OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University fell to Sterling (Kan.) 10-8 on Tuesday afternoon at Jim Wade Stadium. 

The Stars got out to four-run and 5-3 leads before Sterling rallied with six runs in the sixth. Oklahoma City, ranked 11th in NAIA baseball, went to 6-9 on the season. 

In the first inning, Tristan Williams gave OCU a 4-0 lead with a run-scoring grounder. Barrett Daniel put the Stars ahead by nailing an RBI triple along the right-field foul line. Felix Chenier-Rondeau added an RBI single, while Chad Pike smacked a run-scoring triple into left-center field. 

Jesse Fonteboa launched a fly ball to the center-field wall that scored Williams from third base to make the OCU lead 5-3 in the fourth. 

In the sixth, Oklahoma City cut the Sterling lead to 9-8 with three runs. Hunter Brown plated a run with a base hit to left-center. Fonteboa reached home plate on Aiden Alexander's squeeze bunt, and Sterling had an error to allow another run to come across. 

Frankie Danel III, a freshman right-handed finance major from Guthrie, Okla., pitched the final three innings. Isaac Horstman got the start, while Cole Sedgewick saw action as well on the mound. 

Oklahoma City's Noah Kang, a freshman from Edmond, Okla., majoring in marketing, turned in a 2-for-4 performance with a run scored, while Brown, a junior criminal justice major from Yukon, Okla., went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Daniel, a junior biomedical sciences major from Bixby, Okla., was 2-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI. 

OCU faces Bethany (Kan.) in a noon doubleheader Saturday at Jim Wade Stadium.