THE RUNDOWN

Ouachita Baptist and Henderson State combined for 20 runs Tuesday night, with the host Reddies coming out on top 12-8 at Clyde Berry Field. Cole Kelly went 3-5 with a double, a triple and three runs batted in in a losing effort. 

An unearned run in the top of the first gave the Tigers an early lead, but Henderson scored five unanswered in the third and fourth innings. Ouachita responded with two in the fifth, as Kelly drove in Tyler Riebock with a sac fly and Cade McBride scored on a wild pitch. The Reddies answered with a grand slam in the bottom of the frame.

In the sixth, Riebock scored on an infield single by Kelly, CW Schrader drove in Cade Burris with a single to center, and McBride scored again on a wild pitch. In the seventh, Kelly tripled home Burris and scored on McBride's single to cut the lead to 9-8.

A run in the bottom of the seventh and two more in the eighth sealed the deal for the Reddies 

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

- Henderson State won its third straight Battle of the Ravine game
- Kelly's triple was the first of his career
- Riebock drew three walks for the second straight game

BY THE NUMBERS

14 - Kelly increased his team-leading RBI total to 14
.563 - Kelly, McBride, and Schrader - the Tigers' Nos. 3-5 hitters - combined to go 9-16 at the plate 
4 - Michael Soisson struck out four batters in 3.0 innings pitched in his first NCAA start

UP NEXT

The Tigers head to Weatherford, Oklahoma, for three games against Southwestern Oklahoma State.