Bison Open ECU Series with Friday Double Dip

OKLAHOMA BAPTIST (20-14, 13-9) vs. EAST CENTRAL 3-30, 2-22)

2 PM (DH)  |  Friday, April 13

2 PM  |  Saturday, April 14

Bison Field at Ford Park  |  Shawnee, Oklahoma

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SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist returns to Great American Conference action this weekend with a three-game series with East Central.
 
The set begins with a 2 p.m. doubleheader Friday at Bison Field at Ford Park and continues in Shawnee Saturday with a 2 p.m. doubleheader.
 
OBU is batting .308 as a team, led by Juan Gonzalez with a .394 batting average. Zane Gelphman has a league-leading 11 home runs and leads OBU with 30 runs batted in. Jake Gozzo enters Friday with a 14-game hit streak, which is tied for the best streak by an OBU hitter in the NCAA era. Josh Timms also achieved that mark last season.
 
The Bison, 20-14 overall and 13-9 in the Great American Conference, have a team earned run average of 4.79.
 
Projected starting pitchers for the Bison are Mychal Yarbor (4-3, 4.30 earned run average), Zach Fowler (5-3, 3.74) and Caleb Bly (4-1, 3.82).
 
East Central is 3-30 overall and 2-22 in the GAC. The Tigers bat .269 and have a 11.29 earned run average as a team.
 
Bryce Dimitroff leads the Tigers with a .367 batting average while Trevor Crone has six home runs and 23 runs batted in.
 
Probable starting Tiger pitchers are Logan Lannon (0-7, 6.91), Alec Lemmon (0-8, 9.44) and Kiyaanii Bohan (0-5, 13.22).