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Aggies top 'Dogs to keep LSC North lead

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LAWTON, Okla. (April 9) - Cameron and Southwestern Oklahoma traded solo homers in the early-going, but it was all Aggies after that.

Coach Todd Holland's squad notched a run-rule shortened 13-3 victory over the Bulldogs in Lone Star Conference North Division baseball action Sunday, moving to 9-1 in league play while staying a game ahead of Central Oklahoma for the top spot in the divisional standings.

UCO, which defeated Northeastern State Sunday to improve to 8-2 in the division, hosts Cameron in a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 2 p.m., Wednesday in Edmond.

B.J. Cole opened the scoring for Cameron with a two-out homer in the bottom of the first inning and Southwestern countered with a solo shot from Sean Rogers in the top of the second.

But Cameron (24-15), which outscored the Bulldogs 20-6 while winning both ends of a doubleheader on Saturday, opened the floodgates in the bottom half of the second. The Aggies opened the frame with three straight hits, including RBI doubles by Ryan Whiteley and Mark Armstrong, and sent 13 batters to the plate in the inning. Cameron finished the rally with eight runs on seven hits, taking a 9-1 lead into the third inning.

Cole swatted a run-scoring double in the third and later scored on John Herbert's single down the right field line, upping the lead to 11-1.

Southwestern (16-22, 1-9 LSC North) scored a run in the fourth on an RBI single by Rogers, but the Aggies kept the run-rule in effect with C.J. Nelson's run-scoring single in the bottom of the fourth and extended the lead to 13-2 on Blake Hughes' solo homer to open the bottom of the fifth.

The Bulldogs got a solo homer from Mark Cole in the top of the seventh, but couldn't get under the 10-run margin needed to extend the game.

Ryan Bengert (4-2) earned the mound victory for the Aggies, scattering five hits over five inninigs while allowing two earned runs and striking out four. Jason Huffaker worked the final two innings of relief.

Southwestern starter Gabe Winn took the loss, allowing nine earned runs in just under two innings of work.

Cole led an Aggie offense that produced five players with at least two hits in the game. Cole went 3-for-3 at the plate, with a homer, a double, a sacrifice fly and three RBI. Herbert, Whiteley, Armstrong and Greg Patton added two hits each for the Aggies.