Game Details:
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Clarksville, Arkansas | Lonnie R. Qualls Field

Final: University of the Ozarks 21, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 13

Records:
University of the Ozarks: 13-9, 8-4 ASC
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor: 8-16, 5-7 ASC

OVERVIEW:
The Eagles roughed up six pitchers, recorded 22 hits, batted two grand slams and scored the most runs since 1996 in Saturday's 21-13 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor. With the win, the Eagles swept the series 3-0. Oddly enough, the game appeared to be headed for a disaster as Mary Hardin-Baylor plated five runs in the third and four in the fourth to hold a 9-0 lead. But the Eagles had other things in mind as Patrick Clifford began with a grand slam in the bottom half of the third. Clifford's home run ignited a six-run third inning. Rocky Liveoak followed with a two-run double and Patrick Mixon recorded an RBI single. The Crusaders responded with three runs in the top of the fifth only to have the Eagles answer with three runs of their own in the bottom of the frame. Still trailing 12-9, the difference was the sixth inning. The Eagles blasted the Crusaders for ten runs on eight hits. Breyden Varner cranked out a three-run homer to begin the surge. Mixon then hit a grand slam to give the Eagles a 16-12 lead and let the air out of the Crusaders. In Mixon's standout game, he finished 3-for-5 with six RBI. Not to be outdone, Clifford went 2-for-5 with five RBI. Varner had four RBI. Josh Woolly and Rocky Liveoak each had four hits.

Pitching Decisions:
WP: Jacob Barker (W, 2-0) 3.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO
LP: Jacob Krzemien (L, 1-1) 0.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO

Ozarks' Scoring Summary:
Bottom of 3rd Inning
F. Dufrene singled to right field.
B. Elder walked; F. Dufrene advanced to second.
J. Jones singled to left field; B. Elder advanced to second; F. Dufrene advanced to third.
S. Swartz flied out to ss. (1 out)
B. Varner struck out swinging. (2 out)
P. Clifford homered, 4 RBI; J. Jones scored; B. Elder scored; F. Dufrene scored.
J. Woolly singled to left field.
R. Liveoak doubled to left center, RBI; J. Woolly scored.
P. Mixon singled to center field, RBI; R. Liveoak scored.
F. Dufrene flied out to 2b. (3 out)

Bottom of 5th Inning
P. Clifford grounded out to ss. (1 out)
J. Woolly doubled to center field.
R. Liveoak singled to right center; J. Woolly advanced to third.
P. Mixon walked; R. Liveoak advanced to second.
F. Dufrene singled to right center, 2 RBI; P. Mixon advanced to third, scored on an error by rf, unearned; R. Liveoak scored; J. Woolly scored.
B. Elder grounded out ss to 2b to 1b; F. Dufrene out at second ss to 2b. (3 out)

Bottom of 6th Inning
J. Jones doubled to left field.
S. Swartz walked.
J. Krzemien to p for C. Heussner.
B. Varner homered to left field, 3 RBI; S. Swartz scored; J. Jones scored.
P. Clifford singled through the left side.
B. Whatley to p for J. Krzemien.
J. Woolly singled to left field; P. Clifford advanced to second.
R. Liveoak singled to left field; J. Woolly advanced to second; P. Clifford advanced to third.
P. Mixon homered to left field, 4 RBI; R. Liveoak scored; J. Woolly scored; P. Clifford scored.
F. Dufrene singled down the lf line.
B. Elder doubled to right center; F. Dufrene advanced to third.
M. Schuh to p for B. Whatley.
J. Jones struck out swinging. (1 out)
S. Swartz walked.
B. Varner walked, RBI; S. Swartz advanced to second; B. Elder advanced to third; F. Dufrene scored.
P. Clifford walked, RBI; B. Varner advanced to second; S. Swartz advanced to third; B. Elder scored.
H. Sims to p for M. Schuh.
J. Woolly reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; P. Clifford out at second ss to 2b; B. Varner advanced to third; S. Swartz scored.
R. Liveoak flied out to cf. (3 out)

Bottom of 8th Inning
H. McQuary to c for M. Conway.
B. Varner walked.
P. Clifford reached on a fielder's choice; B. Varner out at second 3b to 2b. (1 out)
J. Woolly singled to right field; P. Clifford advanced to second.
R. Liveoak singled to right field, RBI; J. Woolly advanced to third; P. Clifford scored.
P. Mixon reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; R. Liveoak out at second ss to 2b; J. Woolly scored.
F. Dufrene struck out looking. (3 out)

Notables:
Patrick Clifford and Patrick Mixon both hit grand slams. The duo combined for 11 RBI.
The Eagles posted 21 runs, the second-most in modern day program history. The 1996 team defeated Wisconsin-Oshkosh 28-25.
Rocky Liveoak and Josh Woolly had four hits in the win. Woolly also scored four runs.

Game Replay:
https://livestream.com/kuoz

Up Next:
The Eagles travel to Conway for a game against Hendrix College March 27 at 6:00 p.m.