CHICKASHA, Okla. – The Mid-America Christian baseball team saw its season come to a close on Saturday night at Bill Smith Ballpark as the Evangels fell 14-1 to top-seeded and nationally 11^th-ranked Science & Arts before dropping an 11-8 to Southwestern Christian in the elimination game.
 
GAME ONE / Mid-America Christian vs. Science & Arts
SCORE

• Science & Arts 14, Mid-America Christian 1
  • Mid-America Christian (24-25)
  • Science & Arts (32-10)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Colton Williams (12-0)
• Loss: Brayan Garcia (3-3)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Yan Ely Adames – 3-4, 2B
• Isaiah Haddad – 2-4
• Brandon Reese – 1-3, R
• Joe Balak – 1-2, 2B

SCORING SUMMARY

• Top 3^rd – S&A – Joey Pena doubled down lf line, RBI; Ian Laureano scored – S&A 1, MACU 0
• Top 3^rd – S&A – Bailey Holbrook homered to left, 3 RBI; Cristian Laboy scored, Joey Pena scored – S&A 4, MACU 0
• Top 4^th – S&A – Cristian Laboy singled to right, RBI; Brandon Shumway scored – S&A 5, MACU 0
• Top 5^th – S&A – Jake Womack homered to left, RBI – S&A 6, MACU 0
• Top 6^th – S&A – Joey Pena singled to right-center, 2 RBI; Ian Laureano scored, Cristian Laboy scored – S&A 8, MACU 0
• Top 7^th – S&A – Brandon Shumway hit a SAC fly to center, RBI; Brock Henderson scored – S&A 9, MACU 0
• Top 8^th – S&A – Cristian Laboy homered, RBI – S&A 10, MACU 0
• Top 8^th – S&A – Joey Pena homered, RBI – S&A 11, MACU 0
• Top 8^th – S&A – Brock Henderson singled to center, RBI – S&A 12, MACU 0
• Top 8^th – S&A – Colton Bensch singled to center, 2 RBI; Bailey Holbrook scored, Brock Henderson scored – S&A 14, MACU 0
• Bottom 8^th – MACU – Julian Fernandez reached on an error by 3b, Brandon Reese scored – S&A 14, MACU 1

GAME NOTES

• Science & Arts scored its 14 runs on 13 hits and committed one error while the Evangels scored its lone run on eight hits and made two miscues.
• Senior centerfielder Yan Ely Adames notched his seventh game with at least three hits, going 3-4 with a double in the defeat.
• Junior Brayan Garcia suffered the loss to fall to 3-3 on the season, giving up five earned runs on three hits with six walks and five strikeouts over four innings in the start.
• Mid-America Christian split its season series with Science & Arts after the Evangels took 2-of-3 from the Drovers during the regular season.

 
GAME TWO / Mid-America Christian vs. Southwestern Christian
SCORE

• Southwestern Christian 11, Mid-America Christian 8
  • Mid-America Christian (24-26)
  • Southwestern Christian (42-11)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Jordan Bahnuk (4-1)
• Loss: Bernardo Moreno (2-3)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Payton Walk – 2-5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
• Yan Ely Adames – 3-5, HR, 2 RBI, R
• Isaiah Haddad – 3-5, 2B, RBI, R
• Joe Balak – 1-4, HR, 2 R, RBI, BB

SCORING SUMMARY

• Top 1^st – MACU – Julian Fernandez singled to center, RBI; Andres Gonzalez scored – MACU 1, SCU 0
• Top 3^rd – MACU – Joe Balak homered to left, RBI – MACU 2, SCU 0
• Bottom 3^rd – SCU – Leo Gallegos hit an infield single, RBI; Jabes Turner scored – MACU 2, SCU 1
• Bottom 3^rd – SCU – Clay Atwood homered to left, 4 RBI; Mitchell Bryant scored, Parker Henderson scored, Leo Gallegos scored – SCU 5, MACU 2
• Top 5^th – MACU – Yan Ely Adames homered to left, RBI – SCU 5, MACU 3
• Top 6^th – MACU – Isaiah Haddad singled to left-center, RBI; Payton Walk scored – SCU 5, MACU 4
• Top 6^th – MACU – Yan Ely Adames singled up the middle, RBI; Isaiah Haddad scored – MACU 5, SCU 5
• Top 7^th – MACU – Payton Walk homered to left, 3 RBI; Joe Balak scored, Grant Roberts scored – MACU 8, SCU 5
• Bottom 7^th – SCU – Clay Atwood singled up the middle, RBI; Parker Henderson scored – MACU 8, SCU 6
• Bottom 7^th – SCU – Tanner Long homered to right, 3 RBI; Clay Atwood scored, Dalton Herrera scored – SCU 9, MACU 8
• Bottom 8^th – SCU – Leo Gallegos homered to right, 2 RBI; Mitchell Bryant scored – SCU 11, MACU 8

GAME NOTES

• Mid-America Christian managed to out-hit Southwestern Christian as the Evangels scored their eight runs on 14 hits while the Eagles tallied their 11 runs on nine hits.
• The Evangels pitching staff as a whole struggled with its command, tying a season-high 11 walks, matching its previous high recorded in a 15-8 loss to Tabor (Kan.) at Dallas Christian on Mar. 20.
• Yan Ely Adames joined an exclusive club with his 12^th home run of the season on his solo blast in the fifth inning. Adames joins Jerry McNew and Adrian Bravo-Carmona, who were the only two MACU players to ever reach 12 homers in a season since the team joined the NAIA and SAC in 2008. McNew recorded a pair of 12-homer seasons in 2016 and 2017 while Bravo-Carmona notched a 12 home run season in 2011 after his program-record 14 homer season in 2010.
• Adames also finished with a pair of RBIs to finish with 55 on the season, marking the third-most in the NAIA era, sitting only behind McNew (63, 2017) and James Frederick (59, 2010) for the most driven-in during one season.
• In his final career start, Arcangel Soto closed out his MACU career with the program's third-most shutouts (2), fourth-most strikeouts (153), fifth-most starts (23) and seventh-most complete games (5). Soto was not issued a decision after allowing five earned runs on two hits, six walks and three strikeouts through 3.1 innings of work.
• Despite suffering the loss, Bernardo Moreno wrapped up his MACU career with the team's second-most saves (5), sixth-fewest hits allowed (71), ninth-fewest earned runs allowed (51), 10^th-most strikeouts (94) and 10^th-most games pitched (35).
• By finishing the season with a 24-26 (.480) record, the Evangels posted their second-best winning percentage in a year since 2008, sitting only behind last season's COVID-19 shortened campaign (21-10, .677).