Baseball Ends Series with Loss at OBU

Box Score DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern posted a four-run fifth inning to take a lead, but saw that advantage disappear an inning later in a 10-7 loss to Ouachita Baptist on Sunday afternoon in Arkadelphia, Ark.
 
The Savage Storm slip to 13-17 overall on the season after the loss and 9-15 in Great American Conference play.
 
Slayde Ortiz led the SE charge with a pair of hits, a double and a triple, as well as three RBI.
 
Seth Morrow and Hayden Evans each added a hit.
 
Colton Buckner would drive in a pair of runs, while Morrow and Joseph Ramirez each plated one.
 
Tyler Dean got the start and tossed 5.0 innings while taking a no decision after allowing six runs on seven hits with four strikeouts.
 
Coby Langford would come on in relief and was saddled with the loss after allowing three runs on one hit in two-thirds of an inning of work.
 
Kenneth Klier tossed the next 1.1 innings and allowed a run on a hit while striking out two, and Joseph Bishop threw the final inning, striking out one.
 
OBU posted a pair of runs in the first to take the early lead but the Storm answered in the top of the fourth, taking advantage of an Ortiz triple when Ramirez brought him home on a sac fly to centerfield to cut the deficit to 2-1.
 
In the top of the fourth SE would load the bases with two outs and Buckner would get hit by a pitch to plate the game-tying run.
 
A Batter later Ortiz would double home Morrow, Blake McQuain, and Buckner to take a 5-2 lead.
 
The Tigers would get a run back in the bottom of the fifth, but took control of the game in the sixth as they posted seven runs in the inning to mount a 10-5 lead.
 
An RBI triple by Morrow and a sac fly from Buckner in the top of the seventh would close the gap to 10-7, but that was where the rally would end in a 10-7 loss.