Bison Sweep St. Gregory's

Article Date

April 30, 2005

The Bison baseball team finished a four-game sweep of St. Gregory's with wins of 4-0 and 11-2 Saturday to complete the regular season on a seven-game winning streak.

OBU's Danny Guidry also put his name in the record book in the second game with his school record eighth triple of the season. He broke the record shared by Jose Olmeda, John Preston and Scott Wanish.

Frankie Ibarra had two three-run doubles in the twin bill, giving him 25 doubles on the season, which is one short of the school record 26 held by Kevin Paxson, Jeff Spitler and Cliff Corniel.

Felix Peguero will take his quest of the single season home run record into the postseason. His 16 round-trippers ties him for the record with Terry Rutledge and Ygenio Booker.

Chad Rhoades and Wes Moreland combined for a three-hit shutout in the opener, with Rhoades (4-1) picking up the win, scattering three SGU singles over six innings.

OBU scored all four of its runs in the second inning on a run-scoring wild pitch and a three-run double by Ibarra.

Brent Roberts got the win in the second game, entering as a reliever in the fourth inning.

The Bison took a 2-0 lead in the second on an RBI ground out by Daniel Hayes and a passed ball to score Brad Miller.

The lead swelled to 4-0 in the third when Guidry tripled and scored on a ground out by Peguero. Hayes also drew a bases-loaded walk in the inning.

Frank Diaz homered for SGU in the fourth and Curtis Penn singled home a run in the fifth to cut OBU's lead to 4-2.

The Bison unleashed a seven-run fifth inning to put the game out of reach. Hayes was hit by a pitch and Chris Cox walked, both with bases loaded, before Ibarra ripped his second three-run double. Two more runs came home on an outfield error.

OBU, 42-18 overall and 18-10 in the SAC, will play Wayland Baptist in the first round of the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament at Bison Field at 4 p.m.

Other Tournament games include Oklahoma City against Northwestern at 9:30 a.m. and Lubbock Christian vs. Southern Nazarene at 12:30 p.m.