By OAKLEE FIELDER, Sports Editor
Last week, the Rangers faced off against the Ouachita Baptist University Tigers. This was a bad series for the Rangers as they got swept by the Tigers. They followed up the rough series with an away game against the Washburn Ichabod’s on April 22. They were also defeated by the Ichabods and were run ruled.
Logan Sandoval was the starting pitcher for the first game of the three-game series against the Tigers. Sandoval was relieved by Dawson Toborg in the sixth inning. NWOSU got the first run of the game in the top of the second. It was responded with runs in back-to-back innings for Ouachita. The Tigers then scored two runs in the seventh. The Rangers were able to score two runs in the ninth, but were not able to catch the Tigers and lost by one run.
The second game did not go as well for the Rangers. Will Kates started on the mound, and was relieved by Elia Herrera in the fifth inning.
The Rangers got the first run scored in the top of the first, but it was answered by three runs from the Tigers in the bottom half of the inning. Ouachita scored another run in the third.
The Rangers responded with a single run in the fourth. In the fifth and sixth, both teams traded runs and kept the score at a two-run difference. The Tigers scored two more runs in the bottom of the eighth and secured the win.
Colby Mitchell started on the mound for the Ranges in the third game of the series, he was relieved in the second by Kyle Holzer.
He pitched for three innings and most of another, but was relieved by Jacob Shaw. Shaw gave up five hits and five runs in one inning so he was relieved by Brady Welker who finished off the game.
Ouachita scored five runs in the first two innings. The Tigers scored five runs in the sixth, and shut out the Rangers in the third and final game of the series.
In the fourth game of the week against Washburn, the Rangers went through ten pitchers throughout the seven innings played. Freshman Karter Simon started on the mound.
The Ichabods scored three runs in the opening inning. The second and third were scoreless. Washburn scored one in the fourth, which was responded with a two run fifth inning.
The Ichabods then scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth.
The Rangers were able to score two runs in the top of the seventh, but four runs from Washburn in the bottom half forced a run rule and the game ended with a sixth straight loss for the Rangers.
They will face SWOSU this Friday and Saturday to finish off the season. They are sitting seventh in the GAC standings and have a chance to make the GAC playoffs.