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Winner Missouri Baptist MBU 14-5
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MidAmerica Nazarene MNU 9-15
Winner
Missouri Baptist MBU
14-5
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Final
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MidAmerica Nazarene MNU
9-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Missouri Baptist MBU 0 0 1 3 8 1 4 17 16 0
MidAmerica Nazarene MNU 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 11 4

W: Szverra, Austin (3-0) L: Giancarlo Cortez (3-2)

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Winner Missouri Baptist MISSOURI 16-4
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MidAmerica Nazarene MIDAMERI 9-16
Winner
Missouri Baptist MISSOURI
16-4
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Final
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MidAmerica Nazarene MIDAMERI
9-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Missouri Baptist MISSOURI 0 4 0 4 5 3 3 0 19 15 2
MidAmerica Nazarene MIDAMERI 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 2

W: Raab, Gavin (1-0) L: Jaymal Bonilla (4-4)

Angelo Franco bats vs William Carey

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tyler Andrus, Assistant Athletic Director - Media & Communications

Baseball Scores 36 Runs to Trump MidAmerica Nazarene in Doubleheader

OLATHE, Kan. – No. 8 Missouri Baptist University baseball scored 36 total runs in a pair of victories to open a four-game series at MidAmerica Nazarene University on Friday afternoon.

An eight-run fifth inning helped MBU overcome an early 5-0 deficit in game one as the Spartans earned a 19-6 victory. Griffin Brown and Carlos Hidalgo combined for nine RBI in game two as the club secured another comeback win with a 19-10 final.

Game One Recap
The Pioneers came out in the first inning of game one swinging, tallying five runs, including home runs from Ronnie Rowley and Jeremy Morales, to chase starting pitcher Teague Robertson from the game after two-thirds of an inning.

Austin Szverra took over in relief, handing his team 5.1 innings, four hits allowed, one earned run, and six strikeouts.

Trailing 5-0 in the third, Griffin Brown singled home a run to get MBU on the board. He knocked in another run in the fourth with a single as part of a three-run frame.

Now trailing 5-4 in the fourth, Nick Beech tied the game with his fifth home run of the season to lead it off. The Spartans went on to tally eight total runs in the inning, including a two-RBI double from Jayden Orozco and run-scoring hits from Miguel Padron, Beech, and Angelo Franco.

A sacrifice fly from Sam Paule tacked on another in the sixth, and a two-RBI single from Padron in the seventh made it a 17-6 ballgame.

Mason Arnold was called on out of the bullpen to close out the game and made quick work of the first two batters. MNU then collected back-to-back singles before Arnold got Ryan Martinez to fly out to end the game.

Winning Pitcher: Austin Szverra (3-0)
Losing Pitcher: Giancarlo Cortez (3-2)

Batting Leaders:
Miguel Padron: 3-for-5, 3 RBI, R
Griffin Brown: 3-for-5, 2 RBI, R
Nick Beech: 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, BB

Game Two Recap
For the second consecutive game, MNU jumped on the MBU pitching staff to the tune of 10 runs through the first three innings.

The Spartans pushed across four runs in the second inning on a single from Hidalgo and a double from Brown.

After getting retired in order in the third, the visitors cut the lead down to 10-8 on two-RBI doubles from Paule and Hidalgo, and a sacrifice fly to right field from Beech. They took the lead in the fifth on run-scoring singles from Paule, Brown, and Orozco. Beech tacked on two more with a double before the end of the inning to extend the newfound lead to 13-10.

In the sixth, MBU loaded the bases and worked a pair of walks to push two runs home. Orozco followed up with a line drive deep enough to get the runner in from third base.

Franco blasted a two-run home run in the top of the seventh, his second of the season, to make the score 18-10. A bases-loaded hit-by-pitch from Brown pushed across the 19th run and gave the senior from Lockport, Ill., his fifth RBI of the contest.

Zach Peters was called out of the pen in the bottom half and worked past a two-out walk to close the game down.

MBU used four pitchers in game two, getting two innings from starter Gus Lucas, two scoreless from Gavin Raab, who picked up the win, two scoreless from JD Whitter, and the scoreless seventh from Peters.    

Winning Pitcher: Gavin Raab (1-0)
Losing Pitcher: Jaymal Bonilla (4-4)

Batting Leaders:
Griffin Brown: 2-for-3, 2B, 5 RBI, R, BB
Carlos Hidalgo: 3-for-5, 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R, BB
Nick Beech: 2-for-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI
Angelo Franco: 2-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB

Record:
No. 8 Missouri Baptist: 16-4, 6-0 Heart
MidAmerica Nazarene: 9-16, 2-4 Heart

What's Next?
The four-game series in Olathe, Kan., wraps up on Saturday, March 21, with a noon start.
 
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