ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Ouachita held off Oklahoma Baptist 12-8 in game one before the Bison responded with a convincing 10-3 result in game two on Saturday. The results moved the green and gold's record to 22-16 and 14-12 in the Great American Conference.
GAME ONE
Ouachita pitcher Cooper Timmons was perfect through five frames which helped Ouachita attain a 6-0 lead. Timmons fanned seven, induced four groundouts as well as a couple pop-outs.
The Bison were awfully good as well on the mound with
Brek Galbreath leading the charge. He retired the side in three of the first four innings.
The lone time the Tigers weren't sat down in order was the second. In that frame, a left-field double from Jaxon Chaney and an ensuing error allowed one Tiger to score. That was followed up by a sacrifice fly from Jud Arrington.
A 2-0 advantage was then extended to 6-0 in the fifth. And it all came with two out. CW Schrader started with a single before Dustin Bermudez smacked a three-run homer to left. Michael Quinones capped things off with a run-scoring double down the left-field line.
After that, the Bison pulled to within three, 7-4. Seventh-inning action brought a bases-loaded walk to
Troy Shields, an RBI single from
Trey Furrey and sac fly by
Jose Parga. Plus,
Austin Gonzales drove in Shields with a single to center.
That small spurt, however, charged up Ouachita who came back to score five more in the seventh and eighth.
Down 12-4, the Bison did make things interesting in the ninth.
Isiah Lissade's one-out double scored Furrey and Shields before
Kade Self drove in the team's seventh and eighth runs with a single up the middle. Following that hit, though, the Tigers got a fly-ball out to end the game.
Furrey ended up leading the Bison with two hits.
GAME TWO
Jake Hamilton was outstanding on the mound while
Alex Schroeder cranked two homers during a 10-3 blowout win in game two.
Much like the previous contest with Timmons, Hamilton (4-2) ended up retiring the side in order through the first four frames.
With OBU's senior dealing, the Bison offense came alive with seven runs.
The Bison got two runs in the first courtesy of a Tigers throwing error. That advantage was then doubled a frame later. Furrey smoked his first homer of the year on a 2-1 pitch before
Jayden Shafer connected with an RBI single four batters later. Those hits made the score 4-0.
Schroeder then got in the action in the third with a solo bomb before Self drove in two in the fifth with a single. That latter connection made the score 7-0.
Later in the game, Schroeder added another bomb, his 14th of the season. That came in the sixth and made the tally 10-1.
By game's end, Lissade had a team-high three hits while Schroeder notched those two homers with three RBI. Plus, Self added two hits.
Tomorrow, the teams will meet at noon to wrap up the series.
