April 10, 2010
3.10.2010 - Plainview, Texas- The Evangel baseball team fell to Wayland Baptist University in a doubleheader on Friday 11-4 and 10-4. The Pioneers completed the Sooner Athletic Conference series sweep on Saturday with a 7-3 victory at Wilder Field.
After the loss Saturday the Evangels fell to 14-21 overall with a 6-13 Sooner Athletic Conference record. WBU improves to 23-14 on the season and 13-7 in conference play.
The Pioneers were unstoppable at the plate in Friday's doubleheader with 24 hits in the two games combined.
In game one MACU posted three runs in the opening frame. An RBI single by Dan Heskin scored lead off hitter Sam Lewis. With bases loaded WBU pitcher Marcus Limon balked plating MACU's second run. The third run came when Tim Mahler grounded out sending Pete Feurtado home.
The Pioneers answered in the bottom half of the inning, pounding out four runs to take a 4-3 lead.
WBU extended their lead in the fourth with two runs off a homer by Josh Lucas.
Scott Mulhearn scored off a wild pitch to leave the Evangels to trail 6-4.
WBU put the game out of reach in the sixth, plating five runs.
T.J. Peabody was tagged with the loss in game one. He pitched 5.2 innings giving up nine runs on 12 hits with three strikeouts.
The Pioneers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first in game two but the Evangels countered with a run of their own in the top of the second. James Frederick led off the inning with a walk and a double by Heskin put runners on second and third. Frederick scored on a wild pitch by Todd Weldon.
WBU regained the lead in the bottom of the second adding one run. The Pioneers got some breathing room in the fourth with a solo shot by Jose Santiago and a two-run homer by Lucas giving WBU a 5-1 lead.
MACU used an RBI groundout by Justin Rivera and a RBI triple by Kevin Parsons to bring them within two runs of the Pioneers (5-3). But WBU sealed the game in the bottom of the inning plating five runs.
MACU added one final run in the top of the seventh with an RBI single by Feurtado, plating Mulhearn who doubled earlier in the inning.
Ivan Juvera suffered the loss in the second game, lasting five innings. He gave up eight runs on 11 hits with one strikeout.
After a dominating performance at the plate on Friday, David Wynn and the Evangels held the Pioneers to just six hits in the finale.
WBU opened the game with Kevin Hennessey hitting a two-run shot over the left field fence in the first frame.
Frederick put the Evangels on the board with a RBI single up the middle to score Feurtado who doubled earlier in the inning.
Hennessey struck again in the bottom of the sixth with a three-run bomb over the left-center field fence, giving the Pioneers a 5-1 advantage.
In the seventh, Sam Lewis doubled, scoring Matt Allen and Justin Rivera, keeping the Evangels in the game, trailing 5-3.
WBU put the game out of reach in the bottom of the frame matching the Evangels two runs.
David Wynn takes the loss on the mound tossing seven innings. The senior left-handed pitcher gave up seven runs on six hits with six strikeouts.
The Evangels return to action on Tuesday, April 13 as they travel to Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
