Fayette, Mo. The Central Methodist University Eagles baseball team closed out their 2016 regular season in dramatic fashion on Saturday, with a pair of victories over Culver-Stockton College; to complete the four game weekend series sweep of the Wildcats. CMU won game one 4-0, and then won game two 5-4 in a final 10-innings.
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With the victories, Central Methodist closes out the regular season with a 39-15 overall record and they finished 23-9 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play. With the wins, CMU finished in first place in The Heart's Eastern Division; a game better than Grand View University. With the losses, Culver-Stockton College falls to 23-30 overall, and 16-16 in The Heart.


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In game one, the Eagles jumped on the board with a run in the bottom of the first inning, when Joba Ferrell (Chicago, Ill.) hit a leadoff homerun on the second pitch he saw to give CMU the early 1-0 lead.
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The Eagles would never look back, as starting pitcher Jeff King (Paris, Tex.) dominated on the mound. King earned the win (9-3), going all seven innings, while allowing just two hits and striking out five.
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The Eagles offense would add one run each in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings; capped off by a Dalton Entwistle (Winfield, Mo.) pinch-hit homerun. Central would win game one by a final of 4-0.
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In between games, the Eagles honored their 17 seniors with an on field ceremony.
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Game two had a different feel to it, than the first three games. The intensity picked up immensely, as both teams were in search of a victory in the final regular season game before the conference's postseason tournament. The Wildcats struck first in game two with a run in the second inning to take the early 1-0 lead.
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Culver-Stockton would add another run in the fifth inning, before the Central offense came alive. The Eagles scored a run in the sixth inning, two in the seventh inning, and another run in the eighth inning; all while the Wildcats added two runs during those same innings to tie the score at 4-4.
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In the bottom of the tenth inning, with two outs and a 0-1 count, catcher Brad Cuyos (Pearland, Tex.) hit a homerun over the left centerfield wall to give the Eagles a walkoff 5-4 win in his final game ever at Estes Field. Cuyos ended the game 3-for-5 at the plate with the one RBI and the one run scored.
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Following a solid start from senior Scott Huesemann (St. Peters, Mo.), reliever Chris Danielson (Saugus, Calif.) would earn the win (1-0) with his three innings of relief. Danielson allowed just one run on one hit, with one strikeout, and one walk.
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The Eagles will next be in action on Thursday May 5^th in The Heart's Baseball Postseason Tournament, which will take place in Joplin, Missouri at Joe Becker Stadium. The opponent and game time are to be determined.
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