OKLAHOMA CITY – No. 20 MACU Baseball hits the road for the last midweek and non-conference matchup of the 2025 campaign with a nine-inning game at McPherson with a first pitch slated for 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. 
MACU SEASON REPORT

• Record: 32-12, (18-6 SAC)
• Last Game: Won @ Nelson – 6-2 – Apr. 12, 2025 – Waxahachie, Texas
• Stat Leaders (Hitting):
  • Noel McGarry-Doyle – SR – OF
    • .420 BA (58-138), 5 2B, 8 HR, 50 RBI, 42 R, 30 BB, 13 HBP, .555 OBP%, .652 SLG%, 1.207 OPS%, 27 SB
  • Cristopher Munoz – SR – 2B
    • .400 BA (52-130), 9 2B, 12 HR, 40 RBI, 51 R, 21 BB, 11 HBP, .506 OB%, .746 SLG% 1.252 OPS%, 16 SB
  • Carlos Medina – SR – SS
    • .360 BA (40-111), 10 2B, 8 HR, 30 RBI, 24 R, 12 BB, 11 HBP, .444 OB%, .619 SLG% 1.063 OPS%
• Stat Leaders (Pitching):
  • Fabian Hernandez – JR – LHP
    • 2.95 ERA, 6-1 W-L, 12 APP, 10 GS, 2 CG, 1 SV, 61.0 IP, 58 H, 27 R, 10 ER, 27 BB, 68 SO, .252 OBA
  • Brock Cordes – SR – RHP
    • 5.64 ERA, 4-0 W-L, 12 APP, 8 GS, 44.2 IP, 38 H, 28 R, 28 ER, 21 BB, 40 SO, .222 OBA
  • Andrew Long – SR – RHP
    • 5.77 ERA, 7-3 W-L, 15 APP, 8 GS, 39.0 IP, 37 H, 28 R, 25 ER, 20 BB, 38 SO, .252 OBA
• Team Notes:
  • Mid-America Christian comes off another SAC series win by taking two-of-three at Nelson over last weekend. MACU nearly completed the sweep but fell short in the 8-7 extra-inning lose in game two of the doubleheader Friday. The Evangels bounced back with a 6-2 victory Saturday afternoon behind great pitching performances by Fabian Hernandez and Brock Cordes.
  • Hernandez brought his team leading ERA down to 2.95 after tossing six innings, allowing two runs on seven hits, a pair of walks and nine punchouts. Hernandez not only leads the MACU arms in runs per game, but the whole SAC as well. The southpaw also cracks the top ten in innings (6^th), strikeouts (7^th), innings (7^th) and he is tied for 6^th in wins with six.
  • Cordes wrapped up a strong week after picking up the three-inning save on no runs in the 6-2 win in game three, Cordes overall logged nine innings on the week after throwing six shutout against Texas Wesleyan on Monday. His final line was nine innings, giving up just one run on four hits, six walks and nine K's.
  • A couple of left-handed bats had strong weeks for MACU, including Taiga Sakuma and Noel McGarry-Doyle. Sakuma was an on-base machine, he went 4-for-10 in the box, but was walked seven times, allowing him to pick up six RBIs and seven runs. Noel McGarry-Doyle lifted his average up to .420 behind going 8-for-17 over his last four games. McGarry-Doyle stole five bases as well, bringing his stolen base total to 27, which was more than his past two previous combined at 26, and is one shy of teammate Payton Matthews for a SAC lead.

SCOUTING REPORT
McPherson

• Record: 21-21, (15-14 KCAC)
• Last Game: Lost vs Oklahoma Wesleyan – 25-12 – Apr. 12, 2025 – McPherson, Kan.
• Series vs MCPH (2014-): MACU leads 5-5
• Last Game vs MACU: MACU won 13-3 – Apr. 1, 2025 – Oklahoma City
• Players to Watch (Hitting):
  • Colt Sussex-Uphold – JR – OF
    • .427 BA (53-124), 9 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, 39 RBI, 38 R, 8 BB, 8 HBP, .486 OB%, .798 SLG%, 1.284 OPS%, 7 SB
  • Marcus Patton – SR – OF
    • .376 BA (47-125), 5 2B, 4 HR, 25 RBI, 23 R, 12 BB, .443 OBP%, .512 SLG% 0.955 OPS%
  • Jace Essig – SR – OF
    • .389 BA (56-144), 13 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, 42 RBI, 53 R, 15 BB, 19 HBP, .500 OBP%, .778 SLG%, 1.278 OPS%, 17 SB
• Players to Watch (Pitching):
  • Matthew Bomersback – JR – RHP
    • 5.25 ERA, 2-2 W-L, 13 APP, 10 GS, 48.0 IP, 52 H, 48 R, 28 ER, 34 BB, 17 HBP, 51 SO, .274 OBA
  • Matthew Vigil – JR – LHP
    • 6.38 ERA, 3-1 W-L, 8 APP, 2 GS, 1 SV, 24.0 IP, 32 H, 18 R, 17 ER, 15 BB, 26 SO, .327 OBA
• Team Notes:
  • McPherson enters with an even 21-21 record, coming off a three-game sweep on its home turf against the No. 14 ranked Oklahoma Wesleyan. The Bulldogs had a tough time taming the OKWU bats as they allowed 57 runs. The offense competed by scoring 32 of their own, but it was far from enough.
  • The Bulldogs are led by Colt Sussex-Uphold, the junior outfielder is leading McPherson's offense with a .427 average, including nine doubles, 11 homers, and 39 runs batted in. He is accompanied by Jace Essig, fellow outfielder Essig carries a .389 average on 13 two-baggers, a pair of triples and 11 homers. Sussex-Uphold did not appear in the first matchup amongst the teams back on April 1^st that resulted in a 13-3 MACU win.
  • On the mound McPherson enters with a staff ERA of 8.35. Matthew Bomersback carries the staff, he has a 5.25 ERA in 13 appearances with 10 starts. He got the starting nod against MACU on Apr. 1, he totaled 4.1 innings pitched on six runs (five earned), six hits, four walks and a strikeout.
  • MACU leads the all-time matchup 6-5 dating back to 2014 and looks to make it three straight wins dating back to the 2024 season.