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Baseball

BACONE 6-10, MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN 1-3 — At Oklahoma City, Bacone made a lot with a little, collecting 16 runs on 13 hits off some errant Mid-America pitching.

Muskogee High ex Antonion Horn was 2-for-3 with a pair of home runs, driving in three runs in the opener. He was the only multi-hit batsman as Bacone (15-9) had five hits. Eric Aguillard (2-1) gave up five hits in the win, allowing one run and striking out four in going the distance.

Gabriel Munoz was 2-for-3 in the second game with a pair of doubles, but the big hit run-wise was a thiree-run double by Steven Smith, who was 1-for-5 in the contest. Bacone took advantage of eight walks and five hit batsmen.

Johnny Kiska (1-1) went four innings, allowing two hits, no runs, one walk and struck out two. The Warriors are at home Friday against Southwest for a 1 p.m. doubleheader.

OKLAHOMA STATE 6, ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF 2 —  Chase Stevens (3-0) struck out seven and allowed two runs on six hits to get the win. Trey Whaley and Zach Fish each collected two hits for the Cowboys (10-7), with Fish extending his hitting streak to 14 games. That streak marks the longest active streak in the Big 12 Conference. OSU closes out its series with UAPB  at 4 p.m. today.

DALLAS BAPTIST 7, OKLAHOMA 6 — Jordan John (3-2) ended a Patriots threat in the eighth but gave up four singles and three walks — one intentional — in a four-run ninth at Dallas. Jack Mayfield homered for OU, a solo shot, but fell to 11-6 going into the Big 12 opening series at home starting Friday against Texas.

ORAL ROBERTS 7, WICHITA STATE 1 — Lead by Tyler Coker’s three-hit day, Oral Roberts (8-7) pounded out 11 hits against the Shockers at Wichita State.

Oktaha grad Cale Elam did not play for the Shockers. Elam was named the Missouri Valley Conference’s pitcher of the week for games played March 4-11. He made four appearances in relief and collected three saves.  He pitched a total of six innings and allowed no runs on two hits with two walks and five strikeouts. It is his first such honor.



Softball

BIG 12 HONORS —  Oklahoma’s Lauren Chamberlain and Oklahoma State’s Kat Espinosa received Big 12 weekly honors in softball on Tuesday.

Chamberlain, a freshman, was been named Player of the Week  after the Trabuco Canyon, Calif., native in a 6-0 week for the Sooners connected on five home runs and 14 RBIs in the 14 at bats while hitting at a .571 clip.

Espinosa earned top pitcher honors. One walk shy of a perfect game, Espinosa tossed her second no-hitter of the season and the third of her career as the Cowgirls defeated Nebraska 2-0 in the Mizuno Classic on Friday. The Houston native also threw four scoreless innings in relief at Tulsa last Wednesday, picking up the victory.

OSU 2, WICHITA STATE 1, 8 innings — Kelsey Anchors scored on an infield single by Julie Ward in the bottom of the eighth inning for OSU (13-9) at Stillwater against Wichita State (6-16). Kat Espinosa (7-3) picked up the win in relief of Simone Freeman, who allowed one hit in four innings. Espinosa allowed two hits and struck out five in four innigns.

 

Golf

NSU NINTH — Northeastern State wound up ninth at th eBash at the Beach golf tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Tuesday.

The RiverHawks’ 54-hole total of 894 was 42-over for the tournament, 33 shots behind champion Campbell at 861. Kyle Fouts tied for 10th individually, tops among NSU golfers, with rounds of 73, 72 and 73 for a 218 total, 12 shots off the lead.