Box Score (Game 1)
Box Score (Game 2)
MOORE, Okla. — Southern Nazarene knocked off its first ranked opponent of the year with a 3-2 win over No. 19 York (Neb.) and did it in extra innings before picking up its second straight victory by beating Hillsdale, 11-3.
Jake Bidelman and
Jake Mitcheltree (1-1) combined to allow just two runs while scattering nine hits. Mitcheltree picked up his first win of the year after he threw the final 6.2 innings of the game as he did not allow a run and gave up just three hits down the stretch. Bidelman struck out six and gave up just two hits and no runs heading into the top of the fifth.
York struck first with three straight, one-out singles to take a 2-0 lead. The Storm answered in the seventh on a Panthers' error and a
Ryan Williams single to tie it at 2-2. SNU then took the game in the first two at bats of the bottom of the 11th. Glenn led off with a single to right and then scored on Tunnel's single to left score the first victory of the year.
Austin Samulowitz went 2-for-3 with a walk and pair of singles in the win.
It was all SNU in the nightcap as SNU scored early and often.
SNU scored one in the first before
Derek Glenn singled home
Chase Glaum to make it 2-2 in the second. The Storm added two more in the third on a Hillsdale error and a
Derek Johnson sacrifice fly to right before
Ryon Butts put SNU up 5-2 in the fourth with a single to right that scored Tunnell.
Another error made it 6-2 in the fifth before the Storm broke the game open with a five-run sixth.
Derek Johnson drove home the first run of the inning before
John Basnight cleared the bases with a bomb to right field to put SNU up 10-3. Samulowitz scored the final run of the inning on a Glenn single to right-center as SNU took an 11-3 lead.
Chris Eastham (1-0) went the distance throwing the complete seven-inning game. He allowed three runs on five hits and struck out seven.
The Storm now get set to host Northwood (Texas), Tuesday, for a 1 p.m. doubleheader after the two teams combined for 33 runs, Thursday.
