ALVA, Okla. – Oklahoma City University blistered Northwestern Oklahoma State 33-7 on Thursday at Myers Stadium.
OCU pounded nine home runs among 27 hits and took advantage of seven walks and two hit batsmen. The Stars, ranked third in NAIA baseball, moved to 21-6, 6-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
The Stars scored 18 times in the second inning. Matt Presley led off with the first of his two homers on the day, then Garrett Regan hammered a three-run blast over the left-field wall. Kirk Walker and Steve Vitale added three-run shots of their own. Walker's homer chased Northwestern starting pitcher Danny Santiago.
Chad Carman socked a two-run base hit, and Mark Purser brought in a run on a groundout. Walker and Brian Fisher each had RBI singles, and Presley drove in two more runs on a base hit.
Carman drew a base on balls to chase Northwestern reliever Chase Kokojan. Vitale's three-run capped OCU's 18-run second.
In the third, OCU stretched its lead to 26-0. Regan reached home plate after an error by the left fielder. Carman nailed a grand slam to right, and Presley cranked a two-run shot to center. Nathan Bryan swatted an RBI double down the left-field foul line.
In the fifth, the Stars scored on Vitale's run-scoring double, David Grellner's pinch-hit, three-run dinger and Presley getting hit by pitch with the bases full.
Bryan led off the sixth with a solo shot, then Austin Messerli made it back-to-back homers. Messerli's pinch-hit homer over the left-field fence made the score 33-0.
Presley, a junior from Colorado Springs, Colo., went 6-for-6, scored five times and drove in six runs. Vitale, a senior from East Meadow, N.Y., was 4-for-6 with five runs scored and four RBIs, and Walker, a junior from Bakersfield, Calif., went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and four RBIs.
Bryan went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs, and Regan was 2-for-5 with three runs scored and three RBIs. Fisher went 2-for-5 and scored three times while driving in a run. Carman was 2-for-4 with six RBIs.
The NAIA's single-game records of 45 runs, 33 hits, 14 homers and 24 runs in an inning were left intact.
OCU has averaged 17.2 runs a game in its last nine games in Alva. The Stars set the NAIA single-game record of 81 total bases and tied the single-game mark of 14 homers in a 33-10 win on March 20, 2008 in Alva.
Dustin Williams (5-1) benefited from OCU's offensive explosion, picking up the victory after five shutout innings. Williams, a senior from Norman, Okla., allowed three hits and three walks and struck out three.
Santiago, Northwestern's starter, was saddled with nine runs on five hits and four walks in one inning. Santiago faced nine batters in the second.
OCU meets Northwestern in a 2 p.m. doubleheader Friday at Jim Wade Stadium.
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