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Dr. Wesley Kluck

Baseball Kyle Parris

Tigers defeat Delta State 9-4

Box Score ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - The Ouachita Tigers won their second straight win at Rab Rodgers Field on Wednesday, outscoring Delta State 9-4. The Tigers improved to 13-9 overall and are 10-4 at home in ,2015. Jacob May picked up his first win of the season and Reuben Miller drove in three of Ouachita's nine runs.

After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the first, Ouachita scored two runs in the bottom half of the same inning to take the lead, Reuben Miller drove in Parker Norris with a sacrifice fly to right for the Tigers first run of the day. Justin Weigle scored on an error by the Delta State shortstop to make it 2-1.

Jace Melby hammered a pitch to left center in the bottom of the second for an RBI double. Miller hit his second sac fly of the game for a RBI in the second to extend to Tigers lead to 4-1. Ouachita scored three more runs in the fourth inning.

Melby hit an RBI single to start things off. He would later score on a single by Drew Feuerbacher. Matt Sinclair drove in the final run of the inning on a sacrifice fly to deep center field. The Tigers went into the fifth leading 7-1.

Delta State scored three runs in the top half of the fifth inning, but would get no closer. The Tigers tacked on two more runs in the eighth inning. Reuben Miller drove in his third run of the day with an opposite-field RBI single to right. Sinclair's single to right scored Weigle for the Tigers final fun of the game.

Jacob May pitched 4.1 innings, allowing four runs, two earned, on four hits to earn his first win of the season. He pitched himself out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the fourth with no outs. May got a shallow pop-up to center for the first out. He retired the next batter by getting him to hit into a 6-4-3 double play. Matt Sinclair pitched 3.1 scoreless innings to get his first save of the season.

The Ouachita Tigers will return to conference play this weekend when they host Northwestern Oklahoma State at Rab Rodgers Field. The first game is set for Friday, March 27 at 2:00 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Drew Feuerbacher

#10 Drew Feuerbacher

INF/RHP
5' 9"
Junior
Jacob May

#29 Jacob May

RHP
5' 10"
Junior
Jace Melby

#23 Jace Melby

OF
5' 10"
Senior
Reuben Miller

#4 Reuben Miller

INF
5' 10"
Junior
Parker Norris

#3 Parker Norris

INF/OF
5' 9"
Senior
Matt Sinclair

#24 Matt Sinclair

C
6' 3"
Senior
Justin Weigle

#5 Justin Weigle

INF
5' 11"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Drew Feuerbacher

#10 Drew Feuerbacher

5' 9"
Junior
INF/RHP
Jacob May

#29 Jacob May

5' 10"
Junior
RHP
Jace Melby

#23 Jace Melby

5' 10"
Senior
OF
Reuben Miller

#4 Reuben Miller

5' 10"
Junior
INF
Parker Norris

#3 Parker Norris

5' 9"
Senior
INF/OF
Matt Sinclair

#24 Matt Sinclair

6' 3"
Senior
C
Justin Weigle

#5 Justin Weigle

5' 11"
Sophomore
INF