By OAKLEE FIELDER
Sports Editor
Last weekend, the NWOSU baseball had three conference games against ECU and a non-conference game against Rogers State University.
ECU 10-NWOSU 11
The first game against ECU was on February 28 in Ada, Oklahoma.
In the top of the first inning, Barcello hit a double homerun to send him and Connor Green home and take an early lead. ECU did not respond in the bottom of the first.
NWOSU did not score in the top of the second, but ECU scored six runs and took the lead from the Rangers.
In the top of the third, Wright hit a double to left center and that send Sachen, Barcello, and Connor Green to go home and made it a one run game. In the bottom of the fourth, the Tigers scored a run to extend their lead to two. In the top of the fifth, Grace hit a single and made it to first on a fielder’s choice and that allowed Gordon go home and make it a one run game. Connor Green hit a sacrifice fly to let Hamilton run home and tie the game.
In the sixth, Hamilton hit a single to right field to send Wright home.
In the seventh, Wright hit a double to right field and that sent Sachen and Connor Green home and made the score 10-7. In the eighth, ECU scored three runs to tie the game 10-10. A scoreless ninth inning would send the game to extra innings. In the tenth, Bradford hit a sacrifice fly ball to centerfield to send Pittman home and win the Rangers’ first conference game.
ECU 4-NWOSU 6
The second game was later the same day. It started with three runs for the Tigers in the bottom of the first. The second and third innings were scoreless. In the fourth, Gavin Mendoza hit a double to left field and sent Sachen home. Bradford hit a ground out to first base and allowed Wright to run home. Grace also hit a single to center field and let Hamilton and Mendoza to go home and take the lead 4-3.
The fifth, sixth, and seventh innings were scoreless.
In the eighth, Connor Green hit a single up the middle to let Bradford and Shaffer go home and extend their lead to three. ECU responded with a single run in the bottom of the inning.
Neither team scored in the ninth inning and the Rangers won the second game in a row against ECU.
ECU 2-NWOSU 4
The third and final game in the series was on March 1 It started with a double to left field by Connor Green which sent Bradford home and they got the early lead. The Tigers responded with two runs in the bottom of the first. The second, third, and fourth inning were scoreless. In the fifth, Barcello hit a single to third base and allowed Grace to go home and tie the game.
The sixth inning was scoreless. In the seventh, Barcello hit a double home run and took Saire with him and they made the game 4-2. The Rangers swept the Tigers in the three games they played them.
RSU 7-NWOSU 5
The Rangers then went to Claremore to play against the Rogers State University Hillcats.
The Hillcats scored three runs in the first inning and they took the lead.
The second and third inning were scoreless. In the fourth, Shaffer hit a triple homerun to tie the game. He, Chad Green, and Barcello went home and it was 3-3.
In the fifth, Rogers State scored two runs to take the lead 5-3.
In the sixth, Chad Green hit a single homerun to make it a one run game. In the seventh, Bradford hit a single to center field and sent Vetal home to tie the game.
In the bottom of the seventh, Rogers State scored the game winning run and added onto it.