OKLAHOMA CITY – The MACU baseball team will be back on the road this weekend for a crucial Sooner Athletic Conference series at Wayland Baptist. The three-game slate will be played at Wilder Field in Plainview, Texas with the series opening with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. on Friday before concluding with a noon contest on Saturday.
 
MACU SEASON REPORT

• Record: 29-8 (11-4 SAC)
• Last Game: Won vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State – 3-1 – Apr. 1, 2023 – MACU Baseball Field
• Top Performers (Hitting):
  • Noel McGarry-Doyle – SO – OF
    • .386 BA (39-101), 7 2B, 3 3B, 6 HR, 31 RBI, 41 R, 23 BB, 9 HBP, 12 SB, .526 OB%, .693 SLG%
  • Conner McKinney – JR – 1B
    • .345 BA (39-113), 8 2B, 5 HR, 28 RBI, 19 R, 10 BB, 6 HBP, .426 OB%, .549 SLG%
  • Andrew Enwiya – SR – OF
    • .337 BA (28-83), 4 2B, 6 HR, 25 RBI, 23 R, 23 BB, 11 HBP, .512 OB%, .602 SLG%
• Top Performers (Pitching):
  • Isaac Baez – JR – RHP
    • 7-1 W-L, 3.31 ERA, 10 APP, 10 GS, 2 CG, 2 SHO, 54.1 IP, 54 H, 23 R, 20 ER, 6 BB, 63 SO, .250 OBA
  • Cameron Brown – JR – RHP
    • 4-4 W-L, 3.64 ERA, 9 APP, 9 GS, 1 CG, 1 SHO, 47.0 IP, 41 H, 21 R, 19 ER, 16 BB, 42 SO, .234 OBA
  • Kelton Lachelt – JR – RHP
    • 4-1 W-L, 6 SV, 3.12 ERA, 13 APP, 17.1 IP, 17 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 13 SO, .254 OBA
• Team Notes:
  • Mid-America Christian completed back-to-back sweeps with a home series last week. After sweeping three games at Central Christian two weeks ago, the Evangels picked up a 5-4, 12-0, 3-1 sweep over Oklahoma Panhandle State last weekend.
  • Junior starter Isaac Baez has continued to make a historic move on the mound for the Evangels during the mid-season. By tossing his second complete-game shutout of the season on Saturday, Baez extended his scoreless inning streak to 22 innings, breaking MACU legend Keisy Portorreal for the most consecutive scoreless innings for a pitcher in the NAIA Era (2007-present).
  • Baez also became just the fourth MACU pitcher in the same time frame to record two or more shutouts in a season and is the third different MACU pitcher to do so in the last three years after Brad White (3) in 2021 and Frensly Leito (2) in 2022.
  • The Santa Maria, California native also enters the weekend as the top pitcher in the NAIA in strikeout to walk ratio. With 63 strikeouts and just six walks, Baez holds a 10.5 ratio, sitting as the only player in the NAIA with a more than 10-to-1 ratio.
  • Currently, sophomore outfielder Noel McGarry-Doyle enters the weekend as the only player that ranks in the SAC Top 10 in batting average (.386, 9^th), on-base percentage (.526, 2^nd), slugging percentage (.693, 6^th), runs (41, 2^nd) and stolen bases (12, 7^th).

SCOUTING REPORT
Wayland Baptist (Texas)

• Record: 22-12 (7-5 SAC)
• Last Game: Won at No. 23 SW Assemblies of God (Texas) – 10-7 – Apr. 2, 2023 – Waxahachie, Texas
• Series vs MACU (2008-): WBU leads 33-12
• Last Game vs MACU: WBU won 4-3 – Mar. 13, 2023 – Plainview, Texas
• Players to Watch:
  • Arturo Disla – SO – 1B
    • .426 BA (46-108), 16 2B, 8 HR, 48 RBI, 23 R, 14 BB, 2 HBP, 9 SB, .484 OB%, .796 SLG%
  • Jake Green – SR – C
    • .340 BA (35-103), 13 2B, 8 HR, 32 RBI, 18 R, 8 BB, 8 HBP, 4 SB, .418 OB%, .699 SLG%
  • Delvis Claudio – SO – 3B
    • .330 BA (29-88), 4 2B, 3 HR, 16 RBI, 21 R, 17 BB, 4 HBP, 5 SB, .459 OB%, .477 SLG%
• Players to Watch (Pitching):
  • Tyler Wade – SO – P
    • 2-1 W-L, 2.51 ERA, 7 APP, 7 GS, 2 CG, 1 SHO, 32.1 IP, 22 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 13 BB, 57 SO, .182 OBA
  • Ty Jackson – SR – P
    • 6-2 W-L, 3.19 ERA, 9 APP, 9 GS, 7 CG, 1 SHO, 62.0 IP, 57 H, 25 R, 22 ER, 16 BB, 60 SO, .246 OBA
  • Nathan Baca – SO – P
    • 3-1 W-L, 6.19 ERA, 11 APP, 5 GS, 36.1 IP, 39 H, 29 R, 25 ER, 19 BB, 31 SO, .271 OBA
• Team Notes:
  • Wayland Baptist is coming off a tough showing at No. 23 Southwestern Assemblies of God last weekend as the Pioneers opened the series with a pair of losses 3-0 and 9-6 in a doubleheader on Apr. 1 before putting up a three-run ninth inning in the series finale to salvage a 10-7 win on Apr. 2.
  • The Pioneers rank in the middle of the pack in the SAC in batting average (.297, 5^th) and on-base percentage (.404, 5^th), but are one of three teams in the league slugging above .500 (.503, 3^rd). WBU is also a solid pitching team, ranking fourth in the league in ERA (4.96) while also tallying the fourth-best fielding percentage (.959).
  • WBU is led by arguably the best bat in the SAC in sophomore first baseman Arturo Disla, who is posting a SAC-leading .426 batting average and a league-best .796 slugging percentage while also ranking second in the conference in doubles (16), second in home runs (8) and third in RBIs (48).
  • Ty Jackson has also been one of the better arms in the SAC this season, posting the league's fifth-best qualifying ERA (3.19) while effectively striking out 60 batters to only 16 walks issued.
  • Even though Wayland Baptist leads the all-time series, the Evangels will be looking to replicate the same success they had in Plainview last season. In last year's series from Mar. 12-13, the Evangels were able to come away with a pair of 4-3 victories before dropping a 4-3 decision in the finale to pick up the squad's first series win over the Pioneers since 2018.