OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University mashed its way to a 11-1 victory over Mid-America Christian on Thursday night at Jim Wade Stadium. 

Frederic Walter and Felix Chenier-Rondeau crushed home runs to power a five-run Oklahoma City uprising in the second inning in the matchup of teams leading the Sooner Athletic Conference baseball standings. The Stars, ranked fifth in the NAIA, improved to 24-2, 9-1 in SAC play, while Mid-America Christian fell to 20-7, 8-2 in the SAC. 

Walter hammered his fifth homer of the year for a three-run shot beyond the left-field wall to put the Stars ahead 3-1 with one out in the second. With two out, Noah Barks smacked a double off the right-field wall. Rodeau followed with a two-run blast that cleared the wall in right. 

OCU piled up six runs in the fifth. Cross Factor touched off the onslaught by darting to home plate from first base on Cade Stephens' base hit to right. Stephens reached home on a balk.  

Chad Pike put down a bunt hit that skittered to the first-base side to score Peyton Crispin from third. Walter launched an RBI double off the center-field wall, and Pike came home on Dylan Taylor's groundout. Barks closed out the scoring with a sacrifice fly to left. 

Oklahoma City reached 10 runs for the 12th time this season and fourth time in five games. Walter, a senior from Montigny, France, matched his career high with four RBIs while scoring two runs and going 2-for-3.  

Pike, a sophomore from Southampton, N.Y., had a 2-for-2 night with two runs scored and an RBI. Rondeau, a sophomore from Blainville, Quebec, Canada, hit his fifth homer of the season.  

Eli Davis grabbed the win. Davis, a junior left-hander from Shawnee, Okla., held Mid-America Christian to one run on five hits and a walk in six innings. Davis (5-0) struck out eight. Davis retired eight batters in a row after Andres Gonzalez hit a homer with one out in the second. Davis struck out the side in the second. Travis Herriott worked a 1-2-3 inning in the seventh to close out the game. 

OCU squares off with Mid-America Christian in a 1 p.m. doubleheader Saturday at the Mid-America baseball field at the James Curtis Complex in Oklahoma City.