ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Henderson State blasted three home runs on Saturday and emphatically defeated No. 16 Oklahoma Baptist 15-5 in just seven innings to win the series from the previously unbeaten Bison at Clyde Berry Field. 

Freshman Alec Lewis, a native of Arkadelphia, had the best game of his career for the Reddies and finished 2-for-4 with two home runs, five RBIs and two runs scored. Fellow freshman Kaden Argenbright, as well as sophomore Greyson Stevens, both also went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs, while senior Joe Myers had three RBIs on a home run in the sixth inning.

Oklahoma Baptist salvaged a win in the series by taking the second game of the doubleheader, 6-0.

Starting pitcher Spencer Taack threw 4.1 innings in the first game victory for HSU and allowed three earned runs on four hits. Drake Salsman picked up his second win of the year in relief by pitching the final 2.1 innings and allowing no runs on just three hits.

The Reddies (7-10, 4-5) trailed 3-2 in the fourth inning until Lewis hit his first home run of the day over the fence in right field, which plated two runs and gave Henderson a 4-3 lead. 

OKBU went back in front 5-4 in the fifth when the Bison scored two runs on two hits and an error. The lead was short lived, as HSU put together its biggest inning of the game in the bottom half. A two-run double from Argenbright regained the lead for Henderson and two at-bats later it was Lewis who came through for the Reddies again, this time with a three-run shot, to catapult HSU in front, 9-5.

Nothing came to fruition for the Bison after two hits in the sixth, and once again Henderson capitalized, as a double from Caleb Carr and a walk from Stevens set the table for Myers, who cleared the bases with a bomb to left center, which extended the Reddies' lead to 12-5.

With the rout in full swing, Henderson finished things off in style in the bottom of the seventh thanks to an unearned run and a two-RBI double from Stevens, which gave the Reddies a 10-run lead and brought the run-rule into effect against the nation's No. 16 ranked team.

Oklahoma Baptist finished the game with 12 hits — two more than HSU — but stranded 11 base runners in the game compared to just two left stranded by the Reddies. 

Henderson returns to action on Tuesday at 6 p.m. when it faces Arkansas Tech in a non-conference contest in Russellville, Arkansas.