Baseball Aims to Right Ship at NWOSU

Baseball | 3/2/2017 12:17:00 PM

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern sets out to snap a losing skid and pick up its first Great American Conference win of the season when it makes the trek to Alva, Okla., to take on Northwestern Oklahoma State on March 3-4 in a three game series.
 
Game one is slated for a 6 p.m. start on March 3, while Saturday's double-header is set for a 1 p.m. first pitch.
 
The Savage Storm have had a rough time at the plate to open the 2017 season, hitting .222, but are led by Brett Akins who has put together a .359 average with a double and five RBI.
 
Cade Clay, Travis Spinney and Hunter Harrison are each hitting above .250, with Harrison posting two of the team's home runs and matching Akins with five RBI.
 
On the hill, Mike Wade and Tristen Wood lead the way with 3.21 ERA's, with both pitching 14.0 innings.
 
Wade has compiled his in a pair of starts over three appearances with four strikeouts, while Wood has appeared in five games with one start and struck out seven.
 
Both Wade and Wood each collected complete games last weekend, but fell to 0-1.
 
NWOSU enters the series with a 5-11 record overall and a 1-5 mark in league play and has a 3-10 record over its last 13 games.
 
The Rangers as a team check in below SE with a .215 average and are led by Steven Deckard who has a .341 mark with four doubles, a triple, a home run and a team-high eight RBI.
 
Bryce Tomlin paces the team's starters with a 1-2 record in four starts with a 4.58 ERA.