By MEGAN MAHARRY
Sports Reporter
The Ranger baseball team played a three-game series at home against Ouachita Baptist. The Rangers swept Ouachita in the series 3-0.
In game one, the Rangers dominated with a 9-0 victory.
Pitcher Walker Wharton earned his sixth win.
He pitched strong for seven innings, striking out six and gave up no earned runs.
Jorin Van Amstel had his fifth home run of the season in the first inning to give the Rangers the early lead. He went 2-for-3 on the day with three RBI’s.
Judah Zickafoose went 2-for-4, and launched his ninth homer of the season in the bottom of the fifth, which extended the lead 8-0.
The Rangers were back in action on Saturday for the doubled-header, and also honored 11 seniors for Senior Day: Nathan Kane, David Sanchez, Jorin Van Amstel, Collin Fouts, Walker Wharton, Cody Jones, Nathan Weatherly, Tyler Bernhardt, Matthew Bickford, Blake Jones and Britten Shuck.
The Rangers took care of business in game two, taking the 8-5 victory.
Baron Phillips took to the mound for four innings. His first four innings were solid as he gave up just one earned run while striking out eight.
Ouachita took the lead first in inning one on an error from the Ranger infield. The Rangers answered in the second when Van Amstel was driven in by a Luis Cintron hit.
Van Amstel gave the Rangers the lead in the third with a single into left-center that scored Cintron and Johnnuelle Ponce.
Two more runs in the fourth came across the plate off a Brendan Kates triple.
In the final game of the series, the Rangers won 3-2.
Van Amstel started things off for the Rangers with a hit into left field that scored Daschal Johnson.
The Tigers came back to tie things up in the fourth, scoring on a fielder’s choice.
However, the Rangers took ahold of the lead again after a RBI single by Ponce scored Johnson.
The Rangers and their seniors ended the day with two victories and the series win.
The Rangers play their next conference series against the Henderson State Reddies in Arkansas.