March 5, 2010
3.5.10 - Bethany, Okla.- The Mid-America Christian University baseball team fell to Sooner Athletic Conference opponent Southern Nazarene University 9-8 in the bottom of the ninth at SNU Baseball Complex on Thursday afternoon.
MACU scored first, taking a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning. Sam Lewis led off the inning with a single and stole second base. Lewis then advanced to third on a wild throw. Feurtado hit into a fielder's choice but a bobble by the third baseman allowed Lewis to score. Feurtado then stole second and scored on a single by Edgar Lopez.
The Crimson Storm put one run on the board in the bottom half of the inning. Nick Spears scored on a sacrifice fly by Adam Bies to make it a 2-1 game.
MACU extended their lead in the sixth, adding three runs. Adrian Bravo-Carmona led off with a home run. Lopez followed, reaching on a dropped pop up. Brian Carter hit a two-run homerun giving the Evangels 5-1 lead.
The Storm picked up three runs of their own in the bottom half of the sixth, using four hits.
SNU got their first lead of the game, posting three runs in the bottom of the seventh to take the 7-5 advantage.
The Evangels answered in the top of the eighth adding a run with a RBI single by Dan Heskin (7-6).
With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Tanner Roberson hit a solo shot over the right-center field fence, giving the Storm the 8-6 lead going into the ninth.
Sam Lewis led off the ninth inning with a single. The Evangels knotted up the score with a two-run homerun by Feurtado.
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, a MACU error loaded the bases. A wild pitch sent the game-winning run home.
Lead off hitter Sam Lewis was 3-4 on the day from the plate, scoring two runs. Bravo-Carmona and Lopez each went 3-5 with one RBI apiece. Carter was 2-4 with two RBI's.
Pitching 2.2 innings, Ivan Juvera takes the loss on the mound for the Evangels. He allowed four hits and three runs, although only one run was earned.
MACU will face SNU in a nine-inning contest at home on Friday, March 5th at 3 p.m.
