OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City has a busy week on the schedule with six games.
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The Stars meet Sterling in a makeup doubleheader in Seminole at noon on Monday. No. 16 Concordia and No. 22 Bellevue come in on the weekend. The Stars play Concordia at 10 a.m. and Bellevue at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The Stars play Bellevue at 10 a.m. on Sunday and finish the day with Concordia at 3.
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OCU Notebook
Previously: The Stars opened the season with a pair of losses, 5-2 and 4-2, at Friends over a week ago.
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Hitting: The Stars are batting .128 after two games, led by
Cooper Holtorf at .333 (2-6). Holtorf,
Wyatt Pace,
Eli Hill and
Aiden Van Rensum have one RBI each. Pace and
Trent Baker each have a .400 slugging percentage and Baker leads the team with two stolen bases.
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Pitching: The Stars have a 3.50 team earned run average.
Bauer Brittain pitched 2.2 scoreless innings on opening day and leads the team with three strikeouts.
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History with Sterling: OCU has won the last five games in the series and posted 37 runs in sweeping three games last season.
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Scouting the Warriors: Sterling is 0-2 after 12-7 and 12-5 losses at Nelson. The Warriors are hitting .259 and have a team ERA of 18.00
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History with Bellevue: The Stars took both games last season from Bellevue, 3-2 and 5-4, in Oklahoma City.
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Scouting the Bruins: This is the season-opening trip for Bellevue. The Bruins were 40-15 last year and exited the NAIA postseason with a 0-2 opening round.
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History with Concordia: Concordia has taken the last three games in the series, including two games last season, 15-3 and 11-7.
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Scouting the Bulldogs: Concordia makes its season-opening trip to OCU this weekend. The Bulldogs were 41-17 last season and went 1-2 in the NAIA opening round.
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