THE RUNDOWN

Ouachita Baptist baseball defeated Southeastern Oklahoma State 10-7 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep at Rab Rodgers Field. The Tigers surrendered an early lead, but a seven-run sixth inning propelled the home team to victory.

Louis Steen doubled home the first run of the game in the bottom of the first and scored himself on a double steal attempt that saw Cade Burris gunned down at second. 

The Savage Storm got a run back on a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and took the lead with a four-run fifth inning. The Tigers answered in the bottom of the fifth with Cole Kelly's RBI double. 

The sixth inning featured six runs scoring with two out. The party started when Tyler Riebock was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. The tying run crossed the plate when CW Schrader bounced into a double play. Louis Steen's single to center drove in Zach Kuykendall. Three batters later, Pierce Mitchum drew a bases-loaded walk ahead of Simmons Sowell's bloop single that cleared the bases.

Southeastern scored a pair of runs in the seventh inning, but after allowing an inherited runner to score, Ben Miller was lights out over the final three innings. He did not allow a runner to reach base against him, striking out four batters en route to the save.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

 - Ouachita completed its first sweep of a Great American Conference series since March 2-3 of 2019
 - Carter Wade earned the win in relief, picking up his first decision of the season
 - Starting pitcher Beau Burson set season highs with 4.2 innings pitched and five strikeouts

BY THE NUMBERS

7 - Ouachita has won seven of its last eight games
5 - Riebock stole five bases in the three-game series (including two in the first inning Sunday) after entering the weekend with five steals on the year
8 - Steen drove in two runs for his team-leading eighth multi-RBI game of the season
17 - Cade Burris extended his reached base streak to 17 games
3 - Simmons Sowell's three hits were a season high