CLAREMORE, Okla. (March 22, 2014) – An Oklahoma Christian baseball team that often struggled last season to put runs on the scoreboard is having no such issues this season, even against quality competition.

On Saturday, the Eagles put together their third straight double-digit scoring outing – and their seventh of the season – in rolling to an 11-1 win at the Diamond Sports Complex over a Rogers State team that reached the NAIA World Series the last two seasons and played in the NAIA championship game less than two years ago.

OC (15-8, 10-5 Heartland Conference) completed its third league series sweep of the season, with two of those coming on the road. The Eagles – ninth in the NCAA Division II South Central Region rankings – are in third place in the Heartland standings, behind perennial powers Lubbock Christian (Texas) and St. Mary's (Texas), two teams OC has yet to face.

Against Rogers State (12-13, 5-10), the Eagles scored 11, 10 and 11 runs while sweeping the Hillcats, after putting up seven runs on Tuesday while beating a 23-1 Oklahoma Baptist squad that is among the NAIA's elite.

The Eagles quickly jumped on Rogers State starter Jesse Baird (2-4), taking advantage of two errors by the Hillcats to score three first-inning runs. The only hit during the inning for OC was a RBI triple to center field by Jordan Lopez.

Rogers State scored once off OC starter Luke Sandoval (1-0) in the third but that was it for the Hillcats offensively. Sandoval made his longest outing of the season, allowing three hits and two walks while striking out three in five innings. Relievers Dylon Sturges, Eddie Broll, Garrett Guys and Dillon Endecott each threw one shutout inning.

Caleb Price reached on an infield single and scored on a double by Markus Carr in the seventh, stretching OC's lead to 4-1. The Eagles blew the game open with a seven-run ninth inning, highlighted by a RBI double by Cory Eastwood, a two-run single by Garrett Stephenson and a three-run homer by Caden Cleveland.

Baird pitched well for the Hillcats, striking out seven and allowing just five hits, before Rogers State's bullpen let the game get away in the ninth.