MOUNTAINEER BASEBALL

Mountaineers Blast Seven Home Runs in Win versus Crowder
Story by staff (5/5/10)

The Eastern Oklahoma State College baseball team (31-16) defeated Crowder College on Tuesday.  The Mountaineers pounded out 21 hits, seven of which were home runs, in route to an 18-12 victory.  Houston Slemp hit two more home runs to bring his season total to 17.  Chris Munoz (13), Jordan Mings (11), Cameron Green (7), Sam King (6) and Curtis Coyle (1) each homered.  Coyle was 5-5 at the plate and he scored four times and drove in three.  Green and Munoz each had four RBI’s.  Justin ‘Bubba’ Knight (1-0) pitched 4 1/3 strong innings to pick up the win.  He allowed just two runs while striking out three.

Eastern will wrap up the regular season with four conference games this week.  On Thursday, the Mountaineers will travel to Miami, OK to take on NEO in a 12:00 pm double header.  This game was originally scheduled for 1:00 pm, but was moved to noon because of NEO’s graduation.  The two teams will meet in Wilburton on Saturday at 1:00 pm.  Eastern will be recognizing their sophomores prior to the start of the first game on Saturday afternoon.

GAME #1
TEAMS                   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H   E
Crowder (35-21)    0  1  7  0  0  0  2  1  1    12  16  3
Eastern (31-16)     0  7  3  1  3  2  0  2  x    18  21  4
WP – Knight (1-0)
LP – Sawyer
Pitching Battery:
Crowder: Sawyer, Sisco (5th), Brown (7th), Kickham (8th) and Neill.
Eastern: Vann, Knight (3rd), Frisby (8th), Watson (9th) and King.
Home Runs:
Crowder: Bates.
Eastern: Slemp 2 (16th, 17th), Munoz (13th), Mings (11th), Green (7th), King (6th), Coyle (1st)