SHAWNEE, Okla. – The Ouachita Baptist Tigers (5-7 GAC, 9-12 Overall) split day two with the Oklahoma Baptist Bison (9-3 GAC, 16-6 Overall). Oklahoma Baptist took game one 13-9, but Ouachita prevailed in game two with a 5-0 shutout.
 
Coach's Quote
 
"I am proud of the resilient effort our team showed today…after the way the game ended yesterday, to go down 9-2 in the first game and have a chance in the 9^th says a lot about our character…and then Bam just put the team on his back and did what an ace needs to do for us to get out of there with a win in Game 2…Oklahoma Baptist is a championship type club and our guys battled their tails off today!" – Head Coach Luke Howard
 
Game One: Ouachita Baptist 9, Oklahoma Baptist 13
 
Tiger Lineup
 

1. Tyler Riebock (3B)
2. Logan Huneycutt (SS)
3. Blake Tubbs (DH)
4. Cade McBride (C)
5. Louis Steen (CF)
6. CW Schrader (1B)
7. Beau Burson (LF)
8. Matt Bryant (RF)
9. Simmons Sowell (2B)

 
Bison Lineup
 

1. Cliff Pradd (SS)
2. Ramon Gomez (2B)
3. Ramon Enriquez (C)
4. Kaimana Bartolome (3B)
5. Eric Carlson (1B)
6. Hector Ruvalcaba (DH)
7. Colin Prince (RF)
8. Cade Kissel (LF)
9. Joey Pledger (CF)

 
Ouachita Pitching
 
Carter Wade (2-3) made the start for the Tigers and was charged with the loss. He gave up six runs on five hits, two walks, and a strikeout in an inning of work. Hunter Gautreaux (0-0) was first in relief and allowed four runs on five hits, three walks, and three strikeouts in four innings. Noah Fowler (1-0) closed out the final three innings against the Bison. He surrendered three runs on five hits and a strikeout.
 
Ouachita Hitting
 
The Tigers were the first team to score in the game after CW Schrader walked with the bases loaded to score Logan Huneycutt in the first inning.
 
In the fourth inning, Beau Burson hit his first home run as a Tiger for the lone run in the inning.
 
An inning later, the Tigers put up three runs in the fifth. Louis Steen hit a sacrifice fly ball to left field that scored Blake Tubbs. A moment later, Matt Bryant grounded out to the shortstop to score Cade McBride and then Tyler Riebock walked for an RBI to score Schrader.
 
The Tigers would put up three more runs in the eighth inning. Schrader singled to center field to score Tubbs and then Burson flew out to left field for a sacrifice fly ball to score McBride. Bryant would earn his first hit as a Tiger on a single to left field that scored Louis Steen.
 
In the ninth inning, Steen hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Huneycutt for the final Ouachita run in the game.
 
Ouachita Highlights
 

• The Tigers had 14 hits in the game.
• Every starter for the Tigers had at least one hit in the game.
• The five through eight hole hitters (Steen, Schrader, Burson, Bryant) each had two RBI's.
• Blake Tubbs went 3 for 6 with a double, two runs scored, and two strikeouts.
• Louis Steen went 2 for 3 with a run scored, two RBI's, and a walk.
• Cade McBride went 2 for 5 with two runs scored, and a walk.
• Logan Huneycutt went 2 for 6 with two runs scored.
• CW Schrader went 1 for 4 with a run scored, two RBI's, two walks, and two strikeouts.
• Beau Burson went 1 for 3 with a home run, a run scored, two RBI's, a walk, and two strikeouts. It was his first home run of the season.
• Matt Bryant went 1 for 5 with two RBI's. He earned his first hit as a Ouachita Tiger.
• Simmons Sowell went 1 for 3 with two walks and a strikeout.
• Tyler Riebock went 1 for 5 with a double, an RBI, and a walk.

 
 
Game Two: Ouachita Baptist 5, Oklahoma Baptist 0
 
Tiger Lineup
 

1. Louis Steen (CF)
2. Tyler Riebock (3B)
3. Blake Tubbs (DH)
4. Cade McBride (C)
5. Logan Huneycutt (SS)
6. Beau Burson (LF)
7. CW Schrader (1B)
8. Matt Bryant (RF)
9. Simmons Sowell (2B)

 
Bison Lineup
 

1. Cliff Pradd (SS)
2. Ramon Gomez (DH)
3. Ramon Enriquez (C)
4. Kaimana Bartolome (3B)
5. Eric Carlson (1B)
6. Hector Ruvalcaba (2B)
7. Colin Prince (RF)
8. Kase Warner (LF)
9. Joey Pledger (CF)

 
Ouachita Pitching
 
Brandon Matros (2-3) earned his first complete game shutout win of the 2020 season. To make it better, it was against the number one team in the Great American Conference. Matros threw seven innings of scoreless baseball and allowed only four hits, two walks, and three strikeouts.
 
Ouachita Hitting
 
The Tigers did all the scoring in game two and put up two runs in the second inning. Simmons Sowell hit a single to center field that scored CW Schrader, and an error helped bring around Matt Bryant as well.
 
In the third inning, Tyler Riebock scored on a wild pitch.
 
The final two Tiger runs scored in the fourth inning. Louis Steen grounded out to Matt Bryant and then Riebock reached on an error by the first baseman that scored Sowell.
 
Ouachita Highlights
 

• Brandon Matros earned a complete-game shutout victory over the Bison.
• The Tigers were the first team to shutout the Bison this season.
• Simmons Sowell went 2 for 3 with a run scored and an RBI.
• Matt Bryant went 1 for 2 with two runs scored, and a walk.
• Tyler Riebock went 1 for 4 with a run scored, and an RBI.

 
Up Next
 
The Tigers will travel to Cleveland, Mississippi, for a midweek game against Delta State University on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.