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Eubank, Flores power Evangels to 12-6 victory at St. Gregory's

Shawnee, Okla. -- Jeff Eubank and Luis Flores combined for eight hits and six RBI to power the Mid-America Christian Evangels to their third straight victory, a 12-6 win over the St. Gregory's Cavaliers Thursday afternoon (Mar. 17) in Shawnee, Okla. 
 
The Evangels big inning came in the seventh, when they were down 5-3 but exploded for six runs. 
 
Flores first hit a game tying two-run homer that scored Elfry Abad that made it 5-5. 
 
Kevin Parsons followed that with a walk and went to third on a single by Joe Moore.  With two out, Luis Martinez singled home Parsons for the go ahead tally. 
 
Eubank then capped the inning with a three-run blast that put the Evangels in front 9-6.
 
The Evangels picked up three insurance runs in the ninth inning on a sacrifice fly by Martinez and a bases-loaded walk to David Rhoads.  Eridani Dume then plated the Evangels' 12th run when Jon Jon Lemos was hit by a pitch with the bases full.   
 
MACU led 2-0 with single tallies in the first and second inning before Jeremy Springer sparked a four-run second for the Cavaliers with a two-run homer that also featured RBI doubles from starting pitcher Jacob Douglas and Dalton Streber. 
 
The Evangels pounded out 19 hits in the game, led by a 4-of-5 performance from Flores and a 4-of-6 day from Eubanks. 
 
Sean Sanders got the win by lasting 6 2/3 innings and giving up five runs along with five strikeouts.
 
Derek Allen worked 2 1/3 innings in relief of Sanders and allowed one run with four strikeouts. 
 
The Evangels and Cavaliers will play the second game of the three-game set tomorrow afternoon (Mar. 18) at 2 p.m. at Evangel Field in OKC. 
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