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Box Score 2 Leading Off - Game OneScore: Southern Nazarene
6 – Northwestern 7Records: Southern Nazarene
(4-23, 4-13 GAC) – Northwestern (11-20, 8-9 GAC)Location: Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium
- Alva, Okla.ALVA, Okla– Game one of the day was a crazy one, going down to the wire, before Thomas Bess came up big in the bottom of the ninth, smoking a triple down the right field line, leading to a 7-6 win.At The Plate- Seven different Northwestern batters collected hits in the nine inning contest with nine hits total as a team.
- Both Garrett Douglas and Colton Krokroskia were the two Rangers who posted two-hit days, each going 2-for-4 in the game.
The K Zone- Matt Bickford got the start in game one of the doubleheader and went 7.2 innings on the outing, earning himself five strikeouts. Towards the end of his day, two runs were scored, both unearned however.
- Dakota Stanek came in to relieve Bickford, getting the final out of the eighth inning, and pitching into the ninth for three batters before being relieved by Robert Lawhon, who came in for the final inning and ultimately received the win.
Game Changer
- The game started off early as a pitcher's duel and remained that way throughout most of the game. Northwestern crossed the plate first in the contest in the fourth when Jacob Long crushed a homerun over the left field wall.
- Neither team scored another run until the visitors put two runs up on the board to make it a one-run advantage for the Crimson Storm, but the Rangers weren't done yet.
- The bottom of the eighth proved to be a big one for the hosts, posting three runs to take a two-run lead. The inning began with a single by Douglas, after which Long drew a walk, followed up by a SAC bunt by Bess, moving up each runner. Xyruse Martinez would come up two batters later and rip a double to right field, scoring Douglas. Then collecting his first collegiate hit was Alex Adams, scoring Cooper Stanley, making it a two-run adavantage for the home team.
- In the top of the ninth inning, SNU caught fire, scoring four runs to take a two-run lead of their own.
- For the second time in the game, Northwestern was able to make a comeback, this time to win it. The first two Ranger batters earned the first base and were moved up by a SAC bunt by Douglas. Next up for the home team, Bess striped a triple down the right field line, scoring all three runners aboard, winning the game in walkoff fashion.
Leading Off - Game TwoScore: Southern Nazarene 5 – Northwestern 0
Records: Southern Nazarene (5-23, 5-13 GAC), N
orthwestern (11-21, 8-10 GAC)Location: Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium - Alva, Okla.
ALVA, Okla– Northwestern Oklahoma State had a rough go in game two of the twin bill, unable to get anything going and falling 5-0 in the contest.
At The Plate- Three Rangers were able to put multiple hits on the board with Krokroskia hitting a perfect 3-for-3, Bess also batting 1.000 at the plate in the game with a 2-for-2 performance. The other Ranger to have a multi-hit game was Adams who was 2-for-3.
The K Zone
- After coming in for relief in game one, Lawhon started on the hill for the Rangers in the second, going five innings before giving up the duties to Brody Ausfahl who started the sixth inning. Lawhon struck out seven in the outing.
- Ausfahl went a full inning of work before Thomas Sander came on in the final inning collecting two outs.
- Trevor Rakers came in for a single batter, getting him to ground out to Martinez for the final out of the top of the seventh.
Game Changer- Another pitcher's duel ensued in game two until the fifth inning when the visitors exploded for a four-run inning, which would ultimately be enough for the Crimson Storm win.
- Northwestern was able to bring base runners around as the hosts left seven aboard in th eseven inning game.
