The WTAMU baseball team wasn’t scheduled to open up the new Wilder Park on Feb. 5, but Mother Nature had other plans. Due to the inclement weather in Oklahoma, the LSC series with Northeastern State was forced to be canceled. In its place was a double header with NAIA member Sterling College.

In the first game of the day the Warriors came out with an early 3-0 lead after the top of the first inning. WT responded in the bottom half of the inning to cut the lead to 3-2. The third inning brought a little bit of history as junior Kendall Boone hit the first ever homerun at the new ballpark over the left field fence. SCU simply had no answer for the Buffs bats as WT coasted to a 12-4 victory over the Warriors.

The Buffs offense was led by senior Will Miller who went 3-4 on the day with three RBI. Boone and fellow junior Jess Cooper each drove in two runs apiece on the day. Senior pitcher Irving Camacho picked up the win on the mound for the Buffs in his first ever collegiate start. He went four innings while giving up four runs on three hits and striking out two.

Game number two saw the Buffs grab a first inning lead thanks to a sacrifice fly by senior Garrett Campfield combined with a two-run homer by fellow senior Will Miller to give WT a 3-0 lead.

However, SCU came right back in the top of the third inning to tie the game at 3-3. In the bottom of the third, the Buffs regained the lead highlighted by Campfield colliding with Sterling Catcher Matt Watson to help give the Buffs a 5-3 lead. The deficit proved to be too much for the Warriors to overcome as the Buffs claimed a 7-3 victory, thus completing the sweep.