Shawnee, Okla. -- The Oklahoma Baptist University Bison defeated the Mid-America Christian University Evangels tonight (Mar. 14) 12-0 at Bison Field in Shawnee, Okla.

The game was scoreless through the first two innings when the Bison broke though in the third on a two-run single by Zane Gelphman.

OBU then scored three runs in the fourth before breaking it open with three in the seventh and four in the eighth.

Dustyn Cook went three-of-four and drove in four runs to fuel the Bison (12-9) attack.

AJ Merkel limited the Evangels to only three hits and struck out six in six shutout innings.

Jake White started for MACU (10-17) and allowed four earned runs with three strikeouts over four innings.

Zach Carley then followed White and threw a pair of scoreless frames for the Evangels.

The Evangels will next begin a three-game Sooner Athletic Conference weekend series with No. 4-ranked Oklahoma City University. 

MACU will play at OCU at 2 pm on Friday (Mar. 17) in the series opener and will then host a doubleheader against the Stars Saturday (Mar. 18) starting at 1 pm.