ALVA, Okla. – Washburn scored three, two-out runs in the eighth to pull past Oklahoma Baptist on Sunday by an 8-3 count at the Northwestern Ranger Festival.
The Bison evened their record (3-3) with the result.
Up until the eighth, competition was awfully close, and included some solid defensive play by both teams.
After the Ichabods secured a 2-0 lead after one, the Bison battled back to tie the contest. In the fourth, OBU got its first run courtesy of
Alex Schroeder. Following hits by
Walker Keller and
Dan Pruitt, Schroeder got ahold of a pitch and singled through the left side scoring Keller.
Then in the fifth, following
Tyler Frank's retiring of the Washburn side, OBU found the tying run.
Ramon Gomez socked a two-out double to right field and plated
Isiah Lissade who had previously singled to third.
A frame later, the Ichabods just beat an inning-ending double-play ball by the Bison as Brett Ingram scored from third. At that point, Washburn led 3-2 and it retired the green and gold in order in the next half-inning.
Then in the seventh, Washburn's fourth run came via Bison error. Despite being down two again, OBU threatened.
In the home half of the seventh,
Jose Parga singled up the middle and sent
Troy Shields across home. OBU had two more at-bats to try and tie the game again, however, a groundout and strikeout from Washburn's Wyatt Hardy ended the threat.
Washburn's eighth frame then secured the win. It scored three runs, all with two out, highlighted by a two-run double down the left-field line by Cal Watkins. After eight, it was 7-3 Ichabods.
The Bison did make things interesting in the final two frames as it put five base runners on the bags. However, nothing would come through.
By game's end, Lissade led the offense with three hits while Frank recorded a staff season-best 11 strikeouts.
On Feb. 15, OBU will travel to Pittsburg State for a 2 p.m. contest.
