CHICKASHA, Okla. – The No. 19 MACU Baseball Team saw its run at back-to-back SAC Tournament come to an end Sunday afternoon with a 13-5 loss to Wayland Baptist at the Bill Smith Ball Park.
 
SCORE

• Wayland Baptist 13, Mid-America 5
  • Mid-America Christian (38-15)
  • Wayland Baptist (38-16)

PITCHING DECISIONS

• Win: Tate House (3-1)
• Loss: Andrws Acosta (2-6)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Carlos Medina – 2-5, R
• Cristopher Munoz – 2-4, HR, R, RBI, BB
• Zachary Stark – 2-2, BB

SCORING SUMMARY

• BTM 2^nd – MACU – Jonluke Hobdy lined out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI; D'Andre Gaines scored – MACU 1, WBU 0
• TOP 3^rd – WBU – Felix Polanco reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop, RBI; Riley Watson scored – WBU 1, MACU 1
• TOP 3^rd – WBU – Arcadio Frausto walked, RBI; S. Fabian advanced to second; Christian Toledo scored – WBU 2, MACU 1
• TOP 4^th – WBU – Devis Claudio doubled to left field, RBI; Riley Watson scored – WBU 3, MACU 1
• TOP 5^th – WBU – Felix Polanco homered to left field, RBI – WBU 4, MACU 1
• TOP 5^th – WBU – Samuel Fabian homered to left field, RBI – WBU 5, MACU 1
• TOP 5^th – WBU – Brayden Peyton doubled to right center, RBI; Edgard Bermudez scored – WBU 6, MACU 1
• TOP 5^th – WBU – Sinclair Pimentel scored on a wild pitch – WBU 7, MACU 1
• TOP 5^th – WBU – Raphael Beltre scored on a muffed throw by 1b – WBU 8, MACU 1
• TOP 5^th – WBU – Christian Toledo singled to shortstop, out at second ss to 2b to ss; Riley Watson scored on a fielding error by ss – WBU 9, MACU 1
• BTM 6^th – MACU – Cristopher Munoz homered to left, RBI – WBU 9, MACU 2
• BTM 6^th – MACU – Jesse Ortega walked, RBI; Noel McGarry-Doyle scored – WBU 9, MACU 3
• BTM 6^th – MACU – Elijah Lee reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; Carlos Medina scored – WBU 9, MACU 4
• TOP 7^th – WBU – Brayden Peyton homered to left field, 2 RBI; Sinclair Pimentel scored – WBU 11, MACU 4
• TOP 7^th – WBU – Christian Toledo doubled down the lf line, RBI; Riley Watson scored – WBU 12, MACU 4
• TOP 7^th – WBU – Felix Polanco flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI; Christian Toledo scored – WBU 13, MACU 4
• BTM 9^th – MACU – Taiga Sakuma scored on a wild pitch – WBU 13, MACU 5

GAME SUMMARY

• Things were scoreless through the first inning and a half until Mid-America Chrisitan nabbed the opening run behind the speed of D'Andre Gaines. After walking with one out and nobody on, Gaines stole second and then scored on a line drive down the right field line that was gloved on a slide by Samuel Fabian, however Gaines heads up baserunning enabled him to score all the way from second, crediting Jonluke Hobdy with an RBI sac fly.
• Wayland Baptist answered back with a two-spot in the third behind back-to-back singles by Riley Watson and Christian Toledo, after a popup the Pioneers loaded the bases on a walk and produced the two runs via a fielders choice and a walk to force in a run.
• Delvis Claudio drilled a two out double to left, allowing Watson to score and extend the lead to 4-1 in the fourth.
• WBU remained in rhythm on the offensive side, scoring six more in the fifth behind six hits, a walk and a MACU error. The inning was highlighted by back-to-back homers by Felix Polanco and Fabian.
• Cristopher Munoz started the sixth with a solo shot to left, the Evangels eventually added two more in the frame after loading them up on a pair of walks to Noel McGarry-Doyle and Jason Thurman along with a Carlos Medina single. Jesse Ortega worked a free-pass to execute a run in his pinch-hit appearance, extending the inning and making it a 9-3 game. With two outs and the bases remaining loaded, Elijah Lee chopped one to short that Sinclair Pimentel misfired to second, pulling Cooper Jauz off the bag and cutting the WBU lead to 9-4.
• The Pioneers threw four more runs on the scoreboard to once again break it open in the seventh off of five hits and an error by the MACU defense, putting Wayland ahead by a 13-4 advantage.
• MACU scratched one across in the ninth after three straight singles allowed Taiga Sakuma to score on a wild pitch, but the Evangels could not do much more, resulting in a 13-5 loss.

GAME NOTES

• Wayland Baptist outhit Mid-America Christian 15-9, the Evangels made four errors while WBU made one.
• It was overall not the best performance by the Evangels, they allowed seven extra-base hits and tied a season-high with nine walks allowed.
• MACU stranded nine on base while WBU left 11 on the basepaths.
• The Pioneers success was greatly due to the bottom of their lineup, their six through nine hitters all finished the contest with two or more hits and scored nine of the 13 runs.
• MACU also allowed a season-high in stolen bases with six.
• Cristopher Munoz tabbed two hits after finishing 2-for-4 with a homer and a walk.
• Carlos Medina cashed in another multi-hit game by going 2-for-5 with a run.
• Jonluke Hobdy and Jesse Ortega had the other two RBIs for MACU, Hobdy did it via a sac fly and Ortega did it with a walk.
• Catcher Zachary Stark reached base safely in all three plate appearances, he had the only other extra-base hit outside Munoz's homer with a two-bagger. Stark added a single and walk in his two other plate appearances.
• Jason Thurman took advantage of his starting opportunity. In just his second start of the season occurring in back-to-back games, he got on twice and finished 1-for-2 with a walk.
• Outfielders Noel McGarry-Doyle and Taiga Sakuma recorded a hit and a run.

UP NEXT

• MACU will be tuned into the NAIA Selection Show on Tuesday to see if its name is called as an "at large" bid for the regional round.