Baseball Takes Two From ENMU
April 3, 2009
WEATHERFORD, Okla. - Southwestern Oklahoma State University continued its red-hot ways pushing its baseball win streak to seven consecutive games with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Eastern New Mexico Friday in Weatherford. The Bulldogs were 4-0 winners in the opener and followed it with a 14-11 win in the nightcap.
The two teams will continue their series Saturday with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. The Bulldogs improved to 25-13 and 19-11 in the Lone Star Conference. ENMU fell to 19-20 overall and 14-16 in league play.
Aldemar Betrian pitched his second consecutive complete-game shutout in the opener. Betrian, whose consecutive inning scoreless streak now has reached 14 straight, allowed just five hits while striking out seven batters. He retired the side three-up, three-down four times in seven innings. His record is now 4-1 and his ERA has dipped to 1.28.
Mogan Marr was the offensive hero in game one as his two-run homer in the fourth put SWOSU ahead 4-0. The homer was Marr's seventh of the season.
In the second game, SWOSU found itself down 5-0 before knotting the score at 5-5 by the end of three innings. Chris Morrison homered twice and Travis Rose knocked his 12th homer of the season as the Bulldogs churned out 12 hits against three different ENMU hitters.
Tyler Powell also had a fine game at the plate with a pair of triples while going three-for-four with four RBIs.
Scott Branch got the win in relief to raise his record to 3-2 on the year.