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Holden Lyons
Holden Lyons struck out two in 3.2 hitless innings Wednesday.
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Oklahoma City OCU 50-10
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Winner Faulkner FU 53-11
Oklahoma City OCU
50-10
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Final
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Faulkner FU
53-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oklahoma City OCU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 5
Faulkner FU 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 5 6 2

W: Ivan Pelaez (11-3) L: Young, Matt (10-3) S: Tra'mayne Holmes (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

OCU bows out of NAIA World Series in 5-3 loss

Top-ranked Stars complete first World Series appearance since 2012

LEWISTON, Idaho – No. 1-ranked Oklahoma City University concluded its season with a 5-3 loss to Faulkner (Ala.) on Wednesday at Harris Field in the NAIA World Series.
Oklahoma City remained among the final four teams in NAIA baseball for the first time since 2009 and posted its first 50-win season since 2010. The Stars ended 2017 with a record of 50-10.
The Stars put together an eighth-inning rally with three runs. Lane Milligan knocked in two runs by nailing a double to left field. Milligan scored from third base as Joe Lytle hit into an error committed by pitcher Ivan Pelaez.
Branden Grieger led off the inning by drawing a walk, then Jerame Littell smacked a single to left. Both scored on Milligan's double.
Pelaez held OCU to two earned runs on six hits and a walk in 7.2 innings. Pelaez (11-3) struck out four. Tra'mayne Holmes entered the game with two out in the eighth and finished the contest to take his second save.
Matt Young (10-3) was pinned with the loss. Young fanned six in 4.1 innings. Holden Lyons, a senior right-hander from Edmond, Okla., held fourth-ranked Faulkner hitless the final 3.2 innings.
John Price gave Faulkner a 5-0 fifth-inning lead with a home run to right. Faulkner (53-11) took advantage of five Stars errors.
OCU's Cory Linn, a senior from Moore, Okla., went 2-for-4, while Littell, a senior from Stillwater, Okla., was 1-for-2 with a run scored.
The Stars finished 15-5 vs. ranked opponents this season.
 
NAIA World Series
At Lewiston, Idaho
Harris Field
All Times CDT
Friday, May 26
The Master's (Calif.) 7, USAO 3
Missouri Baptist 5, Oklahoma Wesleyan 3
William Carey (Miss.) 11, Hope International (Calif.) 8
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 7, Keiser (Fla.) 4
Saturday's Results
USAO 8, Oklahoma Wesleyan 2, Oklahoma Wesleyan eliminated
Keiser 8, Hope International 5, Hope International eliminated
Faulkner (Ala.) 13, The Master's 5
Oklahoma City 8, William Carey 3
Monday's Results
William Carey 6, USAO 5, USAO eliminated
The Master's 9, Keiser 2, Keiser eliminated
Faulkner 16, Missouri Baptist 2
Lewis-Clark State 8, Oklahoma City 7
Tuesday's Results
William Carey 12, Missouri Baptist 3, Missouri Baptist eliminated
Oklahoma City 16, The Master's 5, The Master's eliminated
Lewis-Clark State 8, Faulkner 6
Wednesday's Results
Faulkner 5, Oklahoma City 3, Oklahoma City eliminated
Lewis-Clark State 12, William Carey 7, William Carey eliminated
Thursday's Game
Game 18: Faulkner vs. Lewis-Clark State, 8:35 p.m., championship
Friday's Game
Game 19: If necessary, 8:35 p.m.
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