EDMOND, Okla. – The No. 2 Angelo State baseball team held off a late comeback to defeat Oklahoma Christian by a score of 10-8 on Saturday afternoon at Dobson Baseball Field.

With the result, the Rams increase the active win streak to seven games and go to a 11-2 record while dropping the Eagles to a 2-7 record.

Action began in the top of the third inning when a single from Austin Beck and a error put Blake Wilhoite on for Justin Harris to hit a three run home run to take a quick 3-0 lead. The Eagles quickly equalized with a three-run home run of their own in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game.

Between the top of the fourth and fifth innings, the Blue and Gold managed to score a combined four runs as three doubles from Weston Valasek, Chase Pendley and Wilhoite scored two in the fourth and a two-RBI single from Lane Hutchinson finished things off in the fifth.

 After a RBI ground out in the bottom of the fifth, Nick Wilson collected a strikeout to limit the damage before setting down the Eagles in order in the sixth to close the book on his start. The senior right-hander allowed five runs off seven hits and two walks while collecting five strikeouts on the way to his third win of the season and rising to a 3-0 record in his first four starts.

Both teams traded a run each in the seventh inning before a quiet eighth brought the 8-5 game to the top of the ninth, when Valasek and Hutchinson hit back-to-back home runs to increase the lead to five runs.

Jude Cook came on to close the game in the ensuing half inning when a single and an error put runners aboard for the Eagles second three-run home run of the ballgame to cut the lead down to two runs before Cook forced a ground out to collect his first save of the 2025 campaign.

The Rams and Eagles will continue the series with a doubleheader tomorrow, Feb. 23 with the first pitch in game one scheduled for 1 p.m. at Dobson Baseball Field.