Box Score (Game 1)
Box Score (Game 2)
BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene may have lost its first Sooner Athletic Conference series in three tries, but SNU will be glad to walk away from Saturday's doubleheader with a split with No. 6 Oklahoma Baptist.
The Crimson Storm (13-19, 9-9 SAC) took one away from the Bison (29-7, 11-4) in the opener at 4-3 before OBU took the season series with a 12-6 win in the final game.
Jake Bidelman threw his second complete-game of the year in the opener as he allowed three runs, two earned, on seven hits and struck out four. The junior picked up his third straight win to move to 3-1 on the year.
The Storm took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when
John Basnight drove home
Jacob Inbody with ground out to short. After OBU tied the game in the top of the second, SNU answered with two more in the bottom half to take a 3-1 lead. De Trinidad scored the first run of the inning on a wild pitch before
James Tunnell scored on a
Riley Morrow sacrifice fly.
The Bison cut it to 3-2 in the top of the fourth, but SNU answered right back when Inbody doubled to left field to score
Zach Friesen. The Bison got within one run again with a run in the top of the fifth to make it 4-3.
Jacob Inbody went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored while
Ryan Williams went 2-for-3.
OBU jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first two innings, but SNU answered with six in the bottom of the second. SNU scored two off an OBU error before Morrow hit a sac fly to center to score De Trinidad.
Zach Friesen cut the lead to 6-4 when he scored on wild pitch before
Nate Saquilon tied it with a triple to right center to score
Ryan Williams and
Jacob Inbody.
The Bison answered with four in the third and one in the fourth to lead 11-6 and then added another in sixth to take a 12-6 lead.
OBU held SNU scoreless from the final five innings of play.
Saquilon led the way in the second game, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a triple.
John Basnight (3-2) took the loss after throwing the first two and a third innings.
Southern Nazarene will now get ready for a three-game set with Oklahoma Christian, Thursday through Saturday. SNU will host OC Thursday for a 3 p.m. game before playing at Oklahoma Christian Friday and Saturday.
