The Basics

Score: Evangel 4, #21 Ottawa 18 (7 inn.) | Box Score

Record: Evangel (9-20, 4-12), Ottawa (24-5, 15-3)

Location: Ottawa, Kan. (Alumni Park)

OTTAWA, Kan. – Evangel Baseball traveled north of Springfield on Friday (Mar. 21) afternoon to open a three game series with nationally ranked #21 Ottawa, looking to build off their win on Tuesday against Friends.

Evangel and Ottawa held a tied game in the third inning, but 17 runs over three innings for the Braves offense opened the game up, resulting in a 18-4 loss in seven innings of play for the Valor.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Ottawa scored a run in the bottom of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead over the Valor early on Friday.

• Evangel tied the game up in the top of the third inning when Shane Poe singled, scoring Jeremiah Leaming who had gotten on base after being hit by a pitch.

• Five Ottawa runs in the bottom of the third, followed by seven additional runs made it a 13-1 ballgame.

• In the top of the fifth, Rhett Hayward and Poe singled and both scored on groundouts to trail by ten runs, 13-3.

• Ottawa added five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a 18-3 lead.

• Leaming reached on a fielder's choice and scored on a single from Justice Loflin, as Evangel scored their final run of the game, falling in seven innings, 18-4.

NOTABLE

• Shane Poe went 2-3 with a run scored and an RBI to lead Evangel offensively.

• Jed Montgomery, Jared Jackson, and Jordan Watson all pitched an inning and relief, not allowing a run to score in their appearances.

NEXT UP

Evangel Baseball concludes their series with Ottawa on Saturday (Mar. 22) afternoon in Kansas, with first pitch for their doubleheader beginning at noon.

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