ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State and Southern Nazarene finished up their series on the diamond this afternoon where the Rangers finished off the series sweep of the Crimson Storm, following a 7-4 win in game one and a dominating victory in game two, 14-4.

Greg Carrington had a day and a weekend for the Rangers, batting .600 in the doubleheader at a 6-for-10 clip, leading the Rangers to victory in the series. Not far behind him were three other Ranger bats in Cooper Stanley, Arturo Castro and Daschal Johnson who each recorded four hits in the twinbill. Jacob Long, Pat Delano and TJ Kassner also had multi-hit days.

The series sweep would prove to be the first ever while apart of the Great American Conference.

Game 1

Sean Rydell started on the bump in game one of the doubleheader where the freshman went six full innings, surrendering just three runs on five hits. He was also good for three strikeouts in the contest.

Three Rangers had multi-hit games, led by Carrington who was 3-for-5. Following him up were Long and Johnson who were each 2-for-5 at the dish.

Northwestern started off hot as the guests collected three straight singles, making it 2-0 and that was followed up by another single by Johnson to plate the third run of the opening frame.

The starter, Rydell was clean through the first two innings, giving up no runs or base runners for that matter, but that would change in the third as SNU collected two runs on one hit in the inning.
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Stanley would increase the lead to 4-0 before the two-run frame by the hosts on a bomb over the right field fence.

Southern Nazarene would be the next to score a run as well, but it wasn't until the sixth inning, making it a one-run game at 4-3.

That would be all the Storm could muster until the final inning however, while the guests collected three more runs to take the game 7-4.

The six-inning outing by Rydell earned him the win in the game, his first of the year as well as the first of his young Ranger career. Fellow freshman, Brandon Nesseralla nabbed his second save of the season as well.
 
Game 2

Northwestern Skipper, Sam Carel changed up the rotation some in the final game against SNU as he elected to go with David Sanchez who has seen most of his action in relief situations.

Sanchez turned out to be the right man for the job as well as he collected his second victory of the season, striking out three Crimson Storm batters along the way.

For the second straight game, Carrington led the way for the Black-and-Red going 3-for-5 at the plate, but he was joined by two others with three hits apiece in Stanley and Castro who went 3-for-5 and 3-for-4 respectively.

Northwestern started early again for the third straight contest, opening it up at 4-0 on four hits, all of which were singles.

It didn't take long for the hosts to respond however as they would plate two of their own in the bottom half of the first.

The top of the third was another productive inning for the Black-and-Red, scoring four more. Three singles by Stanley, Castro and Delano led to an eventual score following the walk of Kassner. There were three more runs that crossed for Northwestern on a wild pitch, a groundout and a Carrington triple to right.

Following the big inning, the Rangers took a commanding 8-2 lead and they weren't finished there.

The fourth inning proved to be the demise of SNU in the game as Stanley started things off with his second bomb of the day, making it 9-3. He was followed up by Johnson who singled through the left side, plating Castro in the process. Three more runs crossed the dish for the visitors, following a double off the bat of Long, scoring two and finally on a single through the left side of the infield by Castro, bring Long around for the run.

Southern Nazarene gained a run in the sixth frame, but they left two men on base, ultimately crippling their chances at a comeback. Northwestern would capitalize again in the top of seven to seal the day and the series in 10-run fashion.

UP NEXT

Northwestern will travel to Wichita, Kan. on Tuesday to take on the Newman Jets in a non-conference contest. The Rangers will be looking to capitalize on this weekend's success and take revenge on the Jets in the process.