KEIZER, Ore. – Oregon Tech scored double-digit runs for a fourth-straight game, as the Hustlin' Owls completed a series sweep of Corban University with a 15-6 victory at Volcanoes Stadium.
The Hustlin' Owls (12-4) got nine hits and eight RBI from the top-three batters in their order, as the club built an 8-1 lead in the fifth inning and eased to the win.
Tech opened the scoring in the first, as
Ka'ala Tam lined a 2-out, 2-run single – but the Warriors (6-9) answered in the bottom of the frame on a solo homer from Joshua Miyazawa.
OIT began their onslaught in their next at bats, as
Tyler Horner gapped a 2-run double, while in the fourth, back-to-back doubles from
Patrick Barry and
Julien Jones extended the lead to 5-1. Tam hit a 2-run homer in the fifth to make it 7-1, with the Owls putting the game away with a 5-run eighth – including a 2-run triple from Barry and an RBI double from Jones. Horner capped the scoring with a long 2-run home run in the ninth, his seventh of the year.
Carson Glavich allowed just two runs on three hits in five innings of work to earn the win, as the Owls used five pitchers on the day.
Horner was 3-for-5 with four RBI – tying the school record for career doubles with his second inning hit, finishing the series with 12 RBI.
Barry was 2-for-5 with three runs scored, extending his league-record hitting streak to 32 games – tying the Northwest small college all-time hitting streak record (Grant Glover of Western Oregon in 2011).
Jones was 4-for-5 with three runs scored and a pair of stolen bases, with Tam going 2-for-3 with four RBI.
OIT takes a 5-game win streak to Portland next weekend with their first series vs. Warner Pacific since 1990.