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Harding University Athletics

Cooper Newsom
8
Winner Harding HU 27-13, 14-12 GAC
1
Southeastern Oklahoma SE 20-20, 12-14 GAC
Winner
Harding HU
27-13, 14-12 GAC
8
Final
1
Southeastern Oklahoma SE
20-20, 12-14 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harding HU 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 8 10 0
Southeastern Oklahoma SE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0

W: Welch, Davis (5-4) L: M. Barta (4-2)

2
Harding HU 27-14, 14-13 GAC
3
Winner Southeastern Oklahoma SE 21-20, 13-14 GAC
Harding HU
27-14, 14-13 GAC
2
Final
3
Southeastern Oklahoma SE
21-20, 13-14 GAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Harding HU 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 8 2
Southeastern Oklahoma SE 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 5 2

W: J. Compton (3-0) L: Roguske, Will (3-4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Scott Goode (4/15/23)

Baseball Bisons Split with Southeastern

DURANT, Okla. – Harding and Southeastern Oklahoma split a doubleheader Saturday in Great American Conference action. The Bisons won the opener 8-1, with the Savage Storm winning 3-2 in game two.

Harding's record moved to 27-14 overall and 14-13 in conference. The Bisons are tied with Oklahoma Baptist for sixth place in the conference standings with a home series against East Central coming up next weekend. Southeastern moved to 21-20 overall and 13-14 in conference.

Cooper Newsom had his first career four-hit game, and Harding blasted three home runs in game one, pushing its season total to 40 for the season, only the fourth time in program history the Bisons hit 40 or more home runs.

Cooper Newsom was the first to go long, hitting a solo shot in the third, his third of the season.

Harding scored another run in the fourth when Sebastian Martinez came home on a wild pitch to make it 2-0.

In the fifth Cody Smith scored Newsom from third on a bunt single, then Coulton Doyle blasted a three-run homer to give the Bisons a 6-0 lead. It was Doyle's 10th homer this season and 22nd of his career.

An RBI double from Newsom in the sixth scored Logan Lacey to put the Bisons up 7-1, and Collin Helms completed the power display with his fifth bomb in the eighth inning.

Davis Welch (5-4) limited Southeastern to only seven hits and one run over eight innings in one of his best starts.

Both Harding and Southeastern scored single runs in the third and fifth innings. Smith walked and scored on a throwing error in third, and Johnson hit his 11th home run in the fifth.

Southeastern won the game with a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh.

The Bisons got great starting pitching in game two. Will Roguske (3-4) went 6 1/3 innings and allowed five hits and two earned runs with four strikeouts.

Doyle did not reach base in game two for the first time this season. His streak of 37 straight games reaching base ranks second all-time at Harding.

The Bisons will play at home Monday at 7 p.m. against Lyon College and at Union (TN) in Jackson on Tuesday before its weekend series with East Central.
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