OKLAHOMA CITY – Third-ranked Oklahoma City completed the four-game sweep of Sooner Athletic Conference foe Wayland Baptist with a pair of wins, 9-1 and 9-2, on Monday.
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Analise Rayburn had three home runs in the doubleheader.
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OCU 9, Wayland Baptist 1 (5 innings)
Rayburn gave OCU a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second with a solo home run and
Kaiden Spidell followed with a two-run home run for a 3-0 lead.
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Rayburn added a sacrifice fly in the fourth for a 4-0 lead.
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The Stars scored five in the fourth on an RBI single by Spidell, a two-run single by
Hadley Gibson, a sacrifice fly by
Iliana Ashford and an RBI double by
Tara Hoehner.
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OCU had seven hits in the game with Spidell and Gibson getting two each.
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Brynlee Alsip went the distance with five strikeouts to move to 8-2 on the season.
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OCU 9, WBU 2
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Rayburn opened the scoring with a three-run home run in the first inning and Gibson added an RBI single in the second for a 4-0 lead.
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In the fifth, OCU got a two-run home run from Rayburn and an RBI double by Spidell.
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The Stars tacked on an RBI double by Gibson and an RBI single by Hoehner in the sixth for the final margin.
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OCU had 16 hits with Rayburn and Hadley getting three each. Ashford,
Kindalyn Miller and Spidell had two each.
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Morgandee Sawatzky got the win in the circle, going 5.2 innings before Miller came in for her first save of the season, pitching a scoreless 1.1 innings.
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Next up for the Stars is a trip to Goodwell for a four-game, weekend set at Oklahoma Panhandle State.
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