Storm Drops Series Opener at OBU

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.  – Southeastern collected just three hits as Ouachita Baptist handed the Savage Storm an 11-0 loss on Saturday afternoon in Arkadelphia, Ark.
 
The loss dropped SE to 7-7 overall on the year and 3-4 in Great American Conference play heading into a Sunday double-header slated for a noon first pitch.
 
Cody Coats, Corban Taylor and Chance Burcham each collected a hit in the loss.
 
Nick Johnson got the start on the hill and suffered the loss after tossing 4.1 innings and allowing 11 runs, eight earned, on eight hits with a pair of strikeouts.
 
Mathew Benedict, Storm Griffin, Jonathon Dailey and Cody Luman combined for 1.2 innings of scoreless work with only Benedict allowing any hits.
 
OBU opened up a 1-0 lead in the first and pushed it to 4-0 in the fourth.
 
A seven-run fifth by the Tigers would push the score to 11-0 which would hold to be the final in a run-rule seven inning game.