CHICKASHA, Okla. – The Mid-America Christian baseball team struggled to get the bats going against No. 14 Science & Arts at Bill Smith Ballpark as the Evangels fell in both games of the doubleheader 4-1 and 7-1 on Saturday.
 
GAME ONE
SCORE

• Science & Arts 4, Mid-America Christian 1
  • Mid-America Christian (22-9, 10-4 SAC)
  • Science & Arts (20-8, 10-4 SAC)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Kaden Alexander (4-2)
• Loss: Frensly Leito (5-1)

SCORING SUMMARY

• BTM 1^st – USAO – Joey Pena grounded out to 2b, RBI; Brock Henderson scored – USAO 1, MACU 0
• BTM 4^th – USAO – Jake Womack scored on a wild pitch – USAO 2, MACU 0
• BTM 5^th – USAO – Luis Pelayo homered to right, 2 RBI; Gage Gaunt scored – USAO 4, MACU 0
• TOP 7^th – MACU – Ryan Reed homered to right, RBI – USAO 4, MACU 1

TOP PERFORMERS

• Ryan Reed – 1-3, HR, RBI, R
• Blake Diggle – 1-3, 2B
• Austin Wood – 1-3, 2B
• Frensly Leito – L, 5 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 4 SO

GAME NOTES

• Science & Arts scored its four runs on six hits and committed an error while the Evangels scored their lone run on four hits and made two miscues.
• Senior starting pitcher Frensly Leito suffered his first loss of the season on the mound, allowing four runs, three earned on six hits, one walk and struck out four in five innings of work.
• The lone Evangels run came off the bat of Ryan Reed with two outs in the top of the seventh, drilling his fourth home run of the season on a solo shot to right.
• Three of the four Evangels hits were of the extra base variety as Blake Diggle and Austin Wood also smacked doubles in the contest.
• Trailing 1-0, MACU had a golden opportunity with runners at the corners and no one out, but Payton Walk was thrown out at home on a fielder's choice groundout to third and after moving runners to second and third with two outs later in the inning, pinch-hitter German Sepulveda came up empty with a strikeout to end the inning.
• The Drovers scored an insurance run in the bottom of the fourth on a wild pitch with runners at second and third with two outs on a wild pitch before Luis Pelayo came up with a two-run home run in the fifth to give the Drovers their largest lead at 4-0.

GAME TWO
SCORE

• Science & Arts 7, Mid-America Christian 1
  • Mid-America Christian (22-10, 10-5 SAC)
  • Science & Arts (21-8, 11-4 SAC)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Drew Schaver (6-2)
• Loss: Cameron Brown (0-5)

SCORING SUMMARY

• TOP 3^rd – MACU – Blake Diggle singled thru right side, RBI; Ryan Reed scored – MACU 1, USAO 0
• BTM 3^rd – USAO – Joey Pena singled up the middle, RBI; Brock Henderson scored – MACU 1, USAO 1
• BTM 3^rd – USAO – Luis Pelayo scored on a passed ball – USAO 2, MACU 1
• BTM 4^th – USAO – Luis Pelayo singled up the middle, RBI; Gage Gaunt scored – USAO 3, MACU 1
• BTM 5^th – USAO – Gage Gaunt doubled to right-center, 2 RBI; Luke Lewis scored; Gabriel Arroyo scored – USAO 5, MACU 1
• BTM 6^th – USAO – Luis Pelayo scored on a wild pitch – USAO 6, MACU 1
• BTM 6^th – USAO – Gabriel Arroyo doubled to left-center – USAO 7, MACU 1

TOP PERFORMERS

• Blake Diggle – 2-3, RBI
• Isaiah Leon – 2-3
• Ryan Reed – 1-3, R

GAME NOTES

• Science & Arts pushed across its seven runs on 11 hits to go with one error while MACU scored its lone run on six hits and also made one defensive mistake.
• Blake Diggle produced the Evangels only run of the game with a go-ahead RBI single to score Ryan Reed, giving MACU a 1-0 advantage.
• Science & Arts scored seven unanswered runs over the final four innings.
• Cameron Brown suffered the loss in the start, allowing two runs, one earned on five hits to go with two walks over three innings.
• Diggle and Isaiah Leon were the only Evangels to notch multiple hits with each coming away with two.
• By suffering the defeat, the Evangels fell 2-1 in the season series to the Drovers.

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will return home on Tuesday, Apr. 5 as the Evangels will host Friends for a 2 p.m. first pitch at the MACU Baseball Field.