UTPB Baseball picked up another series win Friday afternoon, defeating Oklahoma Panhandle State 6-1 and 3-0 in the first two of three on the weekend at Aggie Field in Goodwell, Okla.
All seven runs in the opener came in the second inning. The Falcons broke the game open with six in the top half of the frame, scoring two on RBI singlesby Alfred Itturalde and
Jose Sierra.Â
Three runs scored later when
Matt Reyes reached on an error that cleared the bases with the bags packed full of Falcons to score three more.
David Lee added another run on a sac fly for a 6-0 lead.
Lance Fairchild moved to 6-2 on the season, throwing seven innings of one-run ball. The senior gave up a pair of hits and two walks while ringing up four Aggies.
Lee and
Nolan Schattel each had a pair of hits as the offense collected nine hits to two for OPSU.
UTPB hurler
Brad Paramapoonya was even more dominant in game two. The lefty strave up six hits with one walk and five k's in eight scoreless innings. Schattel worked a scoreless ninth to pick up his ninth save of 2015.
The Falcons scored the first run of game two in the top of the sixth as
Colin Kowal came in from third on a sac fly by Lee.
UTPB got two more  runs on base hits back up the middle by
Ryan Souza and
Ty Morgan that each scored one.
The Falcons look for the sweep Saturday afternoon, returning to action with OPSU at 1 p.m. in Goodwell.