DURANT, Okla. – Alex Schroeder hit two home runs while
Bo Dallas tossed a complete-game, four-hitter as Oklahoma Baptist steamrolled Southeastern Oklahoma State 13-1 on Friday.
OBU (16-13, 11-8 GAC) won for the fifth straight time while SE dropped to 22-10 and 11-8. The result currently has the two squads in a tie for fourth place in the Great American Conference.
Isiah Lissade set the offensive mood for the entire day with a lead-off homer in the first. By game's end, OBU had notched six bombs, pushing its season total to 65, the national high.
On the mound, Dallas turned in another superb start. He went the distance, struck out three, induced a combined 18 groundouts and flyouts and gave up just four hits. Dallas also held in check SE's Reid Rice, the nation's home-run leader to just a double in four plate appearances.
Following Lissade's homer in the first,
Jose Parga and Schroeder got in the mix in the third. Each of them hit two-run blasts that pushed OBU's lead to 5-0.
The Savage Storm got a run back in their third-inning work on a fielder's choice RBI from Dylan Herd. However, that would be it for the hosts. Dallas and the OBU defense allowed just five more base runners to reach scoring position in the final four frames as the Bison offense helped push the game out of reach in the fifth.
During that fifth frame,
Dan Pruitt smacked his 14th homer of the year while
Ramon Gomez and
Trey Furrey each drove in teammates with a double and single, respectively.
For good measure,
Kade Self and Schroeder added home runs in the sixth to help bolster OBU's advantage to 12-1.
Tomorrow, the two teams will meet again at 1 p.m. for a doubleheader.
