SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist split a pair of games with Southern Arkansas in a key Great American Conference doubleheader Friday.
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SAU won the opener 5-2 before
Zach Fowler shut out the Muleriders 1-0.
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The teams meet in the series finale at 1 p.m., Saturday.
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Albertus Barber (4-1) struck out 11 batters and allowed five runs, four earned, over 7.2 innings.
Caleb Bly tossed 1.1 innings with no hits and two strikeouts.
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Brett Berghammer homered in the first inning to tie the game at 1-1, but SAU built a 3-1 lead. Berghammer grounded out to score
PJ Harris in the seventh for the only other OBU run.
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OBU had five hits, including a
Brock Carter double.
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Fowler was dominating in the second game, striking out 12 in the complete-game performance. He scattered three singles and walked two.
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The Bison got the only run they needed in the second inning when Harris ripped a solo home run. OBU had three hits in the game.
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With the split, both teams are now 6-2 in the GAC, 1.5 games behind Arkansas-Monticello and a half game back of Southwestern.
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