The Basics

Game 2: Evangel 8, Bethany 6 | Box Score

Game 3: Evangel 5, Bethany 3 | Box Score

Record: Evangel (6-11, 2-7), Bethany (8-9, 4-4)

Location: Springfield, Mo. (University Field)

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Evangel Baseball concluded their three game series with the Bethany College Swedes on Saturday (Mar. 1) afternoon, looking to take their first conference win of the season.

Evangel would get their win and much more, taking the series from the Swedes behind a strong overall day for pitching and timely hitting, 8-6 and 5-3, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bethany scored the first run of the afternoon in game two, taking a 1-0 lead.

• The Valor worked six walks in the bottom of the first inning, taking a 3-1 advantage over the Swedes.

• Evangel scored three runs in the bottom of the second inning as Shane Poe, Matthew Olson, Evan Baptiste, Quentin Edwards, and Jeremiah Leaming all singled, scoring Poe, Olson, and Baptiste to make it a 6-1 game.

• Poe reached on a fielders choice and score on a Baptiste single, giving the Valor a 7-1 lead in the bottom of the third inning.

• Bethany scored a run in the top of the fifth inning that Evangel matched in the bottom of the sixth after Leaming scored on a Rhett Hayward sacrifice fly, 8-2.

• The Swedes scored four unanswered runs to make it an 8-6 game heading into the final inning of play.

• Carson Dobberstein shut down the Swedes, securing the 8-6 win in game one.

• Evangel jumped on Bethany early in the first inning of the final game, scoring three runs as Baptiste singled to score Poe who had singled to get on. Edwards singled to score both Baptiste and Olson, who worked a walk to get on base, taking a 3-0 lead.

• Quentin Edwards hit a solo home run in the bottom of the third to make it a 4-0 Valor lead, as Hayden Larson continued to pitch well, holding the Swedes at bay.

• Bethany scored three runs in top of the sixth inning, drawing within a run of the lead, 4-3.

• Kannon Perry recorded his first hit of the season and TJ Newman entered to run, scoring on a Clay Palen double to give EU a 5-3 lead.

• Jed Montgomery shut the Swedes down in the seventh, as the Valor took the series against Bethany, 5-3.

QUOTABLE 

"I'm incredibly proud of the response and fight that our guys showed today. Guys stepped up in big moments and ran to the battle. Our starting pitching was excellent as well as some big time shutdown performances on the back end," head coach Sam Jones stated. "I thought the guys competed well at the plate and put together some scrappy at bats and found some good barrels. All the glory to God."

NOTABLE

• Quentin Edwards continued his strong season at the plate, going 4-6 with two runs scored and four RBIs.

• Evangel outhit Bethany, 17-13, on Saturday.

• Wyatt Keplar and Hayden Larson both earned their first wins of the season, moving 1-1.

• Carson Dobberstein and Jed Montgomery both earned their first saves of the year.

NEXT UP

Evangel Baseball remains at home on Tuesday (Mar. 4) afternoon, hosting the Mission Patriots beginning at 1:00 p.m. from University Field.

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