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Jacob Chappell
Jacob Chappell had three hits in Tuesday's win over Kansas Wesleyan.
20
Winner Oklahoma City OCU 14-2
2
Kansas Wesleyan KWU 12-11
Winner
Oklahoma City OCU
14-2
20
Final
2
Kansas Wesleyan KWU
12-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Oklahoma City OCU 2 1 4 0 1 5 7 20 21 1
Kansas Wesleyan KWU 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 1

W: Holloway, J.R. (2-0) L: Nikolas Swink (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Stars demolish Kansas Wesleyan 20-2

OCU scores at least 20 runs for third time this season

SALINA, Kan. – Oklahoma City University cruised to a 20-2 victory in seven innings against Kansas Wesleyan Tuesday evening at Dean Evans Stadium, scoring at least 20 runs in a game for the third time this season.
Joe Lytle and Garrett Foster each led OCU with four hits apiece, with Lytle smacking two homeruns and finishing a triple away from batting for the cycle. Oklahoma City, ranked fourth in the latest NAIA baseball poll, improved to 14-2 overall while Kansas Wesleyan dropped to 12-11 on the year.
Shaun Corso and Lane Milligan each gave the Stars three hits in the win. Corso, a senior from Lancaster, Pa., had four RBIs, two doubles and a homerun. Milligan, a senior from Binger, Okla., notched three RBIs and a homerun. OCU's four total homeruns on Tuesday were the most the Stars have had in a game this season.
Oklahoma City got its first run on the board when Quinton Walbergh was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the top of the first inning. Foster then singled to center field to bring in another run. The Stars were hit by pitch a season-high six times against Kansas Wesleyan.
OCU pulled away in the third inning, scratching across four runs to take a 7-0 lead. Daniel Costello got the scoring started with a single to center field that drove in Foster, then Lytle followed with a homer to right that brought in three more runs.
Kansas Wesleyan broke up the shutout with a run in the bottom of the fifth to make it 8-1, OCU. The Stars hammered across five more runs in the sixth, highlighted by a three-run blast from Corso that gave OCU a 13-1 lead.
The Stars' offense again exploded in the seventh inning, this time producing seven runs. Branden Grieger walked with the bases loaded for the first run, a double from Lytle drove in two more and Milligan later belted a three-run homer. Jacob Chappell capped the inning with a single down the right field line for his third hit of the game.
J.R. Holloway, a senior from Grapevine, Texas, earned his second win of the season after pitching six innings and allowing just three hits and one earned run while striking out 10. Hunter Aguirre pitched the final inning in relief.
Oklahoma City returns to the diamond at 3 p.m. Wednesday against Roosevelt (Ill.) at Jim Wade Stadium.
 
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