FINAL SCORE: IT 4, OCU 5
RECORD: Indiana Tech (2-6), #16 Oklahoma City (18-5)
LOCATION: Oklahoma City, Okla. (Jim Wade Stadium)
 
BRIEF:  The Indiana Tech baseball team opened their spring break trip with a one-run loss to 16th-ranked Oklahoma City. A four-run inning by the Stars did in the Warriors in as their comeback fell one out short in a 5-4 loss. Chis Gaynor led the offense with a 2-for-4 day, scoring twice.

FLOW:
- Tech stranded a leadoff single in the first while OCU used a sacrifice fly to score their leadoff double
-  Gaynor scored the Warriors first run in the third to tie the score
- A walk and three hits, including a pair of home runs put the Stars back in front
- Three straight singles plated another Tech run as Derek Morgan singled home Mark Carpenter, who ran for Brian Hakes
- In the seventh, Gaynor homered to cut the deficit to two
- The Warriors loaded the bases in the ninth and Kyle Mead plated Carpenter, running for Morgan, to make it a one score game but Tech couldn't get another tally
 
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Gaynor collected a pair of hits, scoring twice and driving in a run
- Five other Warriors got a hit
- Carpenter scored twice, Mead and Morgan each drove in a tally
- Jared Harvey struck out five in six innings, allowing five runs on seven hits
- Jason Sterrett tossed a hitless two innings, walking one
 
UP NEXT: Doubleheader at Oklahoma City, Monday, Mar. 16, 2 p.m. at Jim Wade Stadium
 
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Baseball Contact: Zachary Shore | 260.422.5561 x. 2492 | zrshore@indianatech.edu
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