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15
Winner Harding HARDING 20-8
8
Northwestern Okla. NWOSU 13-17
Winner
Harding HARDING
20-8
15
Final
8
Northwestern Okla. NWOSU
13-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harding HARDING 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 2 0 15 15 1
Northwestern Okla. NWOSU 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 8 15 1

W: Welch, Davis (4-2) L: W. Kates (1-1) S: Bradshaw, Andrew (2)

11
Winner Harding HARDING 21-8
2
Northwestern Okla. NORTHWES 13-18
Winner
Harding HARDING
21-8
11
Final
2
Northwestern Okla. NORTHWES
13-18
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Harding HARDING 1 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 11 12 0
Northwestern Okla. NORTHWES 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0

W: Roguske, Will (3-1) L: D. Collins (1-6)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Scott Goode (3/25/23)

Bash Bisons Batter Rangers, Hit Nine Homers in Doubleheader Sweep

ALVA, Okla. – When Harding arrived at Myers Field Saturday to take on Northwestern Oklahoma, the Bisons had hit 19 home runs in the first 27 games. They ranked 10th among the 12 teams in the Great American Conference. Northwestern led the GAC with 39 homers. Saturday's doubleheader saw a significant role reversal.

Harding blasted nine homers in the doubleheader leading to a pair of blowouts. The Bisons hit six bombs in the first game and won 15-8, and added three more long ones in an 11-2 victory in game two. The Rangers had only three homers.

With the two wins, Harding swept the series. The Bisons won the opener 3-2 on Friday night. It was Harding's first sweep against Northwestern since 2015 and its third in a series that dates to 2013.

Harding improved to 21-8 overall and 11-7 in the GAC. The Bisons are in fourth place in the conference after the close of play Saturday. Northwestern dropped to 13-18 overall and 6-12 in conference. The Rangers are 11th of the 12 teams.

Now on to the dingers…

In the opener, Cody Smith and Coulton Doyle both homered twice. Smith was 3-for-6 with two runs and four RBIs. He hit two-run homers in both the third and sixth innings. Smith was not done with the long ball for the day.

Doyle went 3-for-5 with three runs and six RBIs. He hit a two-run homer in the third and his third grand slam of the season in the fourth. It was his second two-HR game this season.

It was only the fourth time in the NCAA era (since 1998) that Harding had two batters hit two home runs in the same game. The last time it happened was in 2005 when Sean Camilleri and Tim Bowser both hit two home runs at Williams Baptist. The others were Mike Huebner (3) and Kenny Sprenger (2) at Ozarks (AR) in 1999 and Justin Cone (2) and Morgan Trotter (2) vs. North Alabama at the 2002 Gulf South Conference Tournament.

Doyle leads the team with eight home runs.

Cooper Newsom smashed his second home run of the season in the second inning, and just for fun, Collin Helms hit a two-run inside-the-park home run, his third homer of the season, in the sixth inning.

The six home runs were the second-most ever in a game by the Bisons, trailing only the eight the Bisons hit against Ozarks (AR) in 1999.

On the mound, Davis Welch (4-2) collected the win, striking out five in five innings. Andrew Bradshaw earned his second save, going four innings and striking out three.

Remember the part about Cody Smith not being done? He hit the first pitch of game two for his third home run of the day. He has four for the season.

It was the first of eight extra-base hits for Harding in the second game. Smith went 3-for-4 and later added a double.

Sebastian Martinez hit a two-run homer in the fourth and Michael Dewald hit a solo shot in the fifth.

Martinez and Seth Johnson both went 2-for-4 with a run and three RBIs.

Will Roguske (3-1) continued his strong start to the season, allowing only three hits over four innings to earn the win. Dylan Penick pitched two scoreless innings, and Luke Whaley blanked the Rangers in the seventh.
 
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