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Box Score 3 Alva, Okla.—This weekend OPSU baseball traveled in-state to Alva to play the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers in a three-game series; officially opening the 2014 season for both teams.
The Saturday game consisted of a double header.
Spencer Long started the game for the Aggies on the mound. He pitched seven innings, giving up three runs while also collecting five strikeouts. Long took the 3-0 loss for the Aggies, while Northwestern's Joe Coto got his first win of the season going six strong innings with seven strikeouts. Daniel Bolanos pitched one inning for the Rangers and collected his first save of the season.
Payton Osborn for the Aggies had a good game batting going 2-3;
Nick Crosswhite went 1-2; and
Ruben Aguirre went 1-4 at the plate. The Rangers scored three runs off of RBI each by Jonathan Freemyer, Jeff Martin, and Logan Porter, enough to give the Rangers a win over the Aggies in the first game.
The second game of the day had
Tom Parker on the mound for the Aggies. He went five innings with four strikeouts.
Walker Rainwater came in for relief, pitching one inning and striking out the side. For the Rangers, Corey Korenic pitched five innings tallying up seven strikeouts; Christian Lafontan came in and pitched one inning and collected three strikeouts. The Aggies managed two runs off pitching errors but fell to the Rangers in game two with a final score of 6-2.
Payton Osborn went 1-4 batting;
Sean Coleman went 1-2; and
Ruben Aguirre went 1-3.
Lucas Ogaz and Nicholas Zieniuk each scored one run for the Aggies. Northwestern's Daniel Bolanos knocked in one RBI, Calvin Ellis knocked in two RBI, Alex Marquez and Tony Loustaunau each hit one RBI; totaling six runs for the Rangers.
Both teams played again Sunday afternoon with first pitch taking place at 1 p.m. The starting pitcher for the Aggies in their third game was
Sam Beattie. He went six innings with three strikeouts. For NWOSU, it was Michael Morales who took the mound pitching seven innings with eight strikeouts.
Nick Crosswhite and Ethan Moffit each knocked in a run for OPSU. Northwestern's Tommy Caruso hit in one RBI, and Colten Dickerman knocked in 2 RBI to give the Rangers a 3-2 win and the three-game sweep.
OPSU head baseball coach Steve Appel is proud of his teams' performance saying, "The kids played hard and fought well against a very good team, given the fact that it was extremely cold; we just missed a couple of breaks that could have swung things our way. He added, "I thought the pitching went very well and I'm satisfied with how we played. It will take a few games for things to start clicking with the lineup, but I'm confident that we'll start swinging it."
The Aggies host their home-opener Friday, February 7 with a double-header against Lincoln University (Missouri); first pitch is set for 1 p.m. The action will continue Saturday, Feb. 8 with the final two games of this four-game series.
