Posted: Mar 25, 2012
Game Two Box Score
OLATHE, Kan. - The Central Methodist baseball team split a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader with MidAmerica Nazarene on Saturday. The Eagles (7-9, 2-2 HAAC) defeated the Pioneers (18-6, 3-1 HAAC) 7-1 before losing 4-3 in 9 innings.
Central Methodist trailed 1-0 in the top of the fifth before Brennen Wood led off with a walk and later scored on a throwing error. The Eagles tacked on two runs in the top of the sixth and four in the top of the seventh to blow open the contest.
Wood took a 1-1 offering to deep right-center field, driving home Neal DeMartin and Matt Gessner�to give the visitors�a�3-1 advantage. Back-to-back bases-loaded walks gave Central Methodist a 5-1 upper hand before Wood hit a two-run single to right field to end the scoring.
Rhett Quinlan (1-1) picked up the victory for the Eagles. He pitched a complete game, giving up one unearned run on three hits while striking out six.
Tino Luna took the loss for MidAmerica Nazarene. He surrendered four earned runs on five hits in six innings and fanned six but also walked six.
Central Methodist jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning of game two. Daniel Peters' two-run triple scored Wood and Neil Hansen to get the visitors first on the scoreboard. In the next at-bat, Mike Allen plated Peters for the final run of the inning.
The Pioneers answered with two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and one in the bottom of the seventh before winning the game with one run in the bottom of the ninth. Ben Alison's RBI single in extra innings scored Derek Glenn to give the home team the win.
Justin Huggins earned the victory for Central Methodist with four innings of one-hit, scoreless relief.
The Eagles' Ryan Revoir (0-1) took the defeat but pitched effectively out of the bullpen. He threw two innings on the mound, giving up one earned run on three hits. Drew Greiwe started the contest and pitched well in a no-decision, tossing six and two-third innings, surrendering two earned runs on six hits while striking out 10 batters, one off a season-high.
Central Methodist will travel to Benedictine for a doubleheader on Sunday. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
