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SHAWNEE, Okla. (April 5, 2008) – Oklahoma Christian University continued its first journey through a Sooner Athletic Conference baseball season since 2001 with two losses at Oklahoma Baptist University on Saturday.

The Eagles lost a walk-off, 7-6, decision in the opener, before falling, 15-5, in the second game.

Oklahoma Christian is now 4-19 in the conference and 12-22-1 overall.

OC outhit Oklahoma Baptist 10-to-7 in the first game, with three consecutive hits coming to start the game.

Freshman shortstop Jordan Price made it 1-0 when he led off the contest with a home run. Josh Balch and Jeff Davis then knocked back-to-back singles, but the one run was all the scoring OC mustered in the frame.

The Bison tied the score at 1-1 in its half. Then both teams traded single-run efforts in the second to leave the game locked at 2-2.

The Eagles broke the tie with a three spot in the fourth inning.

Josh Henry doubled in Quaid Johns, then came home on a Ray Long groundout. Price rounded out the scoring with a sacrifice fly to right field that gave OC a 5-2 edge.

Tyler Sutton pitched a scoreless fourth, but the Bison tallied four runs in the fifth to go on top for the first time by a 6-5 count.

Both teams went quietly in the sixth, before Davis single-handedly tied the game with a solo homer to lead off the seventh. The freshman's sixth round-tripper of the season locked the game at 6-6.

Stephen Sutton struck out the first two batters in the bottom half, but Joshua Callazo doubled to center to keep the inning alive.

After an intentional walk, Chris Chambers singled to center to lift OBU to the 7-6 victory .

Davis was 3-for-4, while Johns (2-for-4) and Henry (2-for-3) each posted two-hit games.

In the nightcap, OBU outscored OC 15-0 over the first four frames, before a five-run Eagle fifth was highlighted by Tyler Gipson's grand slam.

The Bison tallied six in the first, one in the second and eight in the third to assume the big lead after three.

A scoreless fourth for both teams led into OC's only scoring inning of the game.

Chance Nichols made it home on an error before four scores came across on Gipson's bomb. Gipson leads the Eagles with seven dingers on the year.

The 15-5 tally became the final as OBU improved to 29-8 overall and 13-7 in the SAC.

Price was 2-for-3 in the second game, and 3-for-5 on the day, to move his SAC top-five batting average up to .463.

The Eagles and Bison will complete their three-game set on Monday with a single nine-inning affair at 3 p.m. at Dobson Field. OC then hosts Mid-America Christian (Okla.) on Thursday in another conference matchup.

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