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Harding University Athletics

Drew McNeel
8
Harding HU 23-11, 12-10 GAC
9
Winner Ouachita OUA 24-10, 15-7 GAC
Harding HU
23-11, 12-10 GAC
8
Final
9
Ouachita OUA
24-10, 15-7 GAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harding HU 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 8 12 2
Ouachita OUA 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 X 9 10 0

W: Cameron Marchant (3-1) L: Lawhorn, Joey (0-1) S: Dustin Bermudez (6)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Scott Goode (4/7/23)

Baseball Bisons Fall in Series Opener at Ouachita Baptist

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Harding erased an early four-run deficit, but a second comeback was not in the offing and the Bisons fell 9-8 to Ouachita Baptist on Friday in the first of three Great American Conference games between the teams this weekend at Rab Rodgers Field.

The teams will conclude the series Saturday with a noon doubleheader.

Trailing 4-0, Harding used back-to-back homers from Michael Dewald and Sawyer Price in the fifth inning to cut the Tiger lead to one run.

In the sixth, the Bisons plated three more runs with Cooper Newsom scoring on a wild pitch and Cody Smith doubling in two more to give Harding a 6-5 lead.

Ouachita came back with four runs in the sixth to retake the lead at 9-6. Drew McNeel singled to score Logan Lacey in the seventh, and Collin Helms brought home Seth Johnson on a sacrifice fly in the eighth, but the Bisons could not push across the tying run.

Harding had 12 hits with McNeel leading the way by going 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI. It was his first three-hit game of the season and the third of his career.

Dewald's home run was his second of the season, and it was the first for Price, who went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI.

Smith and Sebastian Martinez also had two hits apiece. Smith's double was the 45th of his career, tying him with Sean Camilleri for fifth all-time at Harding.

Maddox Long started and went five innings with a career-high tying nine strikeouts. Reliever Javier Lobo worked a perfect 2 2/3 innings out of the pen, needing only 15 pitches to retire all eight batters he faced.
 
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