OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mid-America Christian baseball team made a pair of strong comebacks against No. 4 seed Texas Wesleyan at the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament opener on Friday night, but the Evangels eventually fell 12-10 to the Rams at Jim Wade Stadium on the campus of Oklahoma City University.
 
Mid-America Christian vs. Texas Wesleyan
SCORE

• Texas Wesleyan 12, Mid-America Christian 10
  • Mid-America Christian (30-19)
  • Texas Wesleyan (34-17)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Garrett Moltzan (3-1)
• Loss: Kelton Lachelt (7-4)

SCORING SUMMARY

• TOP 1^st – TWU – Kevin Santiago homered to right, 2 RBI; Joseph Barfield scored – TWU 2, MACU 0
• TOP 2^nd – TWU – Greyson Barrett doubled down rf line, RBI; Tomas Sanchez scored – TWU 3, MACU 0
• BTM 2^nd – MACU – Andres Gonzalez hit a SAC fly to center, RBI; Christian Guevara scored – TWU 3, MACU 1
• TOP 3^rd – TWU – Marcos Sanchez tripled to left-center, RBI; Kevin Santiago scored – TWU 4, MACU 1
• BTM 3^rd – MACU – German Sepulveda doubled to left, RBI; Ryan Reed scored – TWU 4, MACU 2
• BTM 3^rd – MACU – Yan Ely Adames doubled to right, RBI; German Sepulveda scored – TWU 4, MACU 3
• TOP 4^th – TWU – Manny Luna singled to left-center, RBI; Greyson Barrett scored – TWU 5, MACU 3
• TOP 4^th – TWU – Joseph Barfield doubled to right, RBI; Manny Luna scored – TWU 6, MACU 3
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Andrew Enwiya homered to left, RBI – TWU 6, MACU 4
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Yan Ely Adames homered to right, 2 RBI; German Sepulveda scored – MACU 6, TWU 6
• TOP 6^th – TWU – Carson Cheaney hit a SAC fly to center, RBI; Greyson Barrett scored – TWU 7, MACU 6
• BTM 6^th – MACU – Andres Gonzalez homered to left, RBI – MACU 7, TWU 7
• TOP 7^th – TWU – Jose Sosa singled thru left side, RBI; Joseph Barfield scored – TWU 8, MACU 7
• TOP 7^th – TWU – Kevin Santiago scored on a throwing error by c – TWU 9, MACU 7
• TOP 7^th – TWU – Tomas Sanchez hit a SAC fly to right, RBI; JD Padgett scored – TWU 10, MACU 7
• BTM 7^th – MACU – Andres Gonzalez walked, RBI; Andrew Enwiya scored – TWU 10, MACU 8
• BTM 7^th – MACU – Payton Walk walked, RBI; Christian Guevara scored – TWU 10, MACU 9
• BTM 7^th – MACU – Isaiah Leon hit-by-pitch, RBI; Devon Villanueva scored – MACU 10, TWU 10
• TOP 8^th – TWU – Joseph Barfield homered to left, 2 RBI; Jake Ervin scored – TWU 12, MACU 10

TOP PERFORMERS

• Yan Ely Adames – 3-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, R, BB
• Andres Gonzalez – 1-2, HR, 3 RBI, R, 2 BB
• Andrew Enwiya – 3-5, 2B, HR, RBI, 2 R,

GAME NOTES

• Texas Wesleyan scored its 12 runs on 13 hits while the Evangels pushed across their 10 runs on 12 hits and committed one error.
• After being out of the lineup for the last two weeks due to injury, the Evangels received strong production from their top bat in Andrew Enwiya, as the senior left fielder went 3-for-5 with a double, a homer, an RBI and two runs scored.
• Senior catcher Yan Ely Adames had a stellar day from the plate as well, going 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, three RBIs, a run and a walk drawn.
• Senior second baseman Andres Gonzalez also put together one of his most productive offensive performances of the season, batting 1-for-2 with three RBIs, a run and a pair of walks.
• The MACU pitching staff struggled to slow down the red-hot Rams bats as the first four MACU pitchers allowed 12 runs, 11 earned on 13 hits with two walks and six strikeouts over 7.1 innings. Kelton Lachelt suffered the loss, falling to 7-4 after allowing two earned runs on a hit and hit-by-pitch in one-third of an inning.
• Despite the pitching woes, MACU got a strong relief appearance from Chase Zienin, who didn't allow a single hit, walk or run while striking out three over 1.2 innings of work.
• Mid-America Christian continued to have tough luck against the Rams, as Texas Wesleyan has defeated MACU four times this season and the Evangels losing streak to TWU swelled to 10 games.

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will now face an elimination game on Saturday as the Evangels will take on Oklahoma Panhandle State at 11 a.m. inside Jim Wade Stadium.