Eagles bounce back
Zounds!
The spotless mound work of Juan Berumen and the pound-happy offense powered Oklahoma Wesleyan University's baseball team to an astounding road win Friday.
Berumen delivered a no-hitter — with four walks and eight strikeouts — and Eagle batters combined for 23 hits to ring up the 24-0 victory, in the second game of a doubleheader.
No doubt, fate frowned on the losing team, Crowley's Ridge College, whose motto is "the college that feels like home."
OKWU certain made themselves comfy Friday at CRC. The Eagles captured the opener, 22-2 before rolling to the 24-0 triumph in the nightcap.
OKWU bounced back from a 10-5 loss earlier in the week at Cumberland (Tenn.). The Eagles are 22-3 in their last 25 games.
OKWU 24, CRC 0
Through three innings CRC remained in contention, trailing by only five runs, 5-0.
But, the Eagles (25-5), who are coached by Matt Parker, then went on a scoring frenzy, racking up five tallies in the fourth inning, four in the fifth, nine in the sixth and one in the seventh.
Jose Ruiz, Andrew Murphy and Fernando Beltran each ripped three hits — and drove in four runs apiece — to energize the Eagles' thunderous attack.
Cody Riley, John Davenport, Jeff Butler, Will Price and Jeff Wintz contributed two hits apiece, with Price driving in four runs.
Butler added two RBIs.
As a team, the Eagles batted .523 (23-of-44) and drove in 23 RBIs.
Berumen improved his pitching record to 3-1 and dropped his earned run average to 2.40.
He has turned in shutout stints in two–of-his-last-three outings and is 3-0 in March.