OKLAHOMA CITY – The No. 20 MACU Baseball Team pulled away with a massive 14-1 victory to complete the sweep over Texas Wesleyan Monday afternoon behind a stellar offensive performance and a great outing by Brock Cordes.
 
SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 14, Texas Wesleyan 1
  • Mid-America Christian (30-11, 16-5 SAC)
  • Texas Wesleyan (25-17, 10-11 SAC)

PITCHING DECISIONS

• Win: Brock Cordes (4-0)
• Loss: Noah Huerta (1-2)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Taiga Sakuma – 2-3, 3B, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB
• Brock Cordes – W, 6 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 3 BB, 6 SO
• D'Andre Gaines – 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
• Cristopher Munoz – 1-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, SB

 
SCORING SUMMARY

• BTM 1^st – MACU – D'Andre Gaines homered to right-center, RBI; Taiga Sakuma scored – MACU 2, TXWES 0
• BTM 3^rd – MACU – Taiga Sakuma homered to right, RBI – MACU 3, TXWES 0
• BTM 3^rd – MACU – Carlos Medina lined out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI; Cristopher Munoz scored – MACU 4, TXWES 0
• BTM 3^rd – MACU – Brett Justice singled to left field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; Noel McGarry-Doyle scored – MACU 5, TXWES 0
• BTM 4^th – MACU – Payton Matthews stole third, scored on a throwing error by c – MACU 6, TXWES 0
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Jonluke Hobdy singled through the right side, 2 RBI; Brett Justice advanced to second; D'Andre Gaines scored; Noel McGarry-Doyle scored – MACU 8, TXWES 0
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Giordany Mendoza reached on a fielder's choice to first base; Jason Thurman advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by ss – MACU 9, TXWES 0
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Conner Thompson doubled to right center, RBI; Elijah Lee scored – MACU 10, TXWES 0
• BTM 5^th – MACU – Cristopher Munoz homered to right center, 3 RBI; Taiga Sakuma scored; Dyson Kinnaman scored – MACU 13, TXWES 0
• TOP 6^th – TXWES – Brandon Rincones scored on a wild pitch – MACU 13, TXWES 1
• BTM 6^th – MACU – Taiga Sakuma walked, RBI; Jason Thurman scored – MACU 14, TXWES 1

GAME SUMMARY

• Mid-America Chirstian's starting pitcher Brock Cordes worked his way out of a first-and-third one-out jam by inducing an infield pop-up and strike out, keeping Texas Wesleyan off the board in the first.
• Taiga Sakuma started off the Evangel bats with a triple down the first-base line, setting up a great opportunity for MACU to score, D'Andre Gaines then brought Sakuma and himself home on a two-run blast to right-center, providing the Evangels with an early 2-0 lead.
• Sakuma welcomed Rams reliever Jacob Guzman into the game with a solo shot to right to lead off the third, Cristopher Munoz then reached on an error, and Noel McGarry-Doyle singled to center, making it first-and-third with nobody out. Carlos Medina then came up with a sac fly to left, plating Munoz and making it 4-0. After McGarry-Doyle swiped two, Brett Justice brought him home on a clutch two-out single to left, extending the advantage to 5-0 for the Evangels.
• Brock Cordes allowed his first hit of the contest in the fourth on a leadoff double to Ryan Flores, however he retired the next two and picked off Flores at second to retire the threat.
• The Evangels added on another in the fourth on back-to-back hits by Giordany Mendoza and Conner Thompson, Mendoza was thrown out at third trying to advance, but Payton Matthews courtesy ran for Thompson and scored after stealing third and scoring on the overthrow by the catcher, making it 6-0 MACU.
• MACU blew it open in the fifth, scoring seven runs on six hits including a two-RBI single by Jonluke Hobdy, an RBI double by Thompson and a three-run shot by Cristopher Munoz, extending the advantage to 13-0.
• Brandon Rincones began the sixth with a single and came around to score on a wild pitch, putting TXWES on the board.
• MACU got the run back in the bottom half of the frame, Medina and Jason Thurman singled, Payton Matthews walked and Taiga Sakuma scored Jason Thurman on a free pass.
• Bradley Waite was called upon from the MACU bullpen in the seventh and worked his way around a leadoff walk, tossing a scoreless frame and allowing the Evangels to wrap it up early by run rule with a 14-1 win.

GAME NOTES

• Mid-America Christian crushed a season-high of 16 hits while holding the Rams to just two of their own. MACU capitalized off of three Texas Wesleyan errors while making themselves. The Evangels left six on the basepaths while the Rams stranded seven.
• With just a pair of hits allowed, it marked the 13^th time the MACU pitching staff has allowed five or less hits in a game.
• The Evangels won the battle of extra-base hits at a 5-1 clip, banging three homers, a double and triple while giving up just one double to the Rams.
• Taiga Sakuma had two of the five extra-base hits, he went 2-for-3 with a triple, homer, a game-high three runs, two RBIs and two walks.
• Brett Justice led all players with three hits, he finished 3-for-3 with an RBI, it marked the second time Justice has recorded three or more hits this season with both games occurring at Putnam City High School.
• D'Andre Gaines went 2-for-4 with a homer, two runs and two runs driven in, his 11^th homer of the season marked 24 in his MACU career, tying Andrew Enwiya (2022-2023) for fifth all-time during the NAIA-era (2007-present).
• Cristopher Munoz drove in three with one swing on his 11^th blast of the season, he slashed 1-for-4 with two runs and a stolen base.
• Noel McGarry-Doyle scored twice after going 2-for-3 with a walk and stolen base.
• Jonluke Hobdy drove in a pair and stole a bag, he finished 1-for-3 on the day.
• Conner Thompson had another productive day, he went 2-for-4 with a double, he just missed a two-run shot on his single off the wall in the fourth.
• Brock Cordes pushed his season record to 4-0, he turned in one of his best outings of the season, going six innings allowing just one run on two hits, three walks and striking out six.
• With the victory MACU completed the first ever sweep over Texas Wesleyan, on top of the sweep it also marked the largest victory over the Rams by a 13-run margin.

UP NEXT

• MACU looks to win another conquer another SAC series win with a three-game series on the road against Nelson with a first pitch scheduled for Friday Apr. 11 at 3:00 p.m. in Waxahachie, Texas.