EDMOND, Okla. - Tim Malone recorded his second save of the season in game one while Reed Thomas recorded a walk-off single in game two as Oklahoma Christian defeated UT Permian Basin Thursday, Apr. 9, 13-12 and 5-4.

Christian Castilla (1-0) picked up his first decision on the mound, throwing one inning while allowing one run on two hits before Malone maintained the one-run lead in his final three outs of work. Kaden Mitchell (2-0) claimed the game-two win in relief, throwing the final three innings, striking out five Falcons in that stretch while allowing just one run on two hits.

At the plate, game-two hero Thomas finished 5-for-9 for the day, including a 3-for-5 showing in the latter contest with the game-winning RBI - his only RBI of the day. Ruben Castro delivered a pair of 2-for-4 plate showings with his third four-RBI game of the season in the opener thanks to his team-leading eighth home run.

Trey Migl, coming into the day one run shy of 250 hits, 200 runs and 150 RBI for his collegiate career, reached the benchmark trio in his first at-bat with a solo home run for his 200th collegiate run scored. Migl reached base safely five times Thursday afternoon with two hits and three walks.

Oklahoma Christian (13-27, 13-27 LSC) will return to Dobson Baseball Field for games three and four starting at 11 a.m. Friday, Apr. 10 as OC looks for its first series win of the season.

Game One: Oklahoma Christian 13, UT Permian Basin 12
Both teams put up crooked numbers in the first frame, with Permian Basin holding the lead after six outs, 5-3. Three more unanswered runs put the Falcons out ahead after three and a half innings, 8-3.

Oklahoma Christian saw its biggest inning of the day in the fourth, turning the five-run deficit into a one-run advantage with a six-spot, capped off with a two-out, three-RBI home run from Castro to give OC its first lead of the contest, 9-8.

Permian Basin quickly regained its second lead of the outing with four more unanswered before OC came to the dish trailing by three with six outs to work with. A lead-off homer from Tanner Forbus preceded a no-out bases loaded look from the Eagles, taking the lead for the final time with consecutive sacrifice flies from Justin Spencer and Connor Sanderson.

With Malone coming to the bump in the top of the seventh, UTPB put the tying run at first before the Eagles defense worked its second double-play of the game as a third-base ground-out delivered the one-run victory for the maroon-and-gray, 13-12.  

Game Two: Oklahoma Christian 5, UT Permian Basin 4
Oklahoma Christian starting pitcher J.J. Rickert did not allow a hit until the fourth inning, while the Falcons' starter held OC equally at bay as play stood at 1-1 after four frames. A brief 2-1 lead by UTPB was quickly erased with a three-run bottom of the fifth thanks a a two-out, RBI-triple from Forbus and a two-out, two-run shot over the center field wall.

Despite loading the bases in the sixth, the Eagles did not score another run until the ninth inning as Permian Basin slowly chipped away with single runs in the sixth and seventh to tie it up, 4-4. Mitchell struck out the side in the eighth before working his second straight three-up, three-down inning in the top of the ninth to give OC to chance to walk it off in the home half.

Jaret Liebbe got the inning started off with a lead-off single before reaching third on a sacrifice bunt and a wild pitch. With two outs facing the maroon-and-gray, Thomas came to the plate with the winning run 90 feet from home plate. A single over the shortstops head advanced Liebbe home, sparking the celebration as OC took game two, 5-4.