Box Score OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The 10^th-ranked St. Edward's baseball team was in jeopardy of losing its opening Heartland Conference series to Oklahoma Christian Saturday afternoon at Dobson Field, as it trailed 3-0 after six innings. The Hilltoppers rallied with five runs in the top of the seventh inning and hung on for a 5-3 victory.
 
Oklahoma Christian (4-3, 1-2 HC) opened the scoring in the first inning when they scored on a double steal to take a 1-0 lead. They added two more runs in the second inning on a two-run double by Markus Carr to make it 3-0.
 
St. Edward's (9-5, 2-1 HC) could only muster three hits off of Eagle starting pitcher Tyler Sturges through the first six innings. Finally, in the seventh inning, the Hilltoppers found their offense. RYAN DOLEZAL led off with a single and moved to second on a single by GABLE WHITACRE. After CUTTER RUNTE walked to load the bases with one out, WES KOENIG stepped to the plate. Just like all series, Koenig came up big again. The lefty ripped a ball to right field to plate two runs. They would also collect RBI-singles from RANSOM LALONDE and JOHN ALEXANDER, along with a run on a wild pitch to take a 5-3 lead.
 
CAM HATCH came on after that and shut the door. The lefty allowed just one hit to go along with his two strikeouts in his three innings of work as he picked up his first save of the year.
 
Koenig was again the hitting star as he was 3-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored. For the three-game series, Koenig was 9-for-13 with seven RBI and five runs scored. He has at least one hit in all 14 games this season and leads the Heartland Conference with a .510 batting average.
 
St. Edward's will be back action Wednesday when they host UH-Victoria. First pitch for the single game will be at 1:30 p.m. at Lucian-Hamilton Field. Live video and stats will be available on the Hilltopper Athletic Website.