OKLAHOMA CITY – The Friends University Falcons defeated the Mid-America Christian University Evangels by a score of 10-6 today (Apr. 5) at James Curtis Field.

Jordan Climpson went four-of-six with four RBIs to lead the Falcons' offense, including singling home Daniel Aleman in each of the first two innings.

The Evangels got on the board in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Dax Marley and then tied the score when Marley doubled home Jerry McNew before scoring on an RBI single by Aaron Conway in the bottom of the third.

Friends regained the lead on another run-scoring single by Climpson in the sixth and then broke the game open with six runs in the ninth inning.

Climpson capped the ninth inning with an RBI single and Jace Snodgrass had a two-run single in the inning. The Falcons (16-21) were also aided by two of the Evangels' five errors on the day.

McNew came up and hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to bring the Evangels closer, but Falcons' pitcher Skyler Thorpe settled in and got the next three batters to close out the win.

Danny Bartels relieved Friends starter Alex Dafoe after four innings and shut out the Evangels on four hits with two strikeouts over three innings to get the win.

Zach Carley started for MACU and went three innings and allowed two earned runs with three strikeouts.  

Roger Mena struck out the final two batters of the ninth for the Evangels.

McNew and Marley each had three hits for the Evangels, with McNew driving home three runs and Marley recording two RBIs. Ryan Moseley, Colt Pickens and Dylan Queen had two hits for the Evangels (14-21).

The Evangels will next host Central Christian College for a three-game series starting with a single-game Friday afternoon (Apr. 8) at 3 p.m.