Oklahoma City, Okla. - Oklahoma Christian tied the school record for runs in a game with 23 in game one against Texas Permian Basin, on their way to a doubleheader sweep at Tom Heath Field.
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GAME 1: OC 23, UTPB 0
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The Eagles put up four runs in the bottom of the first, and they did so with four consecutive hits for RBIs.
Brooklin Bain led off the with a double, and
Hannah Pate brought her home with an RBI triple. Pate came home to score on an RBI double from
Kristen Whitehouse, and Whitehouse scored on a
Whitney Walde RBI double.
Boo Robinson singled, and
Kylie Janzen walked to load the bases, and
Tristyn Hamilton picked up an RBI on a fielder's choice.
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OC's offense produced five RBI doubles in the game, with Walde leading the way with two.
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Jill Dickson pitched two scoreless innings, striking out five of the seven batters she faced.
Grace Anderson followed Dickson, picking up the win by combining with Jill for a complete game one-hitter, with the one hit coming on an interesting call with two outs in the seventh.
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Oklahoma Christian picked up twelve runs in the second inning, the third most in an inning in school history. Bain and Pate each reached base and stole a base, setting up Whitehouse for another RBI on a single.
Aaliyah Brown walked to load the bases, and Walde picked up two more RBIs, scoring Pate and Whitehouse.
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Robinson scored Brown and Walde with a two RBI single, and Hamilton followed that at-bat with a walk. With the runners on first and second,
Kelsey Gammage plated them both with a two RBI triple.
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Pate, who scored a run earlier in the inning, came back up to bat and picked up an RBI with a double scoring Gammage. Whitehouse picked up an RBI in her second at-bat, and Walde got another RBI on a fielder's choice. Kylie Jazen's two RBI single wrapped up the second inning with OC holding a 16-0 lead.
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Marissa Powell and
Kiley Brewster had back-to-back RBI singles in the 3rd inning to give OC a 18-0 lead.
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OC scored five runs in the fourth inning on a Kandence Brewster fielder's choice RBI, RBI singles from Woodward, Powell and Iltis, and an RBI double from
Kiley Brewster.
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The 23 runs in the game were the most since 2014 against Hillsdale Baptist, and the 20 hits tied for the second most hits in a game in school history. And it was the second time OC has record 20 hits against the Falcons.
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Game 2: OC 14, UTPB 6
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Game two got off to a grand start in the bottom of the first. Bain and Pate reached on a walk and a single, and Pate stole second to put runners on second and third. Whitehouse picked up another RBI with a single, scoring Bain, and
Whitney Walde followed that with a walk.
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With the bases loaded,
Boo Robinson stepped up and sent a ball over the left-center field wall for a
grand slam, giving the Eagles a 5-0 lead after one inning of play.
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Payton Foster spun two scoreless innings, before Iltis replaced her and ultimately picked up the win.
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The Falcons tied the game in the 3rd inning, but the lead was short lived. In the bottom of the inning
Tristyn Hamilton stepped up and
crushed a ball to right field for her second home run of the season, giving OC a 6-5 lead.
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Pate, who went 5/6 with 3 RBIs, kept the scoring going with an RBI double in the fourth, and Whitehouse followed that with a
two-run home run.
Kylie Janzen added two more RBIs to her two-game total with a triple, and
Tristyn Hamilton picked up another RBI by bringing Janzen home.
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UTPB scored their 6th and final run on a sacrifice fly in the 5th inning, cutting the lead to 12-6.
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Brooklin Bain pitched for the first time this season in the top of the 6th, picking up two strikeouts, and hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom half of the inning, giving the Eagles a doubleheader sweep.
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Up Next
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Oklahoma Christian will be back at Tom Heath Field at Lawson Plaza tomorrow at noon to conclude the series.
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