SHAWNEE – The Bison's hot streak at the plate continued Monday as OBU defeated visiting Central Oklahoma, 8-1, in their 2019 home finale at Bison Field at Ford Park. With the win, the Bison avenged their 7-2 intrastate non-conference loss in Edmond on March 5.
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After UCO took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, OBU's
Eric Carlson quickly evened the score with a solo home run, his fourth in the last two games.
Brock Carter doubled to center field, scoring
Kaimana Bartolome, then hustled home on a
Joey Pledger foul out to make it 3-1 in favor of the home team.
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The Bison added another score in the fifth before tacking on three more runs in the sixth. Gozzo drove in two with an RBI double, later scoring on a wild pitch. The senior right fielder collected his third RBI of the night in the eighth on a long fly out to center that brought Pledger home from third.
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Coach
Bobby Cox's pitching staff posted another solid outing as starter
Andrew Eppenbach fanned six Bronchos, giving up just one unearned run in 6.1 innings to pick up his third win of the season.
Hudson Pearson pitched 2.2 innings in relief, surrendering just one hit to go along with six strikeouts.
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The Bison travel to Bethany this weekend to face off with Southern Nazarene in their final Great American Conference regular season series of the season. The teams will play Friday night at 6 p.m., before wrapping up with a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Feland Field.
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