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Box Score 2 The Basics
Game 1: Evangel 1, Park 3 | Box Score
Game 2: Evangel 5, Park 6 | Box Score
Record: Evangel (19-13, 4-10), Park (11-16, 5-9)
Location: Parkville, Mo.
PARKVILLE, Mo. – Valor Baseball continued their road trip on Saturday, opening a four game series with the Park Pirates in Parkville, Mo., looking to grab a pair of wins.
Evangel faced off against exceptional starting pitching in game one, as the Valor were unable to generate much offense, falling 3-1. In game two, Evangel was able to fight back after initially losing the lead, but fell on a walk-off home run from Park, 6-5.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Athanie Leeviraphan went 5-6 from the plate on Sunday, finishing with two doubles, an RBI, and a walk.
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Jeremy Vickers also had a solid day at the plate for EU, finishing 3-6 with a run scored.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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In game one, Evangel scored the first run of the game. In the top of the third, Vickers singled to right field and scored on a Leeviraphan double down the left field line, putting EU ahead, 1-0.
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Park scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth and a run in the bottom of the sixth to take a 3-1 lead, as the Valor mustered just two hits after scoring their first run, falling 3-1 in game one.
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Evangel generated two runs of offense to open game two. Brennan Espy walked and stole second base. Espy advanced to third on a Park error, followed by walks from Leeviraphan and Carson Sturdefant. An Eli Cook single down the right field line with two outs scored Sturdefant and Leeviraphan, making it a 2-0 game, in favor of the Valor.
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Leeviraphan singled to lead off the third inning and scored on a passed ball and error on the catcher, giving Evangel their third run of the game. Levi Loughridge followed the miscues up with a single and scored on a Cook double to center field, giving the Valor a 4-0 lead.
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Park answered in the bottom of the fourth with four runs of their own, tying the game up at 4-4.
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The Pirates took the lead in the bottom of the sixth on Evangel errors, scoring a run to make it 5-4.
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Leeviraphan doubled to open the top of the seventh, advanced to second on a Sturdefant fly out and scored on a Loughridge sacrifice fly, tying the game up at 5-5. Evangel was able to get a runner in scoring position, but left him stranded in the top of the inning.
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After recording an out to open the bottom of the seventh, Park hit a game winning home run, taking the 6-5 victory and game one sweep of Evangel.
NEXT UP
Evangel Baseball concludes their four game series with Park on Sunday (Apr. 2) afternoon, beginning at noon.
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