Box Score ARKADELPHIA, Ark - Despite a six-run first inning by the Tigers, a four-run ninth inning by Southwestern Oklahoma State was the deciding factor in Ouachita's final game at the Quick Trip Classic in Grand Prairie, Texas. The Tigers lost by a final of 10-8.,

Finding themselves down 2-0 in the bottom of the first, the Tigers wasted no time in getting on the scoreboard. A Justin Weigle triple drove in the first run of the inning. He scored the tying run on Jace Melby's double. Melby scored on what would have been the final out of the inning, but a throwing error by the SWOSU third baseman allowed Matt Sinclair to reach base safely. The Tigers next three batters reached base via a hit by pitch and two walks, the second of which resulted in the Tigers fourth run. A Norris single drove in the fifth run of the inning and Weigle's second hit of the inning, a RBI single, capped off the Tigers six-run first inning.

SWOSU scored three runs in the top of the fourth to cut the Tigers lead to 6-5. Neither team would amount any offense until the bottom of the seventh. During that stretch the only person to reach base was a hit batsmen for SWOSU. Weigle got things started for the Tigers in the seventh with his third hit, a single, of the game. Advancing to third, Weigle scored on a sacrifice fly by Reuben Miller.

After allowing a SWOSU run to score in the eighth, the Tigers scored again in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI sacrifice bunt by Parker Norris, scoring Jakahari Howell. Up two heading into the top of the ninth, the Tigers called on closer Lance Cullum.

SWOSU scored four runs on three hits and one error in the top of the ninth to take a two-run lead. Ouachita would go down in order in the bottom of the ninth, losing by a final of 10-8.

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