Baseball 4/11/2014 8:51:00 PM

OCU pounds Southwestern Assemblies 12-0

Stars reach double figures in scoring for eighth time this year

Chris Pike improved to 7-2 on the year after fanning eight in six shutout innings.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University routed Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) 12-0 on Friday at Jim Wade Stadium.
Chris Pike and Matt Marsh combined on a two-hit, seven-inning shutout for the Stars. OCU, ranked 12th in NAIA baseball, improved to 26-12, 14-5 in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
Pike, a senior right-hander from Southampton, N.Y., worked a no-hitter for three innings, allowing SAGU's first hit to Brock Schneider leading off the fourth. Bryant Threadgill's high-bouncing infield single to third base accounted for Southwestern Assemblies' other hit, putting Schneider on second with one out in the fourth.
Schneider advanced to third on a fielder's choice grounder, then Jonathan Santiago's grounder to third ended the SAGU threat. Pike struck out eight and permitted two hits and a walk in six innings. Pike (7-2) took 71 pitches to complete his outing.
Marsh, a senior righty from Oceanport, N.J., fanned two in a 1-2-3 seventh.
OCU scored four runs each in the second and third innings. Austin Murphy sparked the Stars offense by crushing a solo home run past the right-field wall with one out in the second. With two out, Kyle Lacy smacked an RBI double past the first baseman for OCU. The Stars went up 4-0 on Ryan Wright's two-run two-bagger to left-center field.
In the third, Josh Halbert chased SAGU starting pitcher Hayden Killebrew by nailing a two-run base hit to right. Wright drove in OCU's seventh run on a single to left, then Connor Lynch added a run-scoring double to deep left field.
Murphy scored from third base in the fourth when Mason Toole got caught in a rundown after Toole singled.
In the fifth, Wright pounded an RBI triple to left-center, while Lynch knocked in Wright on an infield single to the shortstop. Murphy tacked on a sacrifice fly to close out the Stars scoring.
Wright, a junior from Fruitland, Idaho, had his second three-hit game and third four-RBI outing for OCU, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored, a double, triple and four RBIs. Murphy, a junior from Denver, went 3-for-3, scored three times, stole a base and knocked in two RBIs.
Halbert, a junior from Choctaw, Okla., went 2-for-2, scored two times and drove in two runs, and Toole, a junior from Mangum, Okla., was 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Lynch, a junior from Marietta, Ga., went 2-for-4 with his 15th double of the year and two RBIs, while Lacy, a sophomore from Edmond, Okla., went 1-for-3, scored twice and knocked in a run.
OCU scored 10 runs or more for the eighth time this year and reached 10 hits or more for the 13th time in 2014.
The Stars finish their series against Southwestern Assemblies of God with a 1 p.m. doubleheader Saturday at Jim Wade Stadium.

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