Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -  The  No. 12-ranked Bellevue University baseball team picked up a doubleheader sweep over Grand View University Saturday, fighting back for a 10-9 win in the opener before cruising to a 14-1 victory in the nightcap.

The Bruins improved to 6-2 on the season with the sweep. Grand View (0-2) opened its season with the two losses. 

Bellevue will take a week off before their next games. The Bruins travel to Sabetha, Kan. for a neutral site doubleheader with Baker University (3-3) next Saturday (Feb. 21) with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

Game 1: Bellevue 10, Grand View 9

Bellevue scored four unearned runs during a six-run sixth inning explosion to overcome an 8-4 deficit and defeat Grand View in the first game of a double-header on Saturday afternoon.

In a game that saw a total of nine errors and seven unearned runs Bellevue was able to come out victorious, despite being out-hit 11-10 by the Vikings.

Junior left-hander Drew Ferguson (Overland Park, Kan.), making his first start of the season after working his way back from a freak injury, threw five effective innings and exited with the Bruins trailing by just a run at 5-4.

Grand View struck first in a game that looked to be a pitcher's duel through the first four innings. Bellevue owned a 3-1 lead headed into the fifth but crooked numbers in the top of each of the next two innings saw the Vikings claim an 8-4 leaded headed into the bottom of the sixth.

The Bruins sent 11 batters to the plate in the inning and stranded a pair of runners but the damage was done as Bellevue had regained the lead. Junior Kevin Rodriguez (Pico Rivera, Calif.) allowed a lead-off home run in the seventh but settled down to get out of the inning on a fly ball double-play for his second save of the year.

Junior righty Aaron Bain (Cambridge, Ont.) pitched one inning to earn the win and move to 1-0 on the season.

Game 2: Bellevue 14, Grand View 1

Osvaldo Gonzalez drove in five runs and Braulio Torres-Perez picked up the complete-game win to highlight the Bruins' 14-1 win in the nightcap. 

The Bruins erupted for seven runs in the top of the second on seven hits as the Bruins' batted through the lineup. Gonzalez belted a three-run homer to highlight the inning. 

BU added three more runs in the third on a two-run single by Gonzalez and an RBI single by Gabriel De La Rosa. 

The Vikings got doubles from Devon Jacobus and Brandon Potts in the fourth inning to produce their only run of the contest. 

Bellevue added four insurance runs in the top of the seventh sparked by an RBI double from Rodee Anderson and one-run singles by Justin Burns. and Dan Greco. 

Torres-Perez (1-0) earned his first win of the season allowing just five hits and one walk, while striking out 12 in seven innings of work.