OKLAHOMA CITY – No. 13 MACU Baseball team swept the day over Central Christian with a pair of wins to extend the win streak to 10 games behind 26 runs while holding the Tigers to nine.
 
GAME ONE
SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 8, Central Christian 6
  • Mid-America Chrisitan (14-5)
  • Central Christian (10-10)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Andrws Acosta (1-0)
• Loss: Armando Aguilar (2-2)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Cristopher Munoz -– 2-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
• Taiga Sakuma -– 2-3, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 SB
• Brett Justice -– 2-3, R, 2 RBI, BB
• Giordany Mendoza – 2-3, RBI
• Andrws Acosta – W, 1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO

SCORING SUMMARY

• TOP 1^st – CCCK – Braaedon Ulrich grounded into double play 1b to ss; Kurt Ippolito scored – CCCK 1, MACU 0
• BTM 1^st – MACU – Cristopher Munoz singled to third base, advanced to second on a throwing error by 3b; Taiga Sakuma advanced to third, scored on the error – MACU 1, CCCK 1
• BTM 1^st – MACU – D'Andre Gaines reached first on a dropped fly by cf, sacrifice fly, RBI; Cristopher Munoz scored – MACU 2, CCCK 1
• BTM 1^st – MACU – Brett Justice singled to right field, RBI; D'Andre Gaines scored – MACU 3, CCCK 1
• BTM 3^rd – MACU – Giordany Mendoza flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI; Brett Justice scored – MACU 4, CCCK 1
• BTM 4^th – MACU – Noel McGarry-Doyle singled through the right side, RBI; Taiga Sakuma scored – MACU 5, CCCK 1
• BTM 4^th – MACU – Brett Justice grounded out to 2b, RBI; Noel McGarry-Doyle scored – MACU 6, CCCK 1
• TOP ^6th – CCCK – Kurt Ippolito walked, RBI; Garrett Walton scored – MACU 6, CCCK 2
• TOP ^6th – CCCK – Iker Muniz grounded out to 2b, RBI; Kurt Ippolito advanced to second; Bo Daniel scored – MACU 6, CCCK 3
• TOP ^6th – CCCK – Braedon Ulrich homered to left field, 3 RBI; Kurt Ippolito scored; Cooper Sanders scored – MACU 6, CCCK 6
• BTM 7^th – MACU – Cristopher Munoz homered to left field, 2 RBI; Taiga Sakuma scored – MACU 8, CCCK 6

GAME NOTES

• Central Christian got on the board first in the top of the first, with first and third one-out, Braedon Ulrich grounded into a double play, however because Justice tagged first then fired to second it allowed Kurt Ippolito to cross the plate prior to the tagout at second, giving the Tigers an early 1-0 lead.
• Mid-America Christian responded with a three-spot in the bottom half of the inning in which CCCK committed three errors. Cristopher Munoz and Brett Justice added RBI singles in the inning providing MACU with a 3-1 lead after one complete.
• The Evangels strung together three straight singles in the bottom of the third by Justice, Payton Matthews and Carlos Medina, however they managed to push just one across after a sac fly to right by Gio Mendoza turned into a double play with right fielder James Perales gunning down Matthews at third trying to advance. Tigers starter Robert White then struck out Zach Stark to minimize the inning to just one run.
• Taiga Sakuma and Noel McGarry-Doyle singled in the fourth, McGarry-Doyles single scored Sakuma who advanced on a stolen bag. D'Andre Gaines then walked setting up first and second with one out for Justice. With the runners in motion on the pitch, Justice grounded hard to second base, and the speedy McGarry-Doyle and Gaines both advanced two bases, allowing McGarry-Doyle to score and Gaines to chug into third on a dive.
• In the top of the sixth Central Christian rallied for five runs including a game-tying three-run homer off the bat of Bradeon Ulrich.
• Andrws Acosta got the call in relief in the top of the seventh and worked around a leadoff single getting Cooper Sanders to strikeout stranding Braden Young at third.
• In the bottom of the seventh needing just one to win, after the first two were retired, Sakuma worked a two-out walk and then scored on a no-doubt towering shot over the left field wall off the bat of Munoz providing the Evangels with an 8-6 victory.
• Mid-America Christian banged 13 hits, 12 of which were singles. Central Christian had eight hits and committed three errors. Both teams left a lot of meat on the bone, with MACU leaving ten on base compared to nine left on for CCCK.
• MACU saw five starters record two hits, the bunch was led by Munoz and Justice. Munoz went 2-for-4 with a single and a homer driving in a pair.
• Brett Justice was the only other Evangel with multiple runs driven in, he went 2-for-3 with a walk and scored a run.
• Taiga Sakuma reached base four times, he went 2-for-3 with three runs and two walks. Sakuma also became the tenth MACU player to steal three bases in a game and the first since Andrew Enwiya accomplished the feat on Mar. 15, 2022 against Dallas Christian.
• Giordany Mendoza and Payton Matthews both added a pair of singles, Mendoza tacked on a stolen base as well.
• Noel McGarry-Doyle added an RBI single extending his hitting streak to nine games.
• Jesse Ortega added a pinch-hit single in his lone plate appearance.
• Getting the win in relief is Andrws Acosta for his first win of the 2025 campaign, he went one scoreless frame picking up a strikeout and allowing a hit.
• MACU stole a season high of seven bases, going 7-for-7 in attempts in the game.

GAME TWO
SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 18, Central Christian 3
  • Mid-America Christian (15-5)
  •  Central Christian (10-11)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Angel Miranda (2-1)
• Loss: Nicholas Clayson (3-1)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Noel McGarry-Doyle – 2-3, 2B, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI
• Conner Thompson – 1-1, 3 RBI, SF, 2 BB
• Taiga Sakuma – 2-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB
• Angel Miranda – W, 5 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 H, 4 SO, 0 BB
• Brett Justice – 2-2, 2B, HR, R, 2 RBI, BB
• D'Andre Gaines – 1-3, R, 2 RBI

SCORING SUMMARY

• BTM 1^st – MACU – D'Andre Gaines grounded out to 2b, RBI; Cristopher Munoz scored – MACU 1, CCCK 0
• BTM 1^st – MACU – Brett Justice homered to left field, 2 RBI; Noel McGarry-Doyle scored – MACU 3, CCCK 0
• BTM 3^rd – MACU – D'Andre Gaines flied out to right field, sacrifice fly, RBI; Taiga Sakuma scored – MACU 4, CCCK 0
• BTM 3^rd – MACU – Cristopher Munoz scored on a balk – MACU 5, CCCK 0
• TOP 4^th – CCCK – Iker Muniz doubled down the rf line, 2 RBI; Kurt Ippolito scored; Mason Bowden scored – MACU 5, CCCK 2
• TOP 4^th – CCCK – Noel Aquino reached first on a throwing error by 3b; Iker Muniz scored on the error – MACU 5, CCCK 3
• BTM 4^th – MACU – Conner Thompson fouled out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI; Carlos Medina scored – MACU 6, CCCK 3
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Giordany Mendoza walked, RBI; Julian Martinez scored – MACU 7, CCCK 3
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Conner Thompson singled up the middle, 2 RBI; Carlos Medina scored; Payton Matthews scored – MACU 9, CCCK 3
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Cristopher Munoz walked, RBI; Giordany Mendoza scored – MACU 10, CCCK 3
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Noel McGarry-Doyle homered to left field, 4 RBI; Cristopher Munoz scored; Taiga Sakuma scored; Dyson Kinnaman scored – MACU 14, CCCK 3
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Payton Matthews flied out to left field, sacrifice fly, RBI; D'Andre Gaines scored – MACU 15, CCCK 3
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Elijah Lee scored on a wild pitch – MACU 16, CCCK 3
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Taiga Sakuma doubled to right center, 2 RBI; Dyson Kinnaman scored; Giordany Mendoza scored – MACU 18, CCCK 3

GAME NOTES

• In the bottom of the first following a one-two-three inning from Angel Miranda, Cristopher Munoz reached base via a hit-by-pitch and advanced to third on Noel McGarry-Doyle's double in the left center field gap. D'Andre Gaines on the first pitch he saw grounded to second plating Munoz and then scored on Brett Justice's blast to left extending the lead to 3-0.
• Back-to-back walks to leadoff the third setup a second and third opportunity following a wild pitch by Nicholas Clayson, Gaines picked up his second RBI on a sac fly to right scoring Taiga Sakuma. Later in the frame with two outs, Munoz on third with Clayson working from the windup, broke for home prior to the delivery which stunned Clayson and forced him to balk, scoring Munoz and making it 5-0 in favor of the Evangels.
• The Tigers answered in the top of the fourth, scoring three to cut the lead to 6-3. CCCK scored two of the three on a double by Iker Muniz.
• Seeking some insurance in the bottom of the fifth, MACU got a whole lot of it. The Evangels batted around in the inning putting up 12 runs in the process to blow the game open with a 18-3 edge. Justice started it off with a double, Payton Matthews then singled, and Carlos Medina was drilled to load up the bases for Connor Thompson. Thompson delivered a single right back up the box scoring two. Sakuma then walked to load the bases back up and Munoz followed up with another walk to score the tenth run.
• With the bases juiced and nobody out, McGarry-Doyle hammered an opposite field homerun in the left-center gap making it 14-3 MACU. The Evangels pushed four more across in the inning, wrapping up scoring on a two-RBI double from Sakuma to make it 18-3 Evangels.
• Ryan Harney and Jaxon James finished the contest on the mound for MACU, Harney worked around a walk and single in the sixth and James fanned all three batters he saw in the seventh giving Mid-America Christian an 18-3 win.
• Noel McGarry-Doyle achieved four RBIs for the second time in his last four games, he went 2-for-3 with a double and a homer extending his hitting streak to ten games.
• Conner Thompson had four great at bats, he finished 1-for-1 with three runs driven in, two walks and a sac fly.
• Taiga Sakuma has now hit safely in five straight, he went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs, two RBIs, two walks and a stolen base.
• Brett Justice finished 2-for-2 with a double and homer, he also walked and stole a bag.
• D'Andre Gaines offered a pair of RBIs, he went 1-for-3 with a sac fly.
• Giordany Mendoza reached base three times, he went 1-for-2 with two runs, a RBI, and two walks.
• Payton Matthews became the first Evangel to reach 30 RBIs, he went 1-for-3 with a run and RBI.
• Cristopher Munoz and Dyson Kinnaman made an impact on the bases, Munoz scored three runs and Kinnaman added a pair of runs.
• Angel Miranda extended his win-loss record to 2-1, he threw five innings allowing three runs (two earned), while allowing two hits, striking out four and walking none.
• The Evangels push the season streak to double-figures at 10, while pushing the win streak to Central Christian to nine.

 
UP NEXT

• MACU aims for its eleventh consecutive victory as well as second straight SAC sweep tomorrow afternoon against CCCK with a first pitch slated for 12:00 p.m.