The Basics

Game 1: Evangel 3, Culver-Stockton 4

Game 2: Evangel 15, Culver-Stockton 8

Records: Evangel (23-23, 10-16 Heart); Culver-Stockton (22-21, 12-12 Heart)

Location: Canton, Mo. – Nichols Field

CANTON, Mo. – The Evangel baseball team continued to produce offense Tuesday earning a road split at Culver-Stockton with a 4-3 setback in game one, followed by a 15-8 win in game two.

The Crusaders were able to hang onto the fifth spot in the Heart South Division and sit just three games behind Avila.

In game one, Evangel and Culver-Stockton worked a 2-2 tie through the first five innings before each team added a run in the sixth inning. However, the Crusaders were unable to come up with a run in the seventh as the Wildcats got a lead-off double and a RBI single for the walk-off win.

Blake McCarty finished 3-for-4 with a RBI while Ryan Frye, Dustin Hargus and Austin Alfrey tallied two hits each.

Dustin Eby went the distance as he was tabbed with the loss after scattering nine hits over seven innings. Eby walked three and struck out two in the loss.

The Crusaders jumped out to a big 5-0 lead in the first inning but had to rally back after the Wildcats scored a run in the second and a five-run inning of their own in the third. Evangel pushed two runs across in the fifth and blew the game open with an eight-run sixth.

Tanner McVey finished 3-for-4 with four RBIs and a home run while Jose Vargas and Jordan Kirkpatrick also recorded three hits. Vargas hit his third triple of the season as he also drove in three runs in the win.

Brad Potts worked into the third but Josh Lachnit came on in relief going three innings for his second win of the season. Taylor Wood pitched the final two innings allowing just two hits and one run as the Evangel pitching staff did not allow a walk in game two.

UP NEXT
Evangel returns to Springfield to host Heart South Division foe, Missouri Valley. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. both Friday and Saturday.

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