Tweet #theGAC  SHAWNEE, Okla. – The last time the Oklahoma Baptist baseball team met Harding in the Great American Conference Tourament the Bison cruised to a 12-3 in the championship game. In this game it was all but smooth sailing as Harding gave OBU all they had, but fortunately for the Bison they held on and took a 7-6 victory.

OBU jumped out to an early 4-0 lead off a Colin Prince sacrifice RBI and a Kade Self three-run home run. Harding clawed its way back in the fourth and fifth inning scoring three runs to cut the Bison lead back down to 4-3. In the bottom of the fifth Cliff Pradd answered back with his 14th home run of the season and extended the lead to two.

After a quiet sixth and seventh inning the Bisons tied the game up in the top of the eighth with a Harrison Heffley home run. Unfortunately for Harding, the Bison were able to answer back in the bottom of the eighth with two-runs. Ramon Enriquez broke the 5-5 tie with the third home run of the game for OBU. Then Eric Carlson walked in the seventh and final run for the Bison.

Harding however would not go away quietly having successfully won a two-out challenge to add a sixth run to their tally and prevent the win for the Bison for one final batter. OBU pitcher Tyler Frank was able to keep his composure after hearing the Bison fight song and struck out Heffley.