OKLAHOMA CITY – Garrett Parker turned in a complete-game pitching performance for Oklahoma City University in a 6-2 victory over Texas Wesleyan on Tuesday at Jim Wade Stadium in the NAIA Baseball Championship Opening-Round Field 2 Tournament.

The Stars, ranked second in the NAIA, moved to 49-7 and into a 2:30 p.m. game against LSU-Shreveport on Wednesday. Texas Wesleyan (40-21) will play the winner of McKendree (Ill.)-Southern Nazarene at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

McKendree faces SNU at 11 a.m. Wednesday in an elimination game.

Parker, a junior right-hander from Duncanville, Texas, worked nine innings, struck out 10 and allowed six hits and two walks. Parker finished the job in 2 hours, 17 minutes and registered 112 pitches.

Parker (8-0) recorded the first complete-game effort of his career.

Texas Wesleyan scored first in the game, but OCU answered with a run in the bottom of the first inning. Steve Vitale launched a line drive that dropped deep in right field for an RBI triple.

With Jason Machado on, David Mann crushed a 1-0 pitch over the right-center field wall for a two-run home run that put OCU ahead 3-1 in the fourth.

Vitale, a junior from East Meadow, N.Y., added a two-run single in the sixth. Sammy Lee had a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Lee, a senior from Ninnekah, Okla., went 2-for-4, scored twice and drove in a run. Vitale went 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Kirk Walker went 2-for-3 and scored a run.
Boxscore

NAIA Championship Opening Round
Field 2 Tournament
At Jim Wade Stadium
Tuesday's Results
Game 1: Texas Wesleyan 9, McKendree (Ill.) 8
Game 2: LSU-Shreveport 8, Southern Nazarene 5
Game 3: Oklahoma City 6, Texas Wesleyan 2
Wednesday's Games
Game 4: McKendree (Ill.) vs. Southern Nazarene, 11 a.m.
Game 5: LSU-Shreveport vs. Oklahoma City, 2:30 p.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Texas Wesleyan, 6 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Game 7: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 5, 11 a.m.
Game 8: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 7, 2:30 p.m., championship
Friday's Game
Game 9: If necessary, noon