SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist finished off Northwestern Oklahoma State in impressive fashion taking both ends of a baseball doubleheader Monday in Alva. The Bison were 21-10 and 11-8 winners to complete a three-game sweep of the Rangers.
OBU, now 8-6 on the year, will play instate foe Southwestern Oklahoma State Tuesday in Weatherford. The single, nine-inning game begins at 2 p.m.
In the 21-11 opening-game romp, OBU peppered five different pitchers with 13 hits in its season-high run total. OBU had five home runs by four different players with
Brock Carter leading the day with a pair of three-run dingers in the seventh and eighth.
The Bison opened front thanks to back-to-back home runs by
Eric Carlson and
Garrett McKee. NWOSU answered with seven runs in the first and carried an 8-6 lead into the fifth before the Bison took charge. OBU scored four runs in the fourth after three walks and a wild pitch. McKee had the only hit in the inning, a two-run double that put OBU ahead to stay 10-8.
Shane Kelso picked up the win in relief taking over for
Thomas Shroder in the second inning.
In game two, OBU carried a 5-1 lead into the fifth. P.J. Harris, Kaimana Bartlome, and Carter all had solo homers in the third. NWOSU came back and owned an 8-7 lead entering the seventh and final inning. The game winner came off the bat of Carlson who smashed a two-run homer that scored
Ramon Enriquez in front of him.
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Matthew Wilson got the win in relief pitching the final three innings.
