Shawnee, Okla. -- The Mid-America Christian University Evangels battled back from three runs down to clip the St. Gregory's University Cavaliers 5-4 in the second game of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon (Apr. 21) at Bill Nicklas Field in Shawnee, Okla. The Cavaliers won the opener 14-2.

Down 4-1 in the fifth, JP Seifried doubled home Tanner Ward to key a three-run fifth inning to pull the Evangels even.  MACU was aided by a pair of SGU errors in the inning.

Bryan McKissick then drove in Kory Palmer in the sixth with an RBI single for the winning tally.

From there, MACU starter Christian Hill made it stand, retiring six straight to close out the win.  Hill lasted the full seven innings and gave up only two earned runs with four strikeouts and no walks.

The Evangels fell into a 3-0 hole in the bottom of the second when Roberto Celestino tripled home two runs.

After Taylor Daniels drove in Trent Daniels with a groundout in the top of the fourth, the Cavaliers took advantage of an error to go ahead again by three runs.

Celestino and Mark Milioto each drove in two runs to pace the Cavaliers' offensive attack in the opener.

SGU jumped on top 7-0 after three innings before exploding for seven in the fourth to put it away.

Brandon Spainhour went 2-of-2 at the plate for the Evangels in the nightcap.

Chris Sutton pitched seven scoreless innings and struck out with no earned runs allowed to get the win for SGU.

The Evangels will next play a single game at Friends University Tuesday afternoon (Apr. 23) at 3 p.m. in Wichita, Kan.