Waxahachie, TX – SAGU Baseball dropped two games on the second day of the series to Oklahoma City University. The Lions fell 8-2 in a hard-fought game, and they weren't able to bounce back in the second game of the day, falling 21-0. SAGU now sits at 28-11 on the year and 13-8 in Sooner Athletic Conference play.
Game One
SAGU fell behind early and couldn't come back in an 8-2 loss to Oklahoma City University on Saturday. OCU took the lead on a home run in the second inning. The Lions also fell despite out hitting the Stars seven to six.
OCU fired up the offense in the second inning when Frank Walter homered on a 0-1 count, scoring two runs. The Lions would respond in the second and fifth inning, but the Stars would put three runs in the seventh inning to give themselves a comfortable lead.
Michael Watson took the loss for SAGU. The lefthander went six innings, allowing five runs on three hits and striking out eleven. Watson now records his first loss on the year.
Tanner Shoeninger was the winning pitcher for OCU. The pitcher went six innings, allowing three runs on six hits and striking out three.
Bryson Collins,
Timothy Compomizzi,
Alejandro Garcia,
JV Verdin,
Cade Hendricks,
Ben Bills, and
Corinthian Jones each managed one hit to lead SAGU.
Game Two
The Lions watched the game slip away early and couldn't recover in a 21-0 loss to Oklahoma City in game two of the Saturday doubleheader. The Lions struggled to put run on the board all weekend as they were shut out in two of the three games.
OCU would get on the board in first inning as Cade Stephens doubled on a 1-1 count. The Stars would go on to put up eight runs in the second inning.
Logan Mann took the loss for SAGU. The righthander went one innings, allowing five runs on two hits, striking out one and walking one.
Tanner Sparks was the winning pitcher for OCU. The pitcher surrendered zero runs on one hit over four innings, striking out three and walking one. OCU tallied three home runs on the day as well.
Maddox Henderson,
Alejandro Garcia, and
Eric Crum each collected one hit to lead SAGU.
SAGU will now face LSU Shreveport in Shreveport, Louisiana, on Wednesday, April 20 at 6:00 PM.
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