Game 1: Evangel 10, Culver-Stockton 2 | Box Score
Game 2: Evangel 3, Culver-Stockton 0 | Box Score
Records: Evangel (9-8, 2-3); Culver-Stockton (5-14, 1-5)
Location: Nichols Field

CANTON, Mo. – Evangel used a seven-run rally to claim a 10-2 game-one victory over Culver-Stockton Saturday afternoon, then rode a complete-game three-hit shutout by Austin Dill to a 3-0 win in the nightcap at Nichols Field.

Noah Suiter went 3-for-7 on the afternoon, while Jordan Yates drove in four runs to power the EU offense.

On the mound, the Crusaders benefited from a pair of complete-game performances, with Brett Hoffman logging the game-one victory, before Dill struck out nine Wildcats and faced just three hitters over the minimum to lock up the win in the second contest.

Game 1 – Evangel 10, Culver-Stockton 2
Evangel erased a 1-0 Wildcat lead with a seven-run, fifth-inning rally, and Hoffman tossed a complete game to help the Crusaders halt a four-game slide with their first Heart of America Athletic Conference victory of the season.

Suiter led the Crusaders with two hits, including the key three-run triple in the decisive fifth-inning rally that turned a one-run EU lead into a 5-1 bulge. Mason Hansen added a two-out, two-run single to stretch the lead to six runs.

Stephen Belcher opened the critical fifth inning with a walk, before Grant Kosanke added an infield single to set the stage for Tyler Coffelt's run-scoring single to left that knotted the score at 1-1. Dalton Cook followed with an RBI double to right to put the Crusaders on top, before a walk to Patrick Gaul loaded the bases.

Suiter then laced a triple left to clear the bases and give EU a four-run advantage. Hansen capped the rally with a base hit to left to bring in two more Crusader runs.

Hoffman (3-2) scattered seven hits and struck out six to earn the win, allowing just single Wildcat runs in the first and sixth frames.

Game 2 – Evangel 3, Culver-Stockton 0
Yates drove in all three Evangel runs with a fifth-inning double, as the Crusaders made the most of their five hits.

Dill (4-1) permitted just singles by Caleb Antonacci and Cody Dennis and a German Sepulveda double, while striking out nine to notch the mound victory.

Yates, who went 2-for-2 in the game, reached safely in all four of his plate appearances, drawing a pair of walks as well. Suiter finished 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored to cap his strong afternoon.

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