Baseball 5/4/2014 9:02:00 PM

Stars pound Northwood 10-0, advance to SAC Tournament final

OCU faces Oklahoma Baptist at 1 p.m. Monday at Jim Wade Stadium

Kyle Lacy clubbed a pair of home runs against Northwood.

Box Score
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University powered past Northwood (Texas) 10-0 Sunday at Jim Wade Stadium to advance to the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament championship game.
Chris Pike turned in a four-hit shutout and OCU, ranked No. 16 in NAIA baseball, outhit the Knights 13-4 to improve to 35-16 overall. The Stars improved to 3-0 in pool play with the win and will host top-ranked Oklahoma Baptist at 1 p.m. Monday at Jim Wade Stadium.
Kyle Lacy led off the bottom of the first inning with a solo blast to right field. Jared Baker followed with an RBI single through the right side of the infield later in the inning to stake OCU to a 2-0 lead.
Baker singled to left and drove in Ryan Wright in the bottom of the fifth. One batter later, Austin Murphy broke the game open with a three-run homer to right center that made the score 6-0 in favor of the Stars.
Lacy slugged his second home run of the game in the bottom of the sixth and stretched OCU's lead to 8-0.
Forrest Smith clubbed his 17th home run of the season in the bottom of the seventh to give the Stars a 9-0 lead.
Connor Lynch put the game out of reach in the bottom of the eighth with an RBI single to left that gave OCU the 10-0 run-rule victory.
Pike allowed four hits in eight scoreless innings and struck out six to pick up the win and improve to 10-2 on the season.
Lacy and Murphy powered the Stars' offense with three RBIs each.
The Stars will face Oklahoma Baptist at 1 p.m. Monday in the SAC Tournament championship game at Jim Wade Stadium.

Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament
At Oklahoma City
Jim Wade Stadium
Friday's Results
Northwood 4, Texas Wesleyan 0
Oklahoma City 2, Southwestern Assemblies of God 1
Saturday's Results
Northwood 11, Southwestern Assemblies of God 1
Oklahoma City 12, Texas Wesleyan 0
Sunday's Games
Texas Wesleyan 25, Southwestern Assemblies of God 5
Oklahoma City 10, Northwood 0
At Shawnee, Okla.
Bison Field at Ford Park
Friday's Results
USAO 5, Wayland Baptist 0
Oklahoma Baptist 7, Mid-America Christian 6
Saturday's Results
Wayland Baptist 14, Mid-America Christian 2
Oklahoma Baptist 10, USAO 4
Sunday's Games
USAO 13, Mid-America Christian 5
Oklahoma Baptist 4, Wayland Baptist 0
Monday's Game
Championship
At Oklahoma City
Jim Wade Stadium
Oklahoma Baptist at Oklahoma City, 1 p.m.

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