By EMMA GOTT
Student Reporter
It was an exciting weekend for the Ranger baseball team as they swept the series against Oklahoma Baptist.
The Rangers team took on the Oklahoma Baptist Bison this past weekend in a three game series at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium.
An error by OBU gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead in game one in the bottom of the 3rd inning with Dylan Bradford running home. Chad Green then hit a solo home run to go up 2-0.
Carson Wright would then get a triple with two RBI. The Rangers eventually took an exciting game one as they beat the bison 6-5 with runs from Dylan Bradford, Carson Wright, Chad Green and Harley Shaffer.
Junior Will Kates was the starting pitcher and was on the mound until the bottom of the 6th inning, when Elias Herrera subbed in for him.
Dawson Toborg would then close out game one on the mound with no runs, keeping the lead and securing the win.
As it was the second game of a double header, they only played 7 innings.
Colby Mitchell started game two on the mound for the Rangers and Dawson Toborg went ahead and closed out the second game as well. Senior Chad Green gave the Rangers the early 1-0 lead by a solo home run, his second of the day.
Green’s homerun would end up being the game winning run as it was the only run of the game. Six shutout innings from Colby Mitchell would also help secure the 1-0 victory. Bradford would finish with 2 hits, Chad Green with 1, and Hagen Barcello with 1 as well.
They won game 3 with a score of 10-5. After a scoreless first inning, runs from Bradford, Saire, Mendoza, Grace, Gordon and Shaffer would help lead the rangers to victory.
Logan Sandoval would start on the mound pitching for the Rangers and Jacob Shaw would go on to close out the game with a perfect ninth inning.
With these 3 wins, the Rangers improved to 25-14 on the season with a 13-11 Great American Conference record. They currently sit seventh in the standings.