Storm Offense Blast Past SNU to Finish Series Sweep

BETHANY, Okla. – Southeastern combined for 37 runs over two games and saw Blake McQuain match a school and conference record as the Savage Storm picked up a 27-14 win in game one before closing out the series sweep with a 10-7 victory on Saturday afternoon in Bethany, Okla.
 
Polishing off the series sweep improves the SE record to 15-4 on the season and 7-2 in Great American Conference play and extending the team's current winning streak to four games.
 
McQuain wrote his name in the Southeastern and GAC record books in game one as he put together a 6-for-7 effort, with his six hits matching the records.
 
Seth Morrow added four hits, with Richard Ware and Joseph Ramirez each posting three hits.
 
Damon Burroughs, Angel Ochoa, and Dylan Herd each added two hits, with four others adding one hit each.
 
The Storm finished with 26 hits as a team in the game and was one run shy of the GAC record for runs scored in a game.
 
McQuain would drive in four of those runs, while Morrow, Brett Gonzalez, Burroughs, Ochoa, and Ramirez each added three RBI.
 
Ware, Reid Rice, and Michael Bernhardt added two RBI apiece, while Heath Pickhardt plated one.
 
Jordan Compton got the start and tossed 3.1 innings in the win, allowing eight runs, seven earned, on five hits with three strikeouts.
 
Logan Teske added an inning of work and was tagged for three runs on two hits with one strikeout.
 
Dylan Turner followed with two innings pitched, scattering three hits while striking out three.
 
Kenneth Klier followed with 1.2 innings, allowing one hit and striking out four, before Jackson Sioson came on to toss the final inning, allowing three runs on two hits with two strikeouts.
 
SNU would take an early 3-0 lead with a home in the first inning.
 
SE would answer in a big way int eh third inning, with Gonzalez driving in two on an error, followed by two RBI singles and a two-run Ramirez homer to take a 7-3 lead.
 
That extended to 9-3 on a Morrow two-run single and then on to 11-2 on a Reid Rice two-run homer.
 
SNU would close the gap with three runs in the third and two more in the fourth to close the score to 11-8.
 
Burroughs would drive in two in the fifth to get the Storm offense moving again and Burroughs would later score on an error to push the lead to 14-8.
 
The Crimson Storm would answer with three in the bottom half of the inning, closing to 14-11.
 
Gonzalez would bring home another run in the sixth, while McQuain would tack on two more along with a Morrow RBI in the seventh to push the led out to 18-11.
 
Ramirez and McQuain would bring home two more in the eighth to take a 20-11 lead.
 
SE would see five-straight hitters record RBI in the ninth, capped by a Ware two run homer to take a 27-11 lead.
 
SNU would add three runs in the bottom half to make the final score 27-14.
 
In the finale, Ware and Ochoa each had a pair of hits, while McQuain, Morrow, Cameron French, and Bryce McDermott each added a hit.
 
McQuain, Ware, and Ochoa each posted a pair of RBI, while Morrow and Ramirez each added one.
 
Cole Canuteson got the start and tossed 2.2 innings, allowing five runs on four hits with one strikeout.
 
Connor Priest followed with 1.1 innings of work, allowing two runs on four hits with one K in picking up the win.
 
Sioson would toss the final inning and pick up his fourth save of the year without allowing a hit, while striking out two.
 
Ware and Morrow would each bring in a run in the top of the third, opening up a 2-0 lead.
 
It would not last long though as SNU would pick up six runs in bottom of the third to take a 6-2 lead.
 
In the fourth, Ramirez would drive in a run and, followed by a McQuain two-run double.
 
 
McQuain would come around and score on an error, and Ochoa would drive in two more to push the lead out to 8-6.
 
The Crimson Storm would answer with a run in the bottom of the fourth, closing the gap to 8-7.
 
In the fifth inning French would tack on a run, scoring on a balk and Ware drove in McDermott to push the lead to 10-7 which would be the final as the game was called after five innings due to darkness.