EDMOND, Okla. - Oklahoma Christian won both sides of Friday's doubleheader against Sul Ross State with pitching and hitting, taking the twin bill, 3-1 and 17-5.

Evan Ballast (2-3) allowed just one run on five hits to get the win in game one as Ballast, Cristian Castilla and Brandon Cardenas, who earned his first save of the season, combined for six strikeouts to just three walks. Brett McComas (3-5) delivered four innings of relief work to get the victory in the second contest.

The Eagle offense plated 17 runs on just nine hits in game two, utilizing 10 walks, three hit batters and two errors to claim the run-rule victory. In his final series at Dobson Field, senior Justin Spencer reached base safely five times on the day with three walks and two hits.

Oklahoma Christian (17-31, 17-31 LSC) will return to Dobson Baseball Field for the last time of the 2026 regular season for the final two games of the series at 12 and 3 p.m., with Senior Day recognitions taking place in between games.

Game One: Oklahoma Christian 3, Sul Ross State 1
Sul Ross threatened several times through the first couple of innings before scoring the first run of the game in the third, 1-0. The Lobos held that lead until a Cole Rager RBI-double in the fourth tied it at one before two more runs an inning later gave OC its first lead, 3-1.

With the two-run lead in tow, Castilla and Cardenas pitched the final two innings, allowing just two combined hits. The go-ahead run came to the plate in the top of the seventh before the maroon-and-gray managed to get out with the game-one victory.

Game Two: Oklahoma Christian 17, Sul Ross State 5 (7 inn.)
Oklahoma Christian scored its first two runs of game two without putting a ball in play, using a pair of walks and a wild pitch before consecutive sacrifice flies opened a 2-0 lead. Four runs on four hits followed in the second as OC held a 6-0 lead after just six outs.

After SRSU scored one run in the top of the third, back-to-back two-out hits from Reed Thomas and Ruben Castro added three runs to bring the tally to 9-1. One frame later, where OC scored two runs without putting a ball in play in the first inning, eight Eagle runs came on just one hit in the fifth for a 17-1 advantage.

The Eagles were working on a combined no-hitter heading into the top of the seventh before a lead-off hit turned into six hits, off which Sul Ross scored four runs before a double play ended things early, 17-5.