OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (March 10, 2017) – Russell Reber pitched his third consecutive complete game and six different Chaparrals contributed an RBI, as No.19 Lubbock Christian University defeated Oklahoma Christian 6-2 Friday afternoon at Dobson Field to win the rubber match of their first Heartand Conference series of the season.
 
LCU had eight hits in the game and five were infield singles. The Chaps tallied a pair in the first inning and Caleb Koedyker's infield single plated Brandon Rix to give LCU a 1-0 lead. Brent Stewart led off the second inning with a double and it led to a pair of sacrifice flies in the inning. Jaime Bustamante and Tony Reyes each had the sac-flies in the three-run second inning and LCU led 4-0. They made it 5-0 in the fifth inning with Chase Simmons following a Koedyker double with a ground-out RBI.
 
The Eagles put their first run across in the bottom of the fifth inning. Lane Paul hit a two-out single to right field to score Garrett Wages, but Hayden Strobel was thrown out at home plate by Brandon Urquizo to prevent any further damage in the inning.
 
Ryan Rogers produced LCU's third sacrifice fly of the game in the seventh inning to end LCU's scoring with a 6-1 lead. Pinch hitters Drew Wright and Ryan Ward each produced a hit in the ninth inning to manufacture OC's final run.
 
Reber pitched nine innings for the Chaps and improved his record to 5-0. He allowed two runs off eight hits and struck out four batters. Reber faced the minimum between the sixth and eighth innings and faced five batters over the minimum over his final six innings pitched. Kolton Brown started for OC and suffered the loss (2-3).  He allowed five runs (four earned) off seven hits in 4.1 innings.
 
Rix (2-for-5) and Koedyker (2-for-4) each had multi-hit performances for LCU. Paul and Chase Kuwitzky were each 2-for-4 for OC.
 
LCU improves to 15-7 on the season and they are 2-1 in Heartland Conference play. OC fell to 12-10 overall and 1-2 in conference. LCU hits the Spring Break and returns to action Friday in Stephenville, Texas facing Tarleton State.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
.500 | Cory Duran was 6-for-12 in the series and co-led OC with three RBI.
1-for-2 | Friday, Tony Reyes was 1-for-2 in five at-bats. Along with his single, Reyes had a walk, sacrifice fly and a sacrifice bunt.
3 | LCU's three sacrifice flies were the most since registering three lst season (Apr. 12, 2016) against West Texas A&M.
4 | Caleb Koedyker produced four two-out RBI in the series.
5-for-5 | With runners at third base and less than two outs, LCU was able to get the run across on all five occasions Friday. They were 7-for-7 in the series.
6 | Brandon Rix led LCU in the series with six hits.
8 | Eight different Chaps had at least one RBI in the series.
10 | LCU produced 10 doubles, with eight different batters producing a double in the series.