CHICKASHA, Okla. – Senior starter Frensly Leito tied Keisy Portorreal's single-game strikeout record with 17 K's and tossed his second career complete-game shutout as the Mid-America Christian baseball team opened Sooner Athletic Conference play with a dominating 13-0 victory over Oklahoma Panhandle State at Bill Smith Ballpark on Friday night.
 
Mid-America Christian vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State
SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 13, Oklahoma Panhandle State
  • Mid-America Christian (9-5, 1-0 SAC)
  • Oklahoma Panhandle State (4-12, 0-1 SAC)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Frensly Leito (3-0)
• Loss: Austin Jacobs (2-2)

SCORING SUMMARY

• BTM 1^st – MACU – Blake Diggle hit a SAC fly to right, RBI; Andrew Enwiya scored – MACU 1, OPSU 0
• BTM 2^nd – MACU – Ryan Reed hit a SAC fly to center, reached on error by cf, RBI; Brandon Reese scored – MACU 2, OPSU 0
• BTM 2^nd – MACU – Anmi Ortega singled up the middle, 2 RBI; Ryan Reed scored; Christ Harris scored – MACU 4, OPSU 0
• BTM 2^nd – MACU – Isaiah Leon hit a SAC fly to right, RBI; Anmi Ortega scored – MACU 5, OPSU 0
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Chris Harris grounded out to third, RBI; Blake Diggle scored – MACU 6, OPSU 0
• BTM 6^th – MACU – Andrew Enwiya homered to left-center, 3 RBI; Anmi Ortega scored; Ryan Reed scored – MACU 9, OPSU 0
• BTM 6^th – MACU – Yan Ely Adames singled to right-center, 2 RBI; Payton Walk scored; Isaiah Leon scored – MACU 11, OPSU 0
• BTM 6^th – MACU – Ryan Reed doubled down rf line, RBI; Brandon Reese scored; Julian Martinez scored on error by 2b – MACU 13, OPSU 0

TOP PERFORMERS

• Frensly Leito – W, CG, SHO, 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 17 SO
• Andrew Enwiya – 3-3, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB
• Ryan Reed – 2-2, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB

GAME SUMMARY

• After Andrew Enwiya and Isaiah Leon reached on a one-out single and error, Blake Diggle drove in the first run of the game in the bottom of the first on a SAC fly to right, making it a 1-0 game.
• Oklahoma Panhandle State mustered its only threat of the game in the top of the second when Jonathan Applebury led off the inning with a double and Jhon Cabrera was hit by a pitch two batters later, but MACU starter Frensly Leito easily got out of the jam by striking out back-to-back batters to keep it a 1-0 game.
• The Evangels scratched across four runs in the bottom of the second, as Ryan Reed started the scoring spree by reaching on a dropped flyball by the center fielder to plate Brandon Reese before Anmi Ortega drove in both Reed and Chris Harris with a two-RBI single up the middle. Leon ended the scoring onslaught by hitting a sacrifice fly to right to bring home Ortega, making it a 5-0 MACU lead.
• With MACU maintaining a five-run lead, the two teams needed to wait out a 25-minute delay after the lights went out due to a power outage.
• After being denied a score in the third and the fourth, the Evangels got back on the board in the fifth. After Diggle was hit by a pitch, stole second and Devon Villanueva reached on an error to put runners at the corners, Harris brought in Diggle with a grounder to third to make it a 6-0 score.
• The Evangels ended the nine-inning game abruptly in the seventh after stringing together a seven-run sixth inning. Following a leadoff walks to Reed and Ortega, Andrew Enwiya cranked a three-run jack over the left-center field fence to extend it to 9-0. With runners at second and third after Leon single and a Villanueva double to right-center, Yan Ely Adames drove in two more with a single to right-center, stretching the edge to 11.
• Reed wrapped up the scoring with an RBI double down the right-field line to score Reese before Julian Martinez took advantage of a bad throw into the infield to score, wrapping up the 13-0 final.

GAME NOTES

• Mid-America Christian scored its 13 runs on 12 hits and no errors while Oklahoma Panhandle State notched just three hits and made five defensive miscues.
• Frensly Leito put together a historic day on the mound, as his 17 strikeouts tied former Sooner Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year Keisy Portorreal for the most K's in a single game in program history. Portorreal notched those 17 punchouts in an 8-0 win over Central Christian on Mar. 9, 2018.
• After allowing just three hits and one hit by pitch with no walks, Leito also became just the fifth MACU pitcher in program history to throw two complete-game shutouts during the NAIA Era (2008-present).
• Four different Evangels recorded multiple RBIs, led by Andrew Enwiya who went 3-for-3 and ripped his fifth home run of the season for three RBIs and scored a pair of runs to go with an intentional walk.
• Ryan Reed drove in two, going 2-for-2 with a double and a pair of runs, Yan Ely Adames slashed 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and Anmi Ortega finished 1-for-4 with two RBIs.
• With the victory, Mid-America Christian won its first SAC opener since topping Texas Wesleyan 4-2 on Mar. 3, 2017.

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will close out the series with a doubleheader against the Aggies on Saturday. The Evangels will open the day with a 1 p.m. first pitch at Tuttle High School.