Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 Odessa, Texas—The OPSU Baseball team took to the road for a three-game Heartland Conference series against the University of Texas-Permian Basin April 29-30; the Falcons swept the series with scores of 3-1, 3-0 and 8-0.

The Aggies were allowed just one hit in Friday's game one and scored their only run in the first inning by reaching on an error and advancing on a sac bunt and a ground-out; the lone hit came from B.J. Henry who singled in the fourth but was left on base by a double-play. Pitcher Adrian Lopez led off the series for OPSU and went 5.0 innings in game one taking the 1-3 loss on seven hits and three earned runs; he served up three strikeouts while on the mound. Lopez held hitters at bay through three innings, but gave up all three runs in the fourth inning on two homeruns.

Four fielding errors by OPSU led to five unearned runs for the Falcons in game two giving starting pitcher Samuel Beattie his seventh loss of the season. UTPB earned the shutout victory (8-0) with nine hits in the nine inning matchup. Henry came through at the plate hitting two singles in game two but was caught stealing in the second inning and left on base with a strikeout in the seventh; Joseph Cerda had the only other hit for OPSU in game two, a single in the seventh that stayed on base with Henry.

The Falcons held the Aggies to four hits in game three on Saturday giving OPSU's Tristan Hubler a run for his money. Hubler held his ground in the first two innings allowing just two hits for zero runs; but an RBI single in the third followed by an unearned run off an Aggie error in the fourth gave the Falcons a 2-0 lead which they held through the eighth inning. A lead-off double in the bottom of the eighth prompted a pitching change by OPSU. Dallas Guerrero came in for Hubler with no outs and one runner on base; Guerrero gave up the final run on a sac fly, but Hubler took the loss on eight hits and three runs (two earned). Joseph Cerda, Dehryen Noriega, Cody Dion and Derek Stallworth each hit singles for the Aggies in game three.

For the series the Aggies totaled eight hits, one run and five errors; they went 0-2 on stolen base attempts and left 14 runners on base over 25 innings. OPSU's pitching crew averaged 3.27 ERA and totaled 17 strikeouts combined, led by Samuel Beattie who threw nine in game two. The Aggies have one remaining series this season. They will travel to Claremore, Okla. this week to take on a 24-22 Rogers State team May 6-7. OPSU holds an overall record of 5-35 with one win in conference play.