March 7, 2009
3.6.09 - Oklahoma City, Okla.- The Mid-America Christian University baseball team split a double header with Sooner Athletic Conference opponent Wayland Baptist University on Friday afternoon at Evangel Field.
The Evangels shut out the Pioneers in game one winning 3-0. Cody Wise was on the mound for MACU only giving up one hit. He had nine strikeouts and six groundouts.
The Evangels got on the board first, scoring in the fourth inning. Pete Feurtado led off the inning with a walk and advanced to second on the pitchers wild throw. Feurado then proceeded to third after Kieran Bradford grounded out. Jake Scott hit an RBI single, scoring Feurtado, giving the Evangels a 1-0 lead.
After a scoreless fifth, the Evangels added two more runs in the sixth due to errors, putting the Evangels ahead 3-0.
The Evangels held the Pioneers scoreless in the top of the seventh, winning 3-0 and handing WBU only their second conference loss of the season.
Cody Wise pitched the complete game, getting the win. WBU pitcher Marcus Limon got the loss giving up three runs (one earned run) and three hits with 12 strikeouts.
In game two the Pioneers scored their first run in the second inning. Franky Busani led off with a double to deep left center and advanced to third on a wild throw. Busani reached home plate after Pedro Gomez hit a single. WBU took a 1-0 lead into the bottom half of the inning.
WBU put up four runs in the fifth inning. Gomez led off the inning being hit by a pitch. Michael Prell hit a sac bunt, putting Gomez in scoring position. Marcus Limon pinch-hit for Eddie Allen, singling to left and scoring Gomez. Brett Cook singled putting Limon in scoring position. Todd Jeffress then hit a triple down the right field line scoring Allen, who pinch ran for Limon, and Cook. Josh Lucas grounded out to the pitchers mound allowing Jeffress to cross home plate, giving the Pioneers a 5-0 advantage going into the bottom of the fifth.
The Pioneers tacked on one more run in the top of the seventh when Jefress scored on a single by Scott Keane. The Pioneers kept the Evangels scoreless in the bottom half of the inning, making the final score 6-0.
Evangel pitcher Douglas Kane takes the loss, pitching a complete game with four strikeouts, seven hits and six earned runs.
MACU (7-11, 2-5) will wrap up their series with the Pioneers (21-4, 6-2) on Saturday, March 7th with a nine inning game starting at 1 p.m.
