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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - The Harding baseball team swept 12th-ranked Ouachita Baptist in a doubleheader Friday at Rab Rogers Field. The Bisons won the opener 3-2 and took game two 6-3. Harding improved to 15-13 overall and 2-3 in conference play.
Harding had lost its first 10 road games this season prior to Friday's sweep. Ouachita Baptist dropped to 24-7 overall and 1-4 in the GSC.
Harding trailed 1-0 entering the seventh inning of the nine-inning game one. The Bisons took a 2-1 lead without the benefit of a hit. Matt Stevens walked to lead off the inning, and Wisley Correa was then hit by a pitch. Tyler Thompson then grounded to OBU pitcher Steve Smith, who threw wildly to third in an attempt to force out Stevens. Stevens scored and Correa moved to third. After Bo Whitaker was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Ryan Moody drove in Correa with a sacrifice fly.
Ouachita Baptist tied the game at 2-2 on a Chandler Boyce RBI single in the bottom of the seventh. Harding then scored the winning run in the eighth as Zach Fisher was hit to lead off the inning and scored on Aaron Roberts' game-winning double. Roberts had two of Harding's three hits in the game.
Senior Michael Skinner pitched well for the Bisons as the starter. He went six innings and allowed only six hits and two earned runs. He walked five and struck out two. Junior D.A. Kremer (3-2) came on in the seventh and picked up the win. He threw three scoreless innings and struck out two.
Jerry Helferich (1-1) suffered the loss for Ouachita Baptist.
In game two, Harding jumped out early, scoring two runs in the top of the first on Correa's RBI single and Thompson's sacrifice fly to center. The Bisons made it 5-1 after scoring three more in the fourth. The key hit was a bases-loaded, two-run single by Jon David Glenn.
Harding tacked on another run in the sixth on Randall Hunt's second home run of the season. Ouachita Baptist closed to within three runs on a two-run home run by Jim Streicher, his second of the game.
Junior Brodie Brumley (2-0) collected the win, allowing only three runs on 10 hits and striking out four. Troy Keith got the last out of the game for his second save.
Jared Hershberger (6-1) suffered his first loss of the season, yielding five hits in 3.2 innings.
