OKLAHOMA CITY -- The No. 9-ranked Oklahoma Baptist University Bison hit three home runs and six extra base hits in defeating the Mid-America Christian University Evangels in the middle game of a three-game Sooner Athletic Conference series Friday afternoon (Mar. 2) at James Curtis Field. 

The Bison (16-2, 2-0 SAC) did the bulk of their offensive damage in the fifth and ninth innings. 

Leading 3-1 heading to the fifth, Michael Sliger hit a solo homer that was followed by a two-run shot by Mitchell Prophet that powered a five-run frame and made it a seven-run advantage. 

The Evangels came through with a run in the bottom of the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Shane Brinker that plated Justin Rivera, but the Bison put it away with five unearned runs in the ninth that made it 13-2. 

In the bottom of the ninth, the Evangels (3-10, 0-5 SAC) scored once more as Luis Martinez doubled and scored on an RBI single by Jon Jon Lemos. 

After OBU jumped out to a 3-0 lead, the Evangels got on the board in the bottom of the third on a single by Joe Moore that scored Brinker. 

Lemos went 3-of-4 at the plate with an RBI for the Evangels, while Martinez was 2-of-4. 

Sliger paced the Bison with a 3-of-5 effort at the plate and two RBI. 

Chad Hardison was solid on the mound for OBU, pitching seven effective innings and giving up only one earned run to get the win. 

The two schools will play the series finale tomorrow afternoon (Mar. 3) at 1 p.m. in Shawnee, Okla.