SAU Sports Information
DURANT, Okla. – The Southern Arkansas baseball team completed a three-game sweep of Southeastern Oklahoma with a 7-2 win in the opener of Saturday's doubleheader, and an 8-4 win in the nightcap.
The doubleheader sweep gives the Muleriders the series sweep and a 3-0 start to Great American Conference play.
In game one, Dalton Algiene got the start and eventually earned the win after pitching 8.0 innings and allowing just two runs.
At the plate, Blake Hall paced the team with a 3-for-4 performance and scored a pair of runs.
James Trevanion had a pair of hits, going 2-for-5
Kenneth Tabor got the start and worked 6.0 innings. In his outing, Tabor scattered six hits and struck out a season-high 10 batters.
At the plate and as a team, SAU racked up 13 hits and six Muleriders had multiple hits. Notching multiple hits in that game were, Hall, Trevor Rucker, Jacob Richardson, Mark Fontenot, Cory Gallegos, and Josey Langston.
Rucker and Fontenot combined for five RBIs as Fontenot had three and Rucker had two, respectively.
The Muleriders play a mid-week game on the road at former conference-rival Delta State on Wednesday evening.
First-pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m.
On the weekend, the Muleriders will finally open up at home as they host East Central for a three-game GAC series.