OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mid-America Christian baseball team rallied from three runs down late to walk-off on Edgar Martinez's RBI single to come away with a 5-4 victory to open a doubleheader sweep that was capped off with a 5-3 win at the MACU Baseball Field on Friday afternoon. The dramatic wins ignited the Evangel bats on Saturday as MACU slugged its way to a 17-12 victory in the finale on Saturday to complete the three-game sweep.
 
GAME ONE
SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 5, Central Christian 4
  • Mid-America Christian (16-18, 5-8 SAC)
  • Central Christian (5-24-1, 2-14 SAC)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Frensly Leito (1-1)
• Loss: Austin Butenshoen (1-4)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Frensly Leito – W, 2.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 5 SO
• Isaiah Haddad – 3-4, 2 R, 2 SB, RBI
• Edgar Martinez – 2-4, 2B, RBI, R

SCORING SUMMARY

• Top 1^st – CCC – Joseph Esparza grounded out to short, RBI; Koki Matsuda scored – CCC 1, MACU 0
• Bottom 1^st – MACU – Yan Ely Adames hit a SAC fly to left, RBI; Isaiah Haddad scored – MACU 1, CCC 1
• Top 5^th – CCC – Koki Matsuda doubled to left-center, RBI; Andrew Araque scored – CCC 2, MACU 1
• Top 5^th – CCC – Trystin Gilbert scored on a wild pitch – CCC 3, MACU 1
• Top 5^th – CCC – Justin Taylor singled down the rf line, RBI; Koki Matsuda scored – CCC 4, MACU 1
• Bottom 6^th – MACU – Edgar Martinez scored on a wild pitch – CCC 4, MACU 2
• Bottom 7^th – MACU – Isaiah Haddad singled to short, RBI; Julian Fernandez scored, Ryan Fox scored on a throwing error by ss – MACU 4, CCC 4
• Bottom 7^th – MACU – Edgar Martinez singled to second, RBI; Isaiah Haddad scored – MACU 5, CCC 4

GAME NOTES

• Mid-America Christian scored its five runs on seven hits and committed one error while the Tigers finished with four runs on five hits and made two miscues.
• The victory was the Evangels first walk-off win of the season. The last time MACU walked off against an opponent at the MACU Baseball Field, it came in similar fashion to Central Christian on Apr. 20, 2019. In that win, Evangels rallied from a 3-1 deficit by scoring three runs in the seventh as Romeo Rinehart scored on Luis Sanchez's walk-off SAC fly to left field to complete the 4-3 victory.
• It was also MACU's first win against a Sooner Athletic Conference opponent in the opener of a three-game series. In their four previous openers, the Evangels went 0-4 to their SAC counterparts.
• Isaiah Haddad led the MACU bats by going 3-of-4 with a pair of stolen bases, an RBI and came around to score the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh. Edgar Martinez swatted 2-for-4 with the Evangels' lone extra base, being a double and turning in a run as well as the game-winning RBI infield single.

GAME TWO
SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 5, Central Christian 3
  • Mid-America Christian (17-18, 6-8 SAC)
  • Central Christian (5-25-1, 2-15 SAC)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Brayan Garcia (3-2)
• Loss: Michael Pedraza (1-4)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Brayan Garcia – W, 3 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 SO
• Julian Fernandez – 2-3, 2 2B, RBI, R
• Chance Bufford – 1-2, 2 RBI

SCORING SUMMARY

• Top 1^st – CCC – Justin Taylor singled down lf line, RBI; Koki Matsuda scored – CCC 1, MACU 0
• Bottom 2^nd – MACU – Chance Bufford hit a SAC fly to right, RBI; Joshua Fernandez scored – MACU 1, CCC 1
• Bottom 3^rd – MACU – Isaiah Haddad scored on a wild pitch – MACU 2, CCC 1
• Bottom 3^rd – MACU – Yan Ely Adames grounded out to short, RBI; Edgar Martinez scored – MACU 3, CCC 1
• Top 4^th – CCC – Josh Clyden doubled down the lf line, RBI; Mason Seay scored – MACU 3, CCC 2
• Top 4^th – CCC – Tyler Cowdrey doubled down the rf line, RBI; Josh Clyden scored – MACU 3, CCC 3
• Bottom 6^th – MACU – Julian Fernandez doubled to lf, RBI; Ryan Fox scored – MACU 4, CCC 3
• Bottom 6^th – MACU – Chance Bufford singled to second, RBI; Julian Fernandez scored – MACU 5, CCC 3

GAME NOTES

• Mid-America Christian rounded out the game with five runs on six hits with no errors while Central Christian turned in three runs on eight hits and also didn't commit an error.
• Julian Fernandez led the MACU bats as the only player with multiple hits, going 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, the go-ahead RBI in the sixth and scored the final run of the game. Chance Bufford led the team with a pair of RBIs, going 1-for-2 on an RBI single and a SAC fly.
• Brayan Garcia had a phenomenal outing in relief, not allowing a single baserunner to reach over three innings of work while recording three strikeouts.

GAME THREE
SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 17, Central Christian 12
  • Mid-America Christian (16-18, 5-8 SAC)
  • Central Christian (5-24-1, 2-14 SAC)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Frensly Leito (2-1)
• Loss: Austin Butenshoen (1-5)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Yan Ely Adames – 4-6, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI
• Julian Fernandez – 3-4, 2B, HR, 2 BB, 2 RBI, R
• Edgar Martinez – 2-6, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R
• Isaiah Haddad – 2-3, 3 BB, 4 R, 3 SB, RBI

SCORING SUMMARY

• Top 1^st – CCC – Joseph Esparza reached first on a fielder's choice, Christopher Sanchez scored on error by 3b – CCC 1, MACU 0
• Top 1^st – CCC – Jose Esparza homered to left, 3 RBI; Justin Taylor scored; Joseph Esparza scored – CCC 4, MACU 0
• Bottom 1^st – MACU – Edgar Martinez reached on an error by ss, RBI; Isaiah Haddad scored – CCC 4, MACU 1
• Bottom 1^st – MACU – Korbin Gilliland grounded out to 3b, RBI; Edgar Martinez scored – CCC 4, MACU 2
• Bottom 3^rd – MACU – Julian Fernandez homered to left, 2 RBI; Edgar Martinez scored – MACU 5, CCC 4
• Bottom 3^rd – MACU – Korbin Gilliland scored on a wild pitch – MACU 6, CCC 4
• Top 4^th – CCC – Tyler Cowdrey grounded out to ss, RBI; Josh Clyden scored – MACU 6, CCC 5
• Top 4^th – CCC – Christopher Sanchez singled to shallow right, RBI; Trystin Gilbert scored – MACU 6, CCC 6
• Bottom 4^th – MACU – Yan Ely Adames homered to left, 2 RBI; Isaiah Haddad scored – MACU 8, CCC 6
• Bottom 4^th – MACU – Joshua Fernandez singled to left, RBI; Payton Walk scored – MACU 9, CCC 6
• Top 5^th – CCC – Tyler Cowdrey homered to left, 3 RBI; Mason Seay scored, Jose Esparza scored – MACU 9, CCC 9
• Bottom 5^th – MACU – Brandon Reese scored on error by c – MACU 10, CCC 9
• Bottom 5^th – MACU – Edgar Martinez homered to left, 2 RBI; Isaiah Haddad scored – MACU 12, CCC 9
• Bottom 5^th – MACU – Joshua Fernandez reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Yan Ely Adames scored – MACU 13, CCC 9
• Bottom 6^th – MACU – Isaiah Haddad scored on error by p – MACU 14, CCC 9
• Top 7^th – CCC – Koki Matsuda singled to ss; RBI; Michael Falcon scored – MACU 14, CCC 10
• Bottom 7^th – MACU – Joshua Fernandez hit a SAC fly to left, RBI; Yan Ely Adames scored – MACU 15, CCC 10
• Bottom 8^th – MACU – Brandon Reese bunt singles to p, advances to second on error by p; Ryan Fox scores on error – MACU 16, CCC 10
• Bottom 8^th – MACU – Isaiah Haddad singled thru hole at 2b; RBI; Brandon Reese scored – MACU 17, CCC 10
• Top 9^th – CCC – Josh Clyden scored on a wild pitch – MACU 17, CCC 11
• Top 9^th – CCC – Justin Taylor singled to rf, RBI; Koki Matsuda scored – MACU 17, CCC 12

GAME NOTES

• Mid-America Christian scored its 17 runs on 15 hits and committed five errors while Central Christian pushed across its 12 runs on 11 hits and committed four errors.
• The Evangels drew a season-high 12 walks while hitting the second-most home runs in a game this season (3).
• MACU also stole a season-high nine bases, with Isaiah Haddad and Brandon Reese nabbing three apiece. By getting three more stolen bags in the finale, Haddad tied Eridane Dune for the second-most steals in a single season (20) in the NAIA Era. The Fresno, Calif. product sits only behind Sam Lewis (39, 2010) for the most steals in a single season.
• Both Edgar Martinez and Joshua Fernandez drove in a season-high three RBIs apiece. Martinez smashed his second home run of the season in the three-RBI effort.
• Yan Ely Adames led the MACU bats by going 4-for-6, hitting his team-leading seventh homer of the season to drive in a pair of RBIs and scored three runs, bringing his season totals to 36 batted in while crossing home plate 29 times.
• The 29 combined runs made it the highest scoring game the Evangels have played in all season. The previous high came in MACU's 19-4 victory at Dallas Christian on Mar. 17.

NEXT UP

• Mid-America Christian will be back in-action on Monday as it will head down the road to Moore, Okla. to take on Randall in a non-conference doubleheader. The first game is slated for a 1 p.m. start.