Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score

STEPHENVILLE, Texas (April 10) – Central Oklahoma used a big sixth-inning rally to claim an 11-10 first-game win before Tarleton State came back to take the nightcap by the same score as the two teams split a Lone Star Conference doubleheader here Friday night.

The Bronchos scored seven runs in the sixth inning of the opener to take an 11-6 lead and held on for that win, with the Texans scoring four runs in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings and then answering UCO's two-run 10th with three runs of their own to pull out the second-game victory.

The two teams meet for another twinbill Saturday at 1 p.m. The Bronchos are now 20-23 on the year and 16-18 in the league, while Tarleton is 19-22-1 and 16-17-1.

UCO trailed 6-4 entering the sixth inning of the opener, but used four hits and three runs to surge in front with its seven-run volley.  Ryan Schoonover had the big hit with a two-run single, while Brent Hodge added a run-scoring single and Blake Mitchell an RBI walk.

Tarleton came back with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it 11-9 and closed to within 11-10 in the seventh before Brent Miller got a bases-loaded fly out to end the game.

Brian Murphy earned the pitching win and Miller his third save, while Tyson Fugett, Casey Bruns and Nate Mitani had two hits apiece to lead the offense.

The Bronchos jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning of the nightcap as Hodge had a two-run single and it was a 6-1 advantage in the fourth after back-to-back doubles by Mitchell and Schoonover.

UCO took an 8-4 lead into the bottom of the ninth, but the Texans scored four runs on three hits, three walks and a key error to draw even.  The Bronchos scored on a balk and Hodge's sacrifice fly in the 10th to take a 10-8 lead, with Tarleton coming back to score three in their final at bat to steal the win.

Schoonover and Hodge had three hits apiece to lead UCO's 13-hit attack, while Mitchell and Luke Yost had two each.