BETHANY, Okla. — Ryan McIntosh went 4-for-5 with five RBIs, three runs scored and had a home run for Southern Nazarene in a 12-5 win over Oklahoma Christian, Friday evening.
The Crimson Storm (15-19, 11-9 SAC) have secured their four Sooner Athletic Conference series win of the year and are tied for seventh in the conference.
SNU had a big day at the plate with 17 hits as eight different players recorded a hit. The Storm also got eight solid innings out of
Jake Bidelman (4-1) who gave up just three runs on seven hits as he won his fourth straight game.
Tim Coleman threw the final inning in relief as he allowed two runs on three hits.
McIntosh was not the only player to go 4-for-5 as
James Tunnell did the same with an RBI and a run scored.
Jacob Inbody and
Nate Saquilon each went 2-for-5 as Inbody had a run scored and an RBI while Saquilon scored twice.
Ryan Williams also went 2-for-6 with an RBI and pair runs scored.
SNU did not waste anytime pushing runs across the board when Inbody took the second pitch of the game out of the park with a solo home run to left. McIntosh then drove in Saquilon to make it 2-0 before McIntosh scored on Tunnell's single to right.
OC answered in the bottom of the fourth to make it 3-2, but the Storm responded with three in the fifth. McIntosh drove in the first two runs of the inning with a double to left to score Williams and
John Basnight before McIntosh crossed the plate on a
Tyler De Trinidad single to right.
The Eagles got one more in the fifth, but again SNU pushed the lead away with four in the sixth to make it 10-3. Williams got things going in the sixth when he singled up the middle to score
Riley Morrow before Williams scored on an OC error. McIntosh then delivered again with a two run shot to left to clear the bases
SNU scored two more in the top of the ninth with the first coming on a passed ball to score Tunnell.
Nate Bidelman then singled through the right side to score
Chance San Miguel to put the game on ice. OC tried to rally with a pair of runs in the ninth, but it was too little too late for the Eagles.
The final game of the series will be played Saturday at 1 p.m. at OC.
