Bison Top Second-Seeded SAU in GAC Opener

ENID, Okla. – Starting pitcher AJ Merkel turned in a complete game, scattering seven hits, as the fifth-seeded OBU baseball team knocked off No. 2 seed Southern Arkansas in the opening round of the 2019 Great American Conference Tournament Saturday.
 
Merkel picked up his sixth win of season in the Bison's most important game to date, striking out six Muleriders while surrendering just two runs in the victory.
 
Jake Gozzo, PJ Harris, and Ramon Enriquez, named to the All-GAC First Team earlier in the day, did the damage for OBU at the plate, combining to drive in six of the Bison's eight runs on the afternoon.
 
SAU took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second, but OBU took control of the game in the top of the third, scoring three runs on an RBI single from Gozzo and a two-run double by Enriquez.

The Bison will take on the winner tonight's matchup between No. 3 Arkansas Tech and No. 4 SWOSU at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the David Allen Memorial Ballpark. Todd Miller, the Voice of the Bison, will have the call exclusively at OBUBison.com/Watch.
 
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