Storm Rally for Win over OC in Final Midweek Matchup

EDMOND, Okla. – Southeastern scored 10 runs over the final three innings to rally for an 11-8 win over Oklahoma Christian in the team's road finale in Edmond, Okla., on Tuesday night.
 
The win lifts the Savage Storm to 29-18 overall on the season heading into the regular season finale series versus rival East Central at Mike Metheny Field April 29-30.
 
Blake McQuain and Damon Burroughs each collected two hits, while nine others picked up one.
 
Richard Ware doubled and Angel Ochoa triples, while Matt Miles, Burroughs, and Ware each drove in a pair of runs.
 
McQuain, Reid Rice, Cameron French, Ochoa, and Hayden Evans each added an RBI.
 
Hayden Alexander got the start and tossed three innings in a no decision, allowing one unearned run on two hits with one strikeout.
 
Jordan Compton followed with two innings of work, allowing three runs, just one earned, on two hits with two strikeouts.
 
Logan Teske and Beau Swimmer combined on an inning, with Teske allowing two runs, one earned, on a hit before Swimmer finished the inning with a hit across three batters faced.
 
Dillon Bumgarner would follow with an inning pitched, allowing two runs on three hits while picking up his first win of the season.
 
Jacob Potter would follow by tossing the final two innings without allowing a hit while striking out two and earning his first career save.
 
OC took the lead in the bottom of the second with a run on an error, but the Storm would knot the game at 1-1 in the next half inning as McQuain would single home Dylan Herd to even the score.
 
The Eagles followed with three in the fourth and two more in the fifth to open 6-1 lead.
 
SE responded in the seventh with the first three hitters reaching base for free, followed by an RBI walk by Rice.
 
That was followed by an RBI single from French, with a two-run single by Burroughs and a two-run double by Ware completely erasing the deficit and giving the Storm a 7-6 lead.
 
OC would answer with a two-run homer to regain the lead at 8-7 after seven innings.
 
An Evans single in the top of the eighth would tie the game and a two-run single by Miles would put SE back in front for good at 10-8.
 
Ochoa would tack on an insurance run with an RBI triple that scores Michael Bernhardt to push the lead to 11-8 which would hold up as the final score.