SEARCY – Southern Nazarene junior Damian Santamaria drove in three runs on a bases-loaded double in the sixth inning propelled the Crimson Storm to an 8-4 victory over Harding on Sunday in Great American Conference action at Jerry Moore Field.

Harding (7-2, 2-1) won the first two games of the series Saturday but struck out 10 times against Southern Nazarene starter Nate Saquilon.

The Bisons will be back in action Wednesday at home against Delta State, the No. 1 team in Collegiate Baseball News Division II Poll.

Southern Nazarene (4-8, 1-5) snapped a six-game losing streak with the victory, its first in six GAC games.

Harding led 4-3 with two outs in the top of the sixth, but Southern Nazarene used five consecutive hits to score five runs Bison reliever Zac Stewart (1-1). Chance San Miguel had an RBI single before Santamaria unloaded the bases with a double just out of the reach of diving leftfielder Trent Wooldridge. A Harding throwing error allowed Santamaria to score to give the Crimson Storm a four-run lead.

Harding scored three unearned runs in the third inning. Two of the runs scored off Southern Nazarene throwing errors, and Erin McCarver drove in the third with a single.

After Southern Nazarene scored two in the fourth to tie the game at 3-3, Harding took the lead on a Paul Anzalone sacrifice fly that scored Victor Guerra.

After the fourth, Harding never mounted a strong threat against Southern Nazarene starting pitcher Nate Saquilon (2-1). The senior from San Diego allowed nine hits and only one earned run in the complete game victory. He did not walk a batter and struck out 10, throwing 95 of his 130 pitches for strikes and working around six Crimson Storm errors.

Harding starter Cameron Walker went 3 2/3 innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on eight hits with five strikeouts. Stewart (1-1) took the loss, yielding five runs (four earned) on five hits in two innings. The Bisons used five pitchers, including freshman Alan Copeland, who struck out the first four batters he faced in two innings of relief.

Southern Nazarene had 17 hits, with each of the first six hitters in the lineup recording two or more hits. Kyle Atkins, Wooldridge, and Jeremy Bohnett each had two of Harding's nine hits.