OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University socked Southern Nazarene 13-3 on Tuesday at Jim Wade Stadium.
The Stars, ranked No. 1 in NAIA baseball, put together 13 hits for their 20th game recording double digits in hits this year. OCU improved to 30-4, 19-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
Pollard, a senior from Tacoma, Wash., spearheaded the Stars' offense with a 3-for-5 night with two runs scored and five runs driven in. He nailed a run-scoring base hit in the second, an RBI triple to deep center in the fourth and a three-run homer to right in the seventh.
Dalrymple, a senior from Beaverton, Ore., went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and four RBIs, while Sosa, a junior from Lawrence, Mass., was 2-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs for the Stars. Terrance Jackson, a senior from Greenville, Ala., went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI.
Southern Nazarene plated two runs in the fifth to cut its deficit to 5-3. Southern Nazarene had runners on second and third base, but Corey Theriot picked off one runner at second for two outs. Theriot struck out Adam Bies with runners on first and third to end the inning. Theriot retired Bies on a fly ball to center as Southern Nazarene left the bases loaded in the seventh.
In the bottom of the fifth, Jackson cranked a run-scoring double to left to put OCU ahead 6-3. Dalrymple pounded a three-run blast over the left-field wall for a 9-3 sixth-inning Stars advantage.
Pollard crushed a three-run shot to right in the seventh to put OCU up 12-3. Sosa's RBI single with the bases full finished the game.
Theriot, a senior right-hander from Iowa, La., fanned seven in seven innings in moving to 9-0 on the year. Cody Crabaugh pitched a scoreless eighth.
The Stars take on Oklahoma Wesleyan at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Jim Wade Stadium.
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