OKLAHOMA CITY – No. 18 MACU Baseball scored five of its six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to win game three and sweep Wayland Baptist on Friday afternoon at the MACU Baseball Field.
 
GAME ONE

SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 6, Wayland Baptist 5
  • No. 18 Mid-America Christian (29-9, 16-5 SAC)
  • (RV) Wayland Baptist (26-14, 12-9 SAC)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Andrws Acosta (4-1)
• Loss: Tate House (2-3)
• Save: Gabriel Dixon (1)

TOP PERFORMERS

• Adam Hanan: 2-3, R, RBI
• Tuane Cope: 2-3, RBI, BB
• Carlos Uribe: 4.0 IP, 64 P, 6 SO, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB
• Andrws Acosta: W, 1.1 IP, H, BB

SCORING SUMMARY

• BTM – 1^st – MACU – Nick Hill sacrifice fly to CF, RBI; Sammy Hallada scored – MACU 1, WBU 0
• TOP – 5^th – WBU – Sinclair Pimentel homered to RF, RBI; - MACU 1, WBU 1
• TOP – 5^th – WBU – Ben Kasparie singled to first base, RBI; Arcadio Martinez scored – MACU 1, WBU 2
• BTM – 5^th – MACU – Adam Hanan singled to CF, RBI; Sammy Hallada scored – MACU 2, WBU 2
• BTM – 5^th – MACU – Cole Krepcik singled to RF, 2 RBI; Jalen King and Nick Hill scored – MACU 4, WBU 2
• BTM – 5^th – MACU – Tuane Cope walked, RBI; Adam Hanan scored – MACU 5, WBU 2
• BTM – 5^th – MACU – Ned Ceklic sacrifice fly to RF, RBI; Cole Krepcik scored – MACU 6, WBU 2
• TOP – 6^th – WBU – Christian Toledo singled to RF, RBI; Kanade Honda scored – MACU 6, WBU 3
• TOP – 7^th – WBU – Raphael Beltre homered to RF, 2 RBI; Kanade Honda scored – MACU 6, WBU 5

GAME SUMMARY

• MACU scored the opening run in its first at-bat as Nick Hill's sacrifice fly scored Sammy Hallada who reached base after getting hit by the pitch. Adam Hanan reached base after the opening run scored, but the final out came after to leave him on base.
• The Evangels looked to tack on a few more in the second with consecutive singles to lead off by Frankie Giacalone and Tuane Cope. Runners advanced to second and third. However, MACU's next two batters were unable to score the runs in scoring position and its lead stayed at 1-0.
• The Pioneers took their first lead of the series in the top half of the fifth from a leadoff home run to level it at 1-1. Wayland scored a second after a walk and a single advanced the runners to the corners. An RBI single scored the run from third, but MACU turned a double play to end the inning and conceded just two runs.
• WBU didn't have the lead long as MACU put up a five spot in the bottom of the fifth inning. The bases loaded as Hallada, King, and Hill were all walked. Hanan's RBI single up the middle scored the tying run. Then Cole Krepcik ripped a two-RBI single through the right side to score Hill and King and lead 4-2. Frankie Giacalone walked to quickly load the bases back up. Tuane Cope drew an eight-pitch walk and earned an RBI as Hanan reached home. Ned Ceklic pinch hitting forced the sacrifice fly out to score Krepcik and take a commanding 6-2 advantage.
• The Pioneers cut the lead in half in the sixth as a double got a runner into scoring position. Followed by an RBI single through the right side to score the run from second base. However, the Evangels got the second and third out and left two WBU runners on base.
• In the top of the seventh, Wayland Baptist cut the lead down to one run with a leadoff single and a two-run home run over the right field fence as the lead trimmed down to 6-5. However, Andrws Acosta took over mound duties and retired the next three batters to hold onto the one run lead.
• Gabriel Dixon came in with one out in the eighth inning and closed out the game for his first save of the season, including a big strikeout to complete the sweep and hold on for the 6-5 win.

GAME NOTES

• MACU trailed in the hit category by a 13-7 margin. However, the Pioneers committed three errors to the Evangels' one.
• Carlos Uribe started on the mound and pitched a good four innings striking out six batters, allowing two hits and two earned runs. Byron Madero came in relief to pitch 2.1 innings. Andrws Acosta credited the win in 1.1 innings of work with zero earned runs against on just one hit. While Gabriel Dixon got the save in 1.1 innings with a pair of strikeouts with one hit.
• The Evangels recorded seven hits offensively as Adam Hanan and Tuane Cope both went 2-3 at the plate. Sammy Hallada scored a team-high two runs, while Cole Krepcik batted in two.  
• MACU cut into the all-time record now trailing WBU 20-39. This series sweep marks just the second time the Evangels have swept the Pioneers in program history. MACU swept Wayland for the first time in the 2024 season.

 
 
UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian travels to Goodwell, Okla. for its final regular season road trip to face Oklahoma Panhandle State with a doubleheader on Friday afternoon as first pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m.