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OC-Bacone highlights

OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 23, 2009) – The Oklahoma Christian University baseball team took a split with Bacone College (Okla.) under Dobson Field's newly-installed lights on Monday. The Eagles won the opener 10-3 before falling 7-2 in the nightcap.

The Eagles used timely hitting, and a complete-game effort from freshman Justin Ebert to get past the Warriors in game one.

After giving up a run in the first two innings, Oklahoma Christian responded with three runs of their own in the bottom of the second to take the lead for good. Ryan Harper knocked in Josh Balch with an infield single, then Cody Carpenter hit a sharp liner through the right side to plate both David Garner and Zach Coshow to make it 3-2 Eagles.

OC put two more runs up in the third when Garner drew a bases-loaded walk and Tyler Gipson made it home on a wild pitch.

Gipson did more damage the very next inning when he crushed a three-run homer down the left-field line to make it 8-2 OC.

Bacone got a run back in the top of the sixth before Jeff Davis roped a two-RBI single to centerfield to put the Eagles ahead 10-3.

Ebert retired the Warriors (9-7) in order in the seventh inning to get his first college win. The right-hander improved to 1-0 after striking out 10 and walking just one Bacone hitter.

Five Eagles had single-hit hit efforts in game one, while two-hole hitter Ray Long drew four walks and scored three times.

The second game saw Bacone take a 2-0 lead after 1.5 innings, but the Eagles came back to tie it with single-run frames in the second and third.

OC made it 2-1 in the second inning when Balch laid down a RBI sacrifice bunt. Then it was 2-2 in the third when Long followed suit with another run-scoring sacrifice bunt.

But the Eagles failed to post another run, and Bacone scored a run in the fifth and sixth innings to go on top, then a three-run seventh put the game away.

Long finished the second game 2-for-3, while four other Eagles notched a hit in the loss.

OC is now 5-6 on the season as they prepare to reenter Sooner Athletic Conference play this weekend against Science and Arts of Oklahoma. The Eagles and Drovers will start their three-game series with a nine-inning game in Chickasha on Friday before wrapping it up with two seven-inning contests at Dobson Field on Saturday.

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