Evangel University of the Assemblies of God

The Basics

Score: #7 Evangel 5, #6 Tabor 6 (10 inn.) | Box Score

Record: Evangel (25-26), Tabor (27-25)

Location: Salina, Kan. (Dean Evans Stadium)

SALINA, Kan. – After dropping a game in the second round of the KCAC Tournament, the Valor Baseball program moved to elimination games on Friday, needing to win out to have a chance at the conference tournament title.

Evangel matched up with the #6-seeded Tabor College Bluejays, needing a win to advance to the conference tournament semi-finals. Despite leading 5-2 late in the ninth inning, the Valor could not find the final out before Tabor mounted a comeback, resulting in a heartbreaking 6-5 loss to the Bluejays, ending Evangel's 2026 season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Neither team would score in the first two innings of play in the Evangel/Tabor matchup, but in the top of the third, Evan Jno-Baptiste singled and Heath Perry was hit by a pitch to put a pair of runners on. A Nate Nunes sacrifice fly scored Baptiste, while a Cade Beshore single scored Perry, giving EU a 2-0 lead.

• Tabor responded by scoring a run in the bottom of the third, dwindling Evangel's lead to 2-1.

• The Valor took advantage of errors in the fourth inning, as Quentin Edwards was able to get on base and score on errors and a Gannon Miller sacrifice fly to make EU's lead 3-1.

• Evangel added a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, as Jno-Baptiste singled and scored on a H. Perry triple to right field. Perry scored on a bases-loaded walk from Beshore to give EU a 5-1 lead.

• The Bluejays added a run in the bottom of the sixth to draw within three runs of Evangel's lead, 5-2.

• Tabor would not go down quietly in the first contest, as the Bluejays plated three runs to force extras, 5-5, in the bottom of the ninth.

• The Valor would go three up, three down in the tenth inning, as Tabor used timely hitting in the bottom of the inning to score the walk-off run, 6-5.

NOTABLE

• Evan Jno-Baptiste led Evangel at the plate, going 3-5 with a pair of runs scored.

• Cade Beshore also had a strong day batting, going 2-4 with a pair of RBIs.

• Below are single season and career record standings at the end of the 2026 season.

  • Single Season

    • Team RBIs (337, set record)

    • Team Walks (224, tied record)

    • Team Hit by Pitch (112, set record)

    • Team Putouts (1,213, set record)

    • Team Innings Pitched (404.1, set record)

    • Quentin Edwards

      • Hits (73, set record)

      • Home Runs (17, set record)

      • Total Bases (140, set record)

      • Runs (49, 11th)

      • RBI (61, 2nd)

    • Evan Jno-Baptiste

      • Hits (65, 8th)

      • Runs (51, 8th)

      • Home Runs (8, 13th)

      • RBI (45, 15th)

      • HBP (14, 3rd)

    • Justus Cherrico

      • Batting Average (.396, 16th)

      • Home Runs (8, 13th)

      • RBI (46, 14th)

      • HBP (11, 9th)

    • Mason Reilly

      • Opp. Batting Average (.232, 13th)

    • Heath Perry

      • Walks (36, 6th)

      • HBP (12, 7th)

    • TJ Newman

      • Stolen Bases (20, 15th)

    • Kannon Perry

      • HBP (21, set record)

    • Nate Nunes

      • HBP (19, 2nd)

  • Career

    • Quentin Edwards

      • Batting Average (.400, 2nd)

      • Triples (5, 15th)

      • Home Runs (24, 2nd)

      • RBIs (98, 17th)

    • Isaac Daley

      • Pitching Wins (14, 14th)

      • Strikeouts (230, 5th)

      • Innings Pitched (233.0, 6th)

    • Evan Jno-Baptiste

      • Home Runs (16, 10th)

      • HBP (25, 5th)

    • Kannon Perry

      • HBP (28, 2nd)

    • Heath Perry

      • HBP (21, 9th)

    • Nate Nunes

      • HBP (19, 13th)

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