Oklahoma City, Okla. -- Southern Nazarene got a go-ahead, two-run home run by pinch hitter John Basnight in the ninth inning and went on to salvage the series finale against the Mid-America Christian Evangels 8-6 Saturday afternoon at Evangel Field in OKC. 

The Evangels though captured the series by winning the first two games of the three-game set. 

Prior to Basnight's homer, Jon Jon Lemos had tied the score at 6-6 with a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth. 

MACU jumped on top in the bottom of the second before RBI singles by Adam Bies and Derek Johnson in the third gave the Crimson Storm a 2-1 lead. 

The Evangels responded with three runs in the bottom of the third that featured an RBI single by Jose Flores and an RBI triple from Lemos. 

It was 5-2 when SNU took advantage of an error to plate two runs and then tied the score on an RBI groundout by Ryan Williams in the fifth inning. 

A sacrifice fly by James Tunnell in the eighth put the Crimson Storm in front 6-5. 

David Wynn started for the Evangels and pitched seven innings, giving up five runs but only one earned and recorded seven strikeouts. 

Jake Mitcheltree pitched a complete game to earn the win for the Crimson Storm. Mitcheltree struck out eight and gave up five earned runs. 

The Evangels will next begin a three-game series with current No. 1-ranked Oklahoma City at home Thursday afternoon (Apr. 14) at 2:30 p.m.