OKLAHOMA CITY — El Reno High School’s summer baseball team put on a bunting clinic Tuesday night to split a doubleheader with Heritage Hall, winning the nightcap by a 5-2 score.

The Indians victory came on the heels of an 11-3 run-rule loss to the Chargers in the opening game of the twinbill.

“We didn’t play to the best of our ability, but it was a lot of improvement over the first game.” El Reno head coach Jason Looper said of the three-run win. “We were hungry for a win. It’s been a while since we had one. We didn’t hit all that the bunt game got us a win.”

El Reno had six bunts in the second game, four of those coming in a three-run fifth inning that snapped a 2-all tie. The Indians got an RBI-single by Logan Proctor and a double by Chandon Vieweg along with bunt singles by Jay Weekley and Brent Wiedemann.

Jared Cole had a bunt on a squeeze play that was mishandled by the pitcher allowing Cole to reach base and two runs to score.

The Indians ended the game with seven hits, led by Wiedemann’s 2-for-2 effort. Vieweg went 2-for-3 with two doubles. Lawrence Rhoades added a double to the mix.

Lawrence Rhoades threw five innings for the win, allowing two walks and both Heritage Hall runs. The right-hander struck out four batters and allowed three singles.

“Rhoades did a good job,” Looper said.

It was a solid effort after Rhoades was tagged for a two-run double in the first game that secured the run-rule for the Chargers. He came on in relief of Caleb Koos, who placed two runners on the paths in the bottom of the fifth inning before being pulled.

Koos took the loss, throwing four complete innings. The right-hander issued 13 hits and walked two batters and hit a third. He struck out one batter.

El Reno managed only five hits in the opening game, with Nick Brown logging an RBI-single. Vieweg and Wiedemann each hit an RBI-double, while Koos and Justin Ferguson had singles in the loss.

“We didn’t swing the bat very well,” Looper said. “They had a lot of ground balls that fell right in the hole. But we had a talk between games and did a little running. That seemed to light a fire under them.”