Surging Bronchos Sweep Twinbill

4/14/2012 4:39:00 PM

Kevin Blue

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EDMOND (April 14) – Kevin Blue had six hits and six runs batted in to lead Central Oklahoma to a doubleheader sweep of Austin College Saturday afternoon at Wendell Simmons Field.

Blue went 4-for-5 with four RBI in a 14-8 first-game victory that saw the Bronchos jump out to an early 13-2 lead before coasting in and he added two hits with a clinching two-run double in a 6-1 second-game triumph.

Surging UCO improved to 26-13 with the sweep, having now won 11 of its last 12 games. The Bronchos put a seven-game home winning streak on the line Sunday when the two teams play a 1 p.m. single contest.

UCO banged out 19 hits in the opener, using a four-run outburst in the first and a nine-run volley in the third to take total control before making four errors the rest of the way in helping the 'Roos close within the final margin.

Blue had two singles, a double and a triple in his four-hit outing to pace the offense, while Mike Boyle and Jacob Zinn had three hits apiece.

That trio and Austin Rycroft all had run-scoring hits in UCO's first at bat to take the quick 4-0 lead and it became a 13-2 cushion in the third when the Bronchos paraded 14 players to the plate in a nine-hit, nine-run outburst.

Boyle had two hits in the inning, which featured a two-run triple by Blue. Eric Garza and Jared Wright added RBI singles, with Tucker Brown and Rycroft contributing sacrifice flies.

Blue finished off his four-hit game with a run-scoring single in the fourth to complete the scoring for the Bronchos.

Edgar Lopez picked up the pitching win, improving to 8-2 by going the first four innings before Alex Coplon and John Frisby finished up.

Austin College took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first of the nightcap, but UCO went back on top in its initial at bat when Rycroft followed back-to-back singles by Keegan Morrow and Blue with his team-high 14th home run of the season.

The Bronchos made it 4-1 in the second on Morrow's RBI single and it the 'Roos stayed within striking range until the sixth when Blue's two-run double put the game out of reach.

Morrow went 3-for-4 to lead a 10-hit attack, while Blue added two hits.

Ethan Sharp earned the pitching win, striking out seven in going the first 4 2/3 innings. Danny Cartwright got the final out of the fifth, with Ryan Wagner and Uriah Fisher pitching an inning apiece to close out the win.

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