by Athletic Communications
Rangers looked to respond Saturday afternoon after dropping the series opener Friday night.
However, the Bison had other thoughts as they went on to win Game one 14-10 and won game two 12-7 Saturday afternoon.
Oklahoma Baptist completed the sweep of the Rangers and now improve to 15-0 in the head to head series since the Division II era.
Game 1:
Rangers finished the game with 10 runs on 10 hits in game one of the day. Yugo Hamakawa and Bryce Donovan led the teams in hits with two apiece.
They were followed by six different players each with one. Three players in Daschal Johnson, Brett Erickson and Brock Randels had two RBI’s each in game one. Donovan, Colton Whitehouse and Billy Rogers each had one to round it out.
Colby Carlson was set to start game one for the Rangers. He went one inning giving up three runs on four hits while walking one. He was relieved by Grant French who went three and a third innings. Kaleb Honea finished the game outgoing three and two-thirds allowing six runs on seven hits.
The Bison jumped out early on in game one getting three runs across the board to start the bottom of the first inning. Hector Ruvalcaba would follow the doubles with an RBI single to left field to extend the lead to 3-0.
The game would stay tied until the third inning when Randels stepped up to the plate. Randels would hit a solo homerun in the third inning to cut the deficit to 3-1 after Johnson would get on, After three innings the Rangers trailed 3-2.
The eighth and ninth inning would be scoreless frames as the final score in game one would be the Bison 14 over the Rangers 10.
Game 2:
Rangers would score seven runs on seven hits in the second game of the doubleheader. Randels would lead the team in hits with two hits.
Blake Hoffman would get the starting call for Game two. He would allow seven runs on seven hits. He was relieved by Brody Shook who lasted 2.1 innings giving up two runs on three hits and two strikeouts.
The final pitcher of the game for the Rangers was Koby Hudson who pitched one inning surrendering three runs on four hits.
The game started with a positive note as Johnson led the game off with a solo homerun to give the Rangers the early 1-0 lead.
But by the sixth inning, the Bison would extend their lead to 12-5 from a Gomez two-run homerun followed by Ruvalcaba RBI single.
Rangers were not going to give up but their comeback bid would fall short. After a solid ninth inning the Bison retired the side and won the game 12-7.
With the loss, the Rangers drop to 5-10 on the season and 3-3 in Great American Conference play.
Northwestern will be back in action Tuesday afternoon as they travel to Kansas to take on Newman University with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m.