WICHITA, Kan – The No. 18 MACU Baseball team finished out its non-conference schedule on the best of notes as the Evangels cruised to a 13-1 win over Friends at the Westside Athletic Field on Tuesday evening.
 
SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 13, Friends 1 (7 Inn)
  • Mid-America Christian (33-10)
  • Friends (28-21)

PITCHING DECISIONS

• Win: Cameron Brown (3-1)
• Loss: Elijah Hansen (0-1)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Noel McGarry-Doyle – 2-5, 3 RBI, R, SB
• Anthony Hampton – 1-3, HR, 3 RBI, R, BB
• Taiga Sakuma – 1-2, 2 RBI, 3 R, 3 BB, SB
• Jacob Police – 2-3, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
• D'Andre Gaines – 3-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R, BB
• Cameron Brown – W, 3 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 2 SO

SCORING SUMMARY

• TOP 2^nd – MACU – Carlos Medina homered to left, RBI – MACU 1, FRND 0
• TOP 3^rd – MACU – D'Andre Gaines doubled to left-center, RBI; Taiga Sakuma scored – MACU 2, FRND 0
• TOP 3^rd – MACU – Noel McGarry-Doyle singled thru right side, RBI; D'Andre Gaines scored – MACU 3, FRND 0
• TOP 4^th – MACU – Jacob Police homered to center, RBI – MACU 4, FRND 0
• TOP 4^th – MACU – Taiga Sakuma singled to right-center, 2 RBI; Joel Nieves scored; Guillermo Velasco scored – MACU 6, FRND 0
• TOP 4^th – MACU – Noel McGarry-Doyle singled to pitcher, RBI; Taiga Sakuma scored – MACU 7, FRND 0
• TOP 4^th – MACU – Anthony Hampton homered to right-center, 3 RBI; Noel McGarry-Doyle scored; D'Andre Gaines scored – MACU 10, FRND 0
• BTM 4^th – FRND – Zeke Henson homered to right, RBI – MACU 10, FRND 1
• TOP 5^th – MACU – Noel McGarry-Doyle grounded into fielder's choice, RBI; Joel Nieves scored – MACU 11, FRND 1
• TOP 5^th – MACU – Kyle Williams hit a sac fly to lf, RBI; Taiga Sakuma scored – MACU 12, FRND 1
• TOP 6^th – MACU – Jacob Police homered to center, RBI – MACU 13, FRND 1

GAME NOTES

• Mid-America Christian scored its 13 runs on 11 hits while Friends tallied its lone run on four hits and committed one error.
• After a scoreless first, Carlos Medina got the scoring going for the Evangels in the top of the first when he launched a solo homer over the left field wall to make it a 1-0 lead.
• MACU added two more in the top of the third as Taiga Sakuma started off the frame with a walk, stole second and then scored on D'Andre Gaines RBI double to left-center before Noel McGarry-Doyle slapped an RBI single through the right side to set the score to 3-0.
• The Evangels put the game out of reach with a seven-run fourth frame. After Jacob Police started off the onslaught with a lead-off solo homer to center, a Guillermo Velasco walk and Tanner Graves single set up Taiga Sakuma for a two-RBI single to right-center to extend the edge to 6-0.
• Following a Gaines single and a wild pitch moving both runners into scoring position, McGarry-Doyle notched his second RBI by hitting a sharp grounder up the middle that was knocked down by the pitcher and beat an infield single, setting the score to 7-0.
• Two batters later, Anthony Hampton ended the seven-run fourth with a three-run jack over the right-center field fence to swell the MACU lead to 10-0.
• The Falcons scored their only run of the game with a solo shot to right off the bat of Zeke Henson to start off the bottom of the fourth, making it 10-1.
• The Evangels immediately got the run back with some added insurance in the top of the fifth as MACU loaded the bases with a Graves hit-by-pitch, a Sakuma walk and a Gaines single to right before McGarry-Doyle grounded into an RBI fielder's choice out at second and Kyle Williams hit a sac fly to left bring it to a 12-1 game.
• Police wrapped up MACU's big scoring game with another leadoff homer over the center field wall in the top of the sixth before eventually closing out the 13-1 victory.
• For MACU starting pitcher Cameron Brown, it was a record-breaking day as the senior righty made his 36^th career start, moving alone atop the MACU record book ahead of Christian Hill (35, 2013-15) while also moving alone into third in career wins with his 14^th victory on the mound.
• Police became the 35^th MACU player in the NAIA Era to record two home runs in a game and is the second player this season to tally a pair of homers after McGarry-Doyle knocked out a pair at Oklahoma Panhandle State on Mar. 22.
• McGarry-Doyle and Hampton led the MACU bats with three RBIs apiece while Sakuma reached base four times on a two-RBI single and three walks and scored three runs.
• The Evangels swept the season series against Friends after MACU defeated the Falcons 11-1 at the MACU Baseball Field on Feb. 20. The Evangels also had a ton of success against Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference foes during the 2024 season as MACU improved to 7-2 against KCAC opponents.

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will return to Sooner Athletic Conference play on Friday as the Evangels will open a three-game series against Southwestern Christian to close out the regular season. Friday's doubleheader is slated for a noon start before wrapping up the slate at 1 p.m. on Saturday.