GOODWELL – Oklahoma City used a nine-run third inning to cruise to a 16-4 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State on Saturday, taking the series two games to one.
 
Panhandle spotted the Stars a three-run lead with a dropped fly ball with bases loaded in the first inning.
 
OCU got its nine in the third on a pair bases-loaded walks by Will Ellis, an RBI single by Brittain Brewer, a three-run triple by Jack Johnson, an RBI grounder by Heath Brown, an RBI fielder's choice by Trent Baker and an RBI single by Wyatt Pace.
 
The Stars added four more in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Baker, a two-run double by Pace and a wild pitch.
 
OCU had 10 hits, including two each by Clayton Allen, Baker and Pace.
 
Baker (2-2) got the pitching win with six strikeouts in four innings. Cole Sedgwick and Tanner McAdoo each contributed a scoreless inning of relief.
 
The Stars host a three-game series against Mid-America Christian next weekend.