Posted: May 01, 2015
The Eagles have fallen into the elimination side of the bracket in the eight-team double-elimination tournament and will play No. 4 Avila at 10 a.m. Friday.
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Central Methodist (25-27) struck first on the scoreboard in the bottom of the second inning, when Aldo Adamus hit a solo home run over the left-field fence to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead. The home run was the second of the season for Adamus.
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Eagles starting pitcher Ian Walsh shut down the Bobcats over the first five innings, but Peru State took the lead in the top of the sixth. A one-out RBI single by Mark McGinnity tied the score at 1-1. Two batters later, McGinnity scored on an error to give Peru State its first lead of the game at 2-1.
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Peru State (35-14) scored another run in the seventh inning on an RBI single by Scout Villanueva, but Central Methodist answered with a run in the bottom-half of the inning. With two outs, Mike D'Eletto hit a drive into deep left field, circling the bases for an inside-the-park home run. D'Eletto's third home run of the season cut the Peru State lead to 3-2 heading into the eighth inning.
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Central Methodist only managed two other hits in the game besides the two home runs off Peru State starting pitcher Manny Arciniega. Joba Ferrell had a leadoff single in the first inning and Adamus singled to right-center in the fifth inning for his second of two hits to lead the Eagles. Arciniega (6-2) pitched eight innings to earn the win, striking out nine batters and walking two.
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Miguel Navarro (2) closed the ninth for the Bobcats to earn the save, striking out two of the three batters he faced.
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Walsh (5-5) was the losing pitcher of record for Central Methodist. In a complete-game effort, Walsh struck out seven and walked five batters while allowing four runs (three earned) on 11 hits over eight innings.
