Weevils Drop Final Game of Series to Central Oklahoma, 18-4
February 3, 2008

EDMOND, Oklahoma – The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team dropped the final game of a three-game series against Central Oklahoma on Sunday with a final score of 18-4.
 
Central Oklahoma, who was picked to finish third place in the Lone-Star Conference in the preseason poll, won all three game of the series against the Weevils.
 
Sunday’s game, which was scheduled for nine innings, only lasted seven, due to the NCAA’s 10-run rule, which takes place at the end of the seventh inning when either team is ahead by 10 runs or more.
 
Stuart Morgan (Benton, Miss.) was credited with the loss for the Weevils. Morgan relieved starter Ross Jacobs (Monticello, Ark.) after the first inning. Morgan allowed five runs to score, all earned, in his two innings on the mound.
 
Offensively for the Weevils, catcher Josh Wisnoski (Navasota, Texas) led the way after going 3-for-4 at the plate.
 
UAM jumped on the scoreboard first in the top of the second inning with three players crossing the plate. Allan Neill (Magnolia, Ark.) singled up the middle to score both Wisnoski and Chris Whatley (Sachse, Texas), who both reached base on back-to-back singles. Neill was later scored from an RBI single off the bat of Ben Miller (El Dorado, Ark.).
 
UCO answered the Weevils with three runs of its own to tie the game at 3-3 at the end of the second inning.
 
UAM struck again in the top of the third inning for the final time when Wisnoski singled to right field, advanced to second base on a balk, then was driven home by an RBI single from the bat of Whatley.
 
UCO’s Joe Noyes was credited with the win, his first of the season, after throwing 4.1 innings, allowing four runs (all earned) off eight hits, and striking out six of the 22 batters he faced.
 
After the weekend series, UAM now has an 0-3 overall record, and will look for its first win this weekend when the team travels to Florence, Ala. for a three-game series against North Alabama starting with a double-header on Saturday, Feb. 9. The first pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. The third game of the series will be played Sunday, also starting at 1 p.m.