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Michael Dewald
McKenna Oliver
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Winner Southeastern Okla. SE 11-3, 4-1 GAC
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Harding HU 9-3, 3-2 GAC
Winner
Southeastern Okla. SE
11-3, 4-1 GAC
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Final
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Harding HU
9-3, 3-2 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southeastern Okla. SE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0
Harding HU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0

W: Logan Teske (2-0) L: Long, Maddox (2-1) S: Jackson Sioson (3)

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Southeastern Okla. SE 11-4, 4-2 GAC
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Winner Harding HU 10-3, 4-2 GAC
Southeastern Okla. SE
11-4, 4-2 GAC
0
Final
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Harding HU
10-3, 4-2 GAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southeastern Okla. SE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Harding HU 0 0 0 0 4 0 X 4 6 0

W: Barker, Joel (3-1) L: Cole Canuteson (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Scott Goode (2/28/22)

Harding Baseball Splits Shutouts Monday Against Southeastern Oklahoma

SEARCY – Harding and Southeastern Oklahoma split a pair of shutouts Monday in Great American Conference play at Jerry Moore Field. The Savage Storm won the opener 2-0 with Harding taking game two 4-0.

Harding moved to 10-3 overall and 4-2 in conference, and Southeastern is 11-4 overall and 4-2 in the GAC.

The Bisons do not have a midweek game this week and continue GAC play next weekend at home against Ouachita Baptist.

GAME 1 – Southeastern Okla. 2, Harding 0
In game one, five Southeastern pitchers combined for the Storm's second shutout of the season.

Harding starter, sophomore Maddox Long (2-1), was solid on the mound for the Bisons. Long went six innings and allowed only three hits and one earned run with a walk and three strikeouts.

At the plate, junior Coulton Doyle went 3-for-4 with a double. Senior Chris Witzke notched his third triple of the season, and junior Cooper Jauz drew three walks.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Harding went 0-of-11 with runners in scoring position and had only one runner reach third base.

Southeastern took a 1-0 lead in the third on a Reid Rice RBI single. Cameron French supplied the second run of the game with a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

GAME NOTES
•    Doyle had two singles and his third double of the season … it was his sixth multi-hit game of the season and second game with three or more hits.
•    Long threw 89 pitches, 55 for strikes … he lowered his season ERA to 1.73 … it was his second straight outing of six innings or longer with one earned run allowed.
•    The Bisons out-hit the Savage Storm 7-6, losing for the first time in seven games this season when it out-hit its opponent.
•    Harding was 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position, and Southeastern was only slightly better at 2-for-12 (.167).
•    Jauz became the first Harding player to walk three times in a game this season.
•    Senior Logan Teske (2-0) earned the win with three scoreless innings in relief of starter Jordan Compton, who also pitched three innings without allowing a run.
•    Rice led the Southeastern Oklahoma offense by going 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Game 2 – Harding 4, Southeastern Okla. 0
Senior Joel Barker (3-1) hurled a three-hit shutout, Harding's first of the season, earning the victory in game two.

Six different players had a hit for Harding, with both David Butterfield and Drew McNeel providing two-run singles to accounting for all of Harding's scoring.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Harding scored all four of its runs in the fourth inning on a walk and four singles. Owen Martin walked to lead off the inning and went to third on Chris Witzke's single. Witzke moved to second on a wild pitch, and both runners scored on Butterfield's line drive through the right side.

Michael Dewald had Harding's third single of the inning, sending Butterfield to third. Dewald stole second, and both runners scored on McNeel's liner to left center.

GAME NOTES
•    Barker's shutout was his first for the Bisons and the first by a Harding pitcher this season ... now has a 3.33 ERA.
•    Harding went 2-for-5 (.400) with runners in scoring position … the two hits were Butterfield and McNeel's RBI singles in the fourth.
•    Southeastern had only three hits, with Blake McQuain's double the only hit that went for extra bases.
•    Southeastern starter Cole Canuteson (2-1) suffered his first loss of the season … he allowed three runs on three hits over 4.1 innings. 
 
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