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BSB | Southern Nazarene (3-12-17)
Brenna Johnson
16
Winner Southern Arkansas SAU 13-5, 9-1 GAC
6
Southern Nazarene SNU 1-17, 1-9 GAC
Winner
Southern Arkansas SAU
13-5, 9-1 GAC
16
Final
6
Southern Nazarene SNU
1-17, 1-9 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Southern Arkansas SAU 0 0 4 0 2 2 3 5 16 16 2
Southern Nazarene SNU 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 8 1

W: Stroder, Jacob (2-0) L: Cooper (0-5)

8
Winner Southern Arkansas SAU 14-5, 10-1 GAC
0
Southern Nazarene SNU 1-18, 1-10 GAC
Winner
Southern Arkansas SAU
14-5, 10-1 GAC
8
Final
0
Southern Nazarene SNU
1-18, 1-10 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Arkansas SAU 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 8 12 0
Southern Nazarene SNU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2

W: Algiene, Dalton (5-1) L: Gustafson (0-4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | By: Daniel Gallegos

Muleriders use long ball to power past Crimson Storm in doubleheader sweep

BETHANY, Okla. – The No. 25-ranked Southern Arkansas baseball team cranked out eight home runs and scored a total of 24 runs across both ends of Sunday's doubleheader as the Muleriders powered past Southern Nazarene on the road for a doubleheader sweep with scores of 16-6 in the opener and 8-0 in the nightcap.
 
TEAM RECORDS
#25 Southern Arkansas Muleriders (14-5, 10-1 GAC)
Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm (1-18, 1-10 GAC)
 
PITCHING DECISIONS – Game 1
W – Jacob Stroder (2-0)
L – Cooper (0-5)
S - NONE
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – Game 1
  • The Muleriders took a 4-0 lead after plating four runs in the top of the third inning, but Southern Nazarene answered back with a four-spot of their own in the bottom half. Three of the four runs scored by SAU in that inning came on the strength of a three-run home run off the bat of James Trevanion, his first of the season.
  • In the bottom of the fourth, Southern Nazarene capitalized on a pair of wild pitches to score twice and take a 6-4 lead.
  • A two-run home run by Jacob Richardson in the top of the fifth, however, knotted the game at six-all.
  • The Muleriders then regained the lead an inning later with a pair of runs in the sixth. The first run was driven in by Blake Hall on a double down the left field line. Hall later scored the second run on a passed ball.
  • SAU continued to build on the lead in the seventh with three runs crossing the plate to make it 10-6 Muleriders. In that inning, SAU had two home runs, a two-run shot by Cortland McPherson and a solo job by Michael Page.
  • In the top of the eighth, the Muleriders struck for five runs to swell their lead to 10 runs, 16-6. In that inning, the Muleriders got two more homers with the first being a solo shot by Rucker and the second a three-run home run by McPherson, his second of the game.
 
ON THE MOUND – Game 1
  • Connor Wells got the start in game one, but was chased from it in the bottom of third as Southern Nazarene scored four runs that half inning to tie the game.
  • Jacob Stroder relieved Wells and Stroder was sensational out of the 'pen as he pitched the final six innings of the game, giving up just three hits and two unearned runs. Stroder also notched four strikeouts.
 
AT THE PLATE – Game 1  
PITCHING DECISIONS – Game 2
W – Dalton Algiene (5-1)
L – Gustafson (0-4)
S - NONE
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – Game 2
  • Game two was not in doubt long as the Muleriders plated single runs in the second and third innings before putting together a three-run fourth inning to take a commanding 5-0 lead. The run in the second came on a sacrifice bunt by Cory Gallegos and the run in the third scored on a throwing error by the Southern Nazarene shortstop. SAU's runs in the fourth scored on single by Michael Page, a double by Blake Hall and bases loaded walk to Jacob Richardson.
  • In the sixth, SAU made it 7-0 on a solo home run by Trevor Rucker while also taking advantage of a throwing error by the Crimson Storm catcher on double-steal attempt.
  • One more would be added to the Mulerider total in the top of the seventh as David LaFleur pinch-hit and belted a solo homer the other way down the right field line.
 
ON THE MOUND – Game 2
  • Dalton Algiene got the start on the mound and was dominant once more, shutting out the Crimson Strom in seven innings. It is the second solo shutout of the season for Algiene and he has now pitched in the three team shutouts on the season, combining for one in his first start of the season.
  • In the start, Algiene scattered four hits, all singles, and struck out 10. It was the second-consecutive start in which Algiene has fanned 10 or more hitters and he now has 48 punch-outs in 37.0 innings pitched.
 
AT THE PLATE – Game 2
  • SAU notched double-figure in the hits column once more, going for 12 in game two.
  • Eight of the nine in the order had at least one hit while Blake Hall, Cortland McPherson and Michael Page each had two hits apiece.
  • As for the long ball, Rucker went deep once more for a solo home run and David LaFleur connected on his first home run of the season in a pinch-hit opportunity.
 
ON DECK
The Muleriders and Crimson Storm are set to conclude their three-game series with a single game on Monday. First-pitch is scheduled for Noon.
 
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