Ventura at 1.53 to lead the SAC. Carson Corff has been a successful midweek pitcher for the Drovers at 5-0 with a 2.72 earned run average.