HAWKINS, Texas – After suffering a heartbreaking 3-2 defeat in extra innings in the opening game, the Mid-America Christian baseball team was able to salvage a split with an 8-6 victory over Jarvis Christian on Monday to close out a 3-1 Texas road trip.
 
GAME ONE
SCORE

• Jarvis Christian 3, Mid-America Christian 2
  • Mid-America Christian (2-1)
  • Jarvis Christian (2-4)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Jalen Thomas (1-0)
• Loss: Cameron Brown (0-1)

SCORING SUMMARY

• BTM 2^nd – JCC – Zeke Holder singled up the middle, RBI; Jalen Thomas scored – JCC 1, MACU 0
• TOP 3^rd – MACU – Yan Ely Adames hit a SAC fly to center, RBI; Isaiah Leon scored – MACU 1, JCC 1
• BTM 3^rd – JCC – Alexis Bobyn hit a SAC fly to center, RBI; Yan Otero scored, unearned – JCC 2, MACU 1
• TOP 7^th – MACU – Yan Ely Adames hit a SAC fly to center, RBI; Amni Ortega scored – MACU 2, JCC 2
• BTM 8^th – JCC – Robert Addarich singled to first, RBI; Alexis Bobyn scored – JCC 3, MACU 2

TOP PERFORMERS

• Yan Ely Adames – 0-2, 2 RBI, 2 SF
• Isaiah Leon – 2-2, 3B, R, 2 BB
• Cameron Brown – L, 7.2 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 9 SO

GAME SUMMARY

• Mid-America Christian put together a major scoring threat in the top of the first after Amni Ortega led off with a walk and an Isaiah Leon double put runners at second and third with nobody out. However, MACU came up short after Blake Diggle popped into a double play when Ortega was thrown out trying to score on the play. A strikeout of Yan Ely Adames ensued as the Evangels were kept off the board.
• MACU put together another major scoring threat in the second. After Andrew Enwiya smacked a double to deep center and German Sepulveda drew a walk, Ryan Reed advanced the runners to second and third with one out on a SAC bunt. The Evangels came up empty as back-to-back strikeouts by JCC pitcher Cristobal Canela once again kept MACU scoreless.
• The Bulldogs gained the first lead of the game in the bottom half of the second. With Thomas on second and two outs, Zeke Holder slapped a base hit up the middle to score Thomas, making it a 1-0 JCC advantage.
• The Evangels managed to tie it up in the top of the third with another RBI slap from Adames. After Isaiah Leon bashed a one-out triple and Diggle was hit by a pitch, Adames flied a SAC fly to center to plate Leon and made it a 1-1 game.
• Jarvis Christian utilized some small ball of their own to recapture the edge in the bottom half of the third. With one out, Yan Otero, who reached on a walk, stole second and trotted down to third after a throwing error was made trying to catch him stealing. During the same at-bat, Alexis Bobyn also hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Otero and make it 2-1 in-favor of the Bulldogs.
• The Evangels struggled to find the game-tying run until putting together a rally in the top of the seventh. MACU managed to load the bases on a pair of walks by Ortega and Leon before Diggle reached on an infield single to load the bases for the Evangels slugger in Adames. Notching his second RBI of the game, Adames ripped a SAC fly to center to score Ortega from third to keep the Evangels hopes alive.
• In the eighth inning, Jarvis Christian threatened a walk-off at first when Yan Otero reached on an error to left and then trotted down to third on a Sean Rodriguez SAC bunt with just one out. After Bobyn drew a walk, Otero tried to score on a ball that got away from Adames, but the sleek defensive catcher was able to get the tag out before crossing home plate to put it at two outs.
• Unfortunately for the Evangels, they were unable to keep the Bulldogs off the board in the eight, as after Robert Morales-Candelario was hit by a pitch, Robert Addarich was able to get just enough on an infield single to plate Bobyn from second for the walk-off win.

GAME NOTES

• Jarvis Christian scored its three runs off six hits and played error-free baseball while the Evangels scored their two runs off five hits and committed three errors.
• Sophomore starter Cameron Brown pitched well despite suffering the loss, going a complete 7.2 innings and allowing just two earned runs on six hits, two walks and struck out a career-high nine batters.
• Yan Ely Adames was MACU's lone run producer, going 0-for-2 with two SAC flies.
• Isaiah Leon and Andrew Enwiya combined to hit four of the Evangels' five hits, as Leon went 2-for-2 with a triple, a run scored and also drew a pair of walks. Enwiya slashed 2-for-4 with a double.
• The Evangels suffered their first loss of the season in their first ever meeting against Jarvis Christian.

 
GAME TWO
SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 8, Jarvis Christian 6
  • Mid-America Christian (3-1)
  • Jarvis Christian (2-5)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Kelton Lachelt (1-0)
• Loss: Alvaro Pena (0-1)
• Save: Luuk ter Beek (1)

SCORING SUMMARY

• TOP 1^st – MACU – Yan Ely Adames doubled to left, RBI; Ryan Reed scored – MACU 1, JCC 0
• TOP 2^nd – MACU – Ryan Reed doubled to center, RBI; Caden Harris scored – MACU 2, JCC 0
• TOP 2^nd – MACU – Blake Diggle singled to right, 2 RBI; Isaiah Leon scored; Ryan Reed scored – MACU 4, JCC 0
• BTM 3^rd – JCC – Robert Addarich hit a SAC fly to center, RBI; Alexis Bobyn scored – MACU 4, JCC 1
• TOP 4^th – MACU – Yan Ely Adames hit a SAC fly to right, RBI; Brandon Reese scored – MACU 5, JCC 1
• BTM 4^th – JCC – Javonte Williams stole second; Sean Rodriguez stole home, scored – MACU 5, JCC 2
• BTM 4^th – JCC – Kaine Smith reached on an error by P; Raymond Palmero scored – MACU 5, JCC 3
• TOP 6^th – MACU – Yan Ely Adames hit by pitch, RBI; Isaiah Leon scored – MACU 6, JCC 3
• TOP 6^th – MACU – Andrew Enwiya walked, RBI; Ryan Reed scored – MACU 7, JCC 3
• TOP 6^th – MACU – Christian Guevara grounded out to SS, RBI; Blake Diggle scored – MACU 8, JCC 3
• BTM 6^th – JCC – Kaine Smith tripled to center, 2 RBI; Sean Rodriguez scored; Raymond Palmero scored – MACU 8, JCC 5
• BTM 7^th – JCC – Zeke Holder doubled to center, RBI; Jalen Thomas scored – MACU 8, JCC 6

TOP PERFORMERS

• Yan Ely Adames – 1-2, 2B, 3 RBI
• Ryan Reed – 2-4, 3 R, RBI
• Kelton Lachelt – W, 4 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, 8 SO

GAME SUMMARY

• Mid-America Christian opened the scoring right off the bat. Following a one-out single by Ryan Reed and a Blake Diggle walk, Yan Ely Adames smashed a double to left to give MACU the early 1-0 edge.
• Jarvis Christian threatened to tie after Yan Otero led off the bottom of the first with a triple, but MACU starter Kelton Lachelt clamped down by striking out three straight batters to get out of the jam.
• The Evangels carried the momentum into the second with a three-run frame. Following a Caden Harris triple and an Isiah Leon walk, Ryan Reed smacked an RBI single to center and advanced to second on the throw to make it a 2-0 game. Blake Diggle added two more on a single through the hole at third, scoring Leon and Reed to bring it to a 4-0 advantage.
• Jarvis Christian scratched a run across in the third on a Robert Addarich SAC fly, but the Evangels answered right back in the top of the fourth with Adames flying a SAC to right to plate Brandon Reese, bringing the lead back to 5-1.
• The Bulldogs clawed back in their half of the fourth by successfully executing a double steal to score Sean Rodriguez before Javonte Williams crossed on an Evangels error to close the gap to 5-3.
• In the sixth, the Evangels pushed across three crucial insurance runs. With the bases loaded, Adames notched his third RBI of the game when he was hit by a pitch to score Leon before Andrew Enwiya drew a walk to bring Reed home. MACU wrapped up its scoring on a Christian Guevara RBI groundout to short, scoring Diggle and making it an 8-3 contest.
• Jarvis Christian refused to give up as the Bulldogs scratched across a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth on a Kaine Smith 2-RBI triple before Zeke Holder tallied an RBI double in the seventh to bring it to 8-6.
• However, with the tying run at the plate, MACU closer Luuk ter Beek struck out Rodriguez to secure the win for the Evangels and earn his first career save at MACU.

GAME NOTES

• Mid-America Christian tallied its eight runs on eight hits with three errors while Jarvis Christian pushed across its six runs on 10 hits and made just one miscue.
• Yan Ely Adames continued to swing a hot bat to start off the season, driving in a season-high three RBIs on a 1-for-2 day with a double from the plate. Adames currently leads the team with eight driven in to go with a .500 season batting average at the end of the day.
• The trio of runs scored by Ryan Reed following his 2-for-4 day tied for the most runs scored by a MACU player in the early season.
• Blake Diggle was a tough out for MACU all game long, as he slashed 1-for-2 with a pair of RBIs and drew three walks while scoring a run.

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will prepare to make another trip down to Texas this weekend as the Evangels will head to San Antonio on Friday for a four-game series against Our Lady of the Lake at the Missions Baseball Academy. The series will start off with a Friday doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.