ALVA, Okla. – A middle-inning surge from Oklahoma Baptist helped the green and gold to a 12-4 win against New Mexico Highlands at the Northwestern Ranger Festival.
OBU posted season-highs with 12 runs and 17 hits as it shook off a 4-2 deficit and scored 10 unanswered. The Bison saw a whopping six players record multiple hits.
Kade Self led that effort going 4-for-5 with two RBI and a homer.
Ramon Gomez was 3-for-5 with a team-high three RBI while
Jose Parga notched three hits.
Dan Pruitt registered the game's first run with a solo shot in the second before Parga connected with a two-out single through the right side scoring
Alex Schroeder. That gave OBU a 2-0 lead.
Two innings passed before the Cowboys jumped in front. Lubby Marujo tripled in the top of the fourth scoring two. With the game tied, Highlands moved ahead, 3-2, after an infield error allowed Marujo to round home.
After one more Highlands run in the fifth, the Bison started their comeback.
In the home half of the fifth,
Isiah Lissade scored Parga on a groundout before Pruitt singled to shortstop a couple batters later. That hit drove in Gomez and tied the game at 4.
An inning later, OBU went in front for good. Self's home run in the second at-bat of the frame pushed the Bison back in front, 5-4. A few sequences later, Gomez smacked a two-out two-bagger to right center and scored Lissade and Parga. It was 7-4 Bison at the point.
OBU's scoring efforts were rounded out in the eighth with five runs. Gomez's homer moved the score to 8-4. What followed were three straight doubles from Schroeder,
Troy Shields and Self. Those hits drove in four.
Tomorrow, the Bison will look to get some revenge against Washburn at noon. Yesterday, the Ichabods handed OBU a 7-3 defeat.
