OKLAHOMA CITY – The MACU baseball team will face off against Tabor for a 1 p.m. first pitch in its last non-conference game before the start of Sooner Athletic Conference play as at the MACU Baseball Field on Tuesday.
 
SEASON REPORT

• Record: 9-4
• Last Game: Won vs. Friends (Kan.) – 11-1 (7 Inn) – Feb. 20, 2024 – MACU Baseball Field
• Top Performers (Hitting):
  • Kyle Williams – JR – OF
    • .463 BA (19-41), 6 2B, 2 HR, 15 RBI, 11 R, 8 BB, 2 SB, .540 OB%, .756 SLG%
  • D'Andre Gaines – SO – OF
    • .462 BA (18-39), 4 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 16 R, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 4 SB, .512 OB%, .821 SLG%
  • Noel McGarry-Doyle – JR – OF
    • .385 BA (15-39), 3 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 14 R, 7 BB, 1 HBP, 3 SB, .489 OB%, .718 SLG%
• Top Performers (Pitching):
  • Isaac Baez – SR – RHP
    • 3-1 W-L, 2.70 ERA, 4 APP, 4 GS, 20.0 IP, 13 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 8 BB, 28 SO, .178 OBA
  • Carlos Escobosa – JR – RHP
    • 2-0 W-L, 0.00 ERA, 3 APP, 1 GS, 10.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 18 SO, .088 OBA
  • Cameron Brown – SR – RHP
    • 1-0 W-L, 1.00 ERA, 3 APP, 1 GS, 9.0 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 10 SO, .242 OBA
• Team Notes:
  • Mid-America Christian returns to action after a full week off as the Evangels are coming off an 11-1 victory over Friends in their home-opener at the MACU Baseball Field on Feb. 20.
  • That victory for the Evangels set an NAIA Era (2008-present) program record as MACU notched its fifth-straight win while scoring double-digit runs, marking the most wins in a row that MACU had scored double-digit runs.
  • In-between MACU's 18-1 win at Southwestern and 11-1 victory over Friends, sophomore outfielder D'Andre Gaines was named the Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Week after batting 7-for-9 (.778) while slugging a double and two homers for two RBIs and five runs scored.
  • Cameron Brown got the midweek start against the Falcons and in that win, Brown tossed six innings and allowed only one unearned run on four hits with a walk and seven strikeouts.

SCOUTING REPORT
(RV) Tabor (Kan.)

• Record: 6-6
• Last Game: Won vs. (RV) McPherson (Kan.) – 24-9 – Feb. 25, 2024 – Hillsboro, Kan.
• Series vs MACU (2019-): Tabor leads 4-2
• Last Game vs MACU: Tabor won 6-0 – Feb. 11, 2023 – Sterlington, La.
• Players to Watch (Hitting):
  • Tyler Mata Lloyd – SR – INF
    • .500 BA (20-40), 2 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 20 R, 9 BB, 2 HBP, 10 SB, .608 OB%, .700 SLG%
  • Isaiah Cohens – JR – INF
    • .414 BA (12-29), 1 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 11 R, 5 BB, 3 SB, .486 OB%, .552 SLG%
  • Miguel Ramos III – SR – 3B
    • .409 BA (9-22), 1 HR, 7 RBI, 7 R, 3 BB, 2 HBP, .519 OB%, .545 SLG%
• Players to Watch (Pitching):
  • Sergio Gutierrez – JR – RHP
    • 0-0 W-L, 4.76 ERA, 4 APP, 2 SV, 11.1 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 8 SO, .220 OBA
  • Payton Tinkler – SR – RHP
    • 2-2 W-L, 4.84 ERA, 4 APP, 4 GS, 22.1 IP, 25 H, 15 R, 12 ER, 2 BB, 18 SO, .281 OBA
  • Cutter Smith – SR – RHP
    • 3-1 W-L, 6.53 ERA, 4 APP, 4 GS, 20.2 IP, 24 H, 16 R, 15 ER, 6 BB, 19 SO, .296 OBA
• Team Notes:
  • Tabor is coming off a dominant home sweep over McPherson this past weekend, winning the three-game series 17-6, 29-5 and 24-9.
  • The Bluejays feature the top hitting lineup from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC), also being one of the best hitting teams in the NAIA ranking seventh in team batting average (.352) and 11^th in team on-base percentage (.454) while averaging 9.5 runs per game. However, Tabor has struggled on the mound so far in 2024, posting a 6.41 team ERA.
  • The biggest bat in Tabor's lineup this season has been senior infielder Tyler Mata Lloyd, who is posting a .500 batting average, a .608 on-base percentage and a .700 slugging percentage while driving in 12 runs, scoring 20 times and has stolen 10 bases.
  • No pitcher who has thrown more than two innings owns lower than a 4.00 ERA as reliever Sergio Gutierrez possesses the team's lowest ERA at 4.76 in 11.1 innings of work. Payton Tinkler and Cutter Smith have notched five of Tabor's six wins.
  • Mid-America Christian and Tabor will be facing off for just the seventh time in program history as the Bluejays own a slim 4-2 lead in the all-time series. The last time the two teams played each other came at last year's Cajun Collision when Tabor came away with the 6-0 win on Feb. 11. The last time the two teams met at the MACU Baseball Field, the two squads split a doubleheader with MACU winning 8-6 before falling 10-1 on Apr. 9, 2019.