March 10, 2010
3.10.10 - Oklahoma City, Okla.-The Mid-America Christian University baseball team could not get anything going offensively Wednesday on a windy day at Evangel Field as they were defeated 6-4 and 5-2 in a double header against Bacone College.
In game one MACU managed just five hits against Bacone right hander Joey Zrinzo, who tossed a complete game and recorded six strikeouts and only one earned run.
The Evangels jumped out to an early lead with runs in the first and second innings.
Sam Lewis opened the game with a led off walk, advanced to second on a single by Pete Feurtado, stole third and plated the Evangels first run of the game with the help of a wild throw. The error put Feurtado on third and a ground out by James Frederick was enough to bring him across home plate. The Evangels ended the first with a 2-0 advantage.
MACU tacked on a run in the second with an RBI single by Brian Carter, plating Dan Heskin who singled and stole second base earlier in the inning.
Bacone put their first run of the board in the third with an RBI single Yasel Gomez sending Tyler smith home.
MACU answered with a run in the bottom half of the inning thanks to savvy base running by Lewis who stole third and scored a Bacone error. MACU took a 4-1 lead into the fourth.
Bacone cut the Evangels lead to just two runs in the fifth with an RBI single by Derrick Roland sending Cody Pifer home after leading off the inning with a walk.
Kyle Francis got into trouble in the sixth after coming in the game as a middle reliever for Ben Coffeen, and the Warriors took a 6-4 lead. Francis retired the first batter and the following batter reached with the help of an error. The next four batters would get hits, leading to BC's four runs scored in the inning. Thomas Peabody came in to relieve Francis giving up a single followed by two strikeouts to end the inning.
The Evangels were unable to get any offense going in the final two innings, falling 6-4. Francis took the loss on the mound.
The Evangels managed only four hits in the night cap while committing three errors in the field. Bacone never trailed in game two, opening the game with a 1-0 lead in the first.
BC added their second run in the top of the third but the Evangels cut the Warriors lead in half in the bottom half of the inning. Matt Allen led off the inning, reaching base after being hit by a pitch. A sacrifice bunt by Lewis followed by a groundout by Feurtado put Allen on third base. Allen reached home on a wild pitch.
Both teams added runs in the fourth, giving the Warriors a 3-2 advantage. One again the sixth inning proved to be the difference with BC posting two runs to seal the win.
Freshman Derek Allen suffered the loss on the mound for the Evangels despite allowing just one earned run on six hits in 4.1 innings of work.
The Evangels return to action Thursday, March 11th at St. Gregory's University with first pitch set for 2 p.m.
