ADA, Oklahoma – The Ouachita baseball team picked up a pair of victories over East Central on Sunday to complete a three-game Great American Conference road sweep over the orange Tigers.
Final scores from Sunday were 14-9 and 7-3 in favor of the purple Tigers. Sunday's double header sweep followed a 9-3 win for Ouachita on Saturday in the series opener.
In the first game on Sunday, Ouachita scored its 14 runs on nine hits and took advantage of 10 walks and three hit batters. Garrett Graham led the way with a 2-for-4, three-RBI game, including a two-run homerun. Wesley Scott was just 1-for-4, but his grand slam homerun in the fourth inning put Ouachita up 9-4.
Gavin Jacobs, Isaac Nowell, Cole Bedwell all had one double each in the win. Andrew Cox was 1-for-3 with a two-run single in the sixth.
Andrew Hayden (1-0) earned the win in a short relief appearance. Tag Pacot earned a four-inning save, giving up just one unearned run on three hits with five strikeouts and one walk in the sixth, seventh, and eighth, and ninth innings combined.
In the series finale, Ouachita rallied from down 3-0 to score three in the fifth, three in the sixth, and one in the seventh to earn the win in the scheduled seven-inning affair.
Wesley Scott led the Tigers, going 5-for-5 at the plate, highlighted by three doubles. Cole Bedwell drove in three runs in the win with a sac fly and a two-run single.
Luke House (2-1) tossed a complete game and earned the win with three runs allowed on six hits with nine strikeouts and no walks in his seven innings of work.
The Tigers head Delta State this Tuesday for a midweek game before hosting Harding next weekend for a three-game GAC series.