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Baseball’s Comeback Falls Short in 11-10 Extra Innings Loss to Rangers
Sydney Dungen
11
Winner Northwestern Okla. NORTHWES 9-8
10
East Central EAST CEN 3-12
Winner
Northwestern Okla. NORTHWES
9-8
11
Final
10
East Central EAST CEN
3-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Northwestern Okla. NORTHWES 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 11 16 3
East Central EAST CEN 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 12 2

W: D. Toborg (1-0) L: Ebert, Cameron (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball’s Comeback Falls Short in 11-10 Extra Innings Loss to Rangers

ADA, Okla. – The East Central University baseball team hosted their second home Great American Conference series, facing off against Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers in a thrilling contest on Friday. It was a hard-fought battle, with the Tigers making a late-game comeback to tie the score. However, the Rangers managed to plate a run in the tenth inning that ECU couldn't answer, resulting in an 11-10 loss in extra innings.
 
The two teams will wrap up the series with a doubleheader on Saturday, beginning at 12 p.m.
 
While NWOSU ultimately outlasted ECU, the game was competitive from start to finish.
 
Northwestern took an early 2-0 lead with a home run in the first inning, but ECU responded with a six-run explosion in the second. Tyler Akers' two-RBI single tied the score before his steal allowed Mason Shimkus to score and give the Tigers a 3-2 lead. A wild pitch from the Rangers allowed Zac Carroll to score, and Trace Necessary's two-RBI double extended the Tigers' lead to 6-2.
 
Afterward, NWOSU chipped away at the deficit, cutting the Tigers' lead to just one run with a bases-clearing double in the third, making it 6-5. The Tigers stayed out in front, driving in another run in the fourth inning with Necessary's sacrifice flyout to lead 7-5, but the Rangers managed to tie the game 7-7 in the fifth with two more runs.
 
NWOSU reclaimed the lead in the sixth and extended it to 10-7 in the seventh, while ECU struggled to bring home any runners in the next three frames. However, the Tigers fought back, tying the game once again in the eighth after Blake Seefeldt's RBI double and a wild pitch followed by a Ranger error allowed Necessary and Seefeldt to score, making it 10-10.
 
Neither team was able to score in the ninth, sending the game into extra innings. Unfortunately for ECU, a Tiger error in the tenth allowed NWOSU to plate the winning run on a sacrifice fly, securing the Rangers' 11-10 victory.
 
Joel Hogan started the game, going 2.1 innings while allowing five runs on five hits and striking out four. Nate Windle relieved Hogan and threw 4.1 innings, giving up five runs on seven hits with seven strikeouts. Cameron Ebert finished the final 3.1 innings, allowing just one run on three hits and striking out five, but was saddled with the loss.
 
Tyler Akers led the Tigers offensively with three hits and two RBIs, while Trace Necessary contributed two hits and three RBIs. Weldon Sherrell and Krew Taylor also added two hits each in the effort.
 
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