March 18, 2009
3.18.09 - Oklahoma City, Okla.- Although Hastings College had a 5-0 lead after two innings of play, the Mid-America Christian University Baseball team got the win scoring ten unanswered runs, winning 10-5 on Wednesday afternoon at Evangel Field.
Three Evangels collected two hits a piece and senior Rocky Polk was 3-4 for the Evangels who improve to 11-14 on the season after the win.
Ryan McCoin earned the win on the mound for the Evangels, giving him a 1-0 record on the season. The junior right hander allowed five runs in seven innings of work and finished with two strikeouts. Nick Blizzard pitched a scoreless eighth and Cody Wise closed out the game scoreless, only facing three batters.
Hastings took the lead early putting up one run in the first and four in the second, taking a 5-0 lead into the third inning. But that would be the end of their scoring for the afternoon.
MACU put their first runs on the board in the third. Polk led off with a single he advanced to second on a single by Varela. A wild throw from the outfield allowed Polk to score and Varela advanced to third. Brett St. Amour hit a sacrifice fly to center field scoring Varela. Pete Feurtado singled and Nathan Milton came in to pinch run. Milton stole second and reached third with walks by Jake Scott and Kieran Bradford. A sacrifice fly by Boswell brought Milton home making it a 5-3 contest.
An RBI single by Austin Boswell in the fifth, brought Bradford across home plate. Bradford was hit by a pitch earlier in the inning (5-4).
In the sixth Polk doubled to deep right- center field and advanced to third on a wild pitch during Tristan Varela's at bat. Varela grounded out to the shortstop allowing Polk to score (5-5).
The Evangels scored three runs in the seventh, taking the lead. Anthony Crosby, pinch running for Feurtado, reach home on a wild throw. Bradford double down the left field line and scored on Boswell's two-run home run (8-5).
The Evangels finished their scoring in the eighth with St. Amour and Crosby both being brought home due to a Hastings error (10-5).
The Evangels will continue their home stand tomorrow, March 19th at 2 p.m. when they take on Sooner Athletic Conference opponent University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in a single nine inning game.
