Box Score
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Oklahoma City continued to prove why it deserved the No. 1 ranking as Southern Nazarene fell 12-3 to the Stars.
Ryan Williams and Ryon Butts each went 1-for-2 with an RBI for the Crimson Storm (13-17, 6-14 SAC) while Butts scored a run. Derek Glenn also went 2-for-4. John Basnight (2-3) took the loss after he allowed 12 runs on 11 hits in 6.2 innings of work.
It didn't take long for OCU to get on the board as Ruben Sosa led off the bottom of the first with solo shot to right to put the Stars up 1-0. Oklahoma City added another in the first on a two-out single before another two-out single in the second made it 3-0.
The Storm answered with one in the fourth when Ryon Butts led off the inning with a solo home run to center field as SNU cut it to 3-1. OCU responded with two in the bottom half, but SNU matched it with two more in the top of the fifth. Austin Samulowitz scored the first run of the inning when Ryan Williams drew a bases-loaded walk before Chase Glaum cut the lead to 5-3 when he scored on a wild pitch.
The Stars put more space between them and SNU in the sixth when Scott Dalrymple hit a three-run home run to left to give OCU the 9-3 lead. The Stars added more insurance runs in the seventh when Julien Pollard hit a three-run home run to right to take a 12-3 lead.
OCU put the game away in the eight when Sosa singled home Dalrymple to for the run rule.
The Crimson Storm now get set for a three-game series with Mid-America Christian as SNU is at MACU Thursday for a 3 p.m. game before returning home for a 3 p.m. game against MACU. The series concludes with a 1 p.m. game, Saturday, at MACU.
