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Kyle Crowl
3
Washburn WU 7-14, 6-10 MIAA
5
Winner Central Oklahoma UCO 11-8, 7-6 MIAA
Washburn WU
7-14, 6-10 MIAA
3
Final
5
Central Oklahoma UCO
11-8, 7-6 MIAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washburn WU 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 0
Central Oklahoma UCO 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 6 1

W: Anderson, Luke (3-2) L: Pfeifer,Rane (0-4) S: Bailey, Jacob (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Chris Brannick

UCO Beats Washburn To Open Series

EDMOND – The University of Central Oklahoma baseball team beat Washburn 5-3 Friday night in the first of three MIAA games at Wendell Simmons Field.
 
Central Oklahoma improved to 11-8 overall with the win and is now 7-6 in league play. Games 2 & 3 are scheduled for tomorrow. The doubleheader will begin at 1 p.m.
 
"Our pitching was solid tonight and that carried us," UCO head baseball coach John Martin said. "We got some runs early and got a lead and defense carried us. We need to produce a little more tomorrow."
 
Luke Anderson got the start for the Bronchos and nearly threw a complete game, going eight innings. He picked up the win for his efforts, which included six hits, three runs and a walk. Anderson struck out nine Friday night.
 
Jacob Bailey picked up the save, throwing one inning and striking out one batter – the final batter of the game.
 
Central Oklahoma scored all five of its runs in the bottom of the second inning.
 
Trailing 1-0, Zac Freeman led off with a walk, then stole second before Bennett Laurence drew a walk of his own. Ryan Harrel followed that with a single through the right side that scored Freeman and tied the game, 1-1.
 
Harrel then stole second to put two runners in scoring position and Colton Bertus drew a third walk to load the bases. That prompted a Washburn pitching change, but the next guy out of the bullpen walked Joe Mondragon. Laurence scored on the play to give UCO a 2-1 lead.
 
Kyle Crowl then slapped a single up the middle to score Harrel and Bertus and give the Bronchos a 4-1 lead. Mondragon scored on the next play when Garrett Takamatsu reached on a fielder's choice. Crowl was out in a rundown between second and third and Mondragon trotted home to give the Bronchos a 5-1 lead.
 
Washburn got one back in the fourth inning and one more in the ninth to make it the final, 5-3.
 
Crowl led the Bronchos at the plate Friday night, going 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Takamatsu, Philip Scott, Cacy Harper and Harrel each had hits. The Bronchos only managed six hits in the game and all were singles.
 
 
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