ADA, Okla. – For their second home series of the season, the East Central University baseball team swept a doubleheader from Randall University Monday afternoon at Ken Turner Field.
 
Game 1
ECU put itself behind early as Randall opened the game by racking up five runs on just one hit with five walks and two Tiger errors.  
 
The Tigers answered in the bottom of the first by scoring four runs.  Duncan Key singled, stole second, and advanced to third on a wild pitch before scoring on a passed ball. Amancio and Herchock walked before Tanner Collins was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Nick Blankenship also was hit by a pitch to drive in the second Tiger run. Ian Mason would drive 2 runs home with a single, and ECU was back in the game at 5-4.     
Randall jumped on the Tigers in the second, scoring 8 runs in the inning. Most of the damage came from six walks by Tiger pitching, along with two hit batters, two errors, and three hits. With that, Randall had a commanding 13-4 lead, and things were looking bleak for the Tigers.  

ECU chipped away by scoring in the second when Hunt was hit by a pitch and scored on a triple by Herchock. In the third, the Tigers got a 2 RBI triple from Whitaker, and Mike Rosario then singled on a squeeze play to score Whitaker. Hunt singled, and later Rosario would score on an error as well. Key singled in Hunt, and suddenly the Tigers had closed to 13-10.   

In the meantime, Kaleb Dent, who is usually a closer for the Tigers, had come to the mound at the top of the third and stopped the chaos. He pitched 4 2/3 innings and held Randall scoreless, allowing the Tigers a chance to not only get back in the game but to win.

Whitaker continued the comeback by clubbing a two-run homer in the fourth to get the Tigers within one at 13-12. Amancio would manufacture the tying run in the fifth by leading off with a single, then proceeding to steal second and third base. Amancio scored on a throwing error, and the Tigers had rallied to tie the game at 13-all.  

ECU continued the onslaught over the last innings, pulling away for the final score of 20-16.   

The Tigers had a combined 21 hits, with Hunt, Key, Whitaker, and Rosario leading the way with three each. Herchock, Collins, Amancio, and Mason had two hits, with Blankenship chipping in a hit as well. 

Kaleb Dent picked up the win in relief, shutting down the Randall offense while going 4 ⅔ giving up just two hits while walking three and striking out seven. Justin Chitty and Carson Thomas pitched an inning each to finish the game for the Tigers.

Game 2
The Tigers opened the scoring in the home half of the first when Caleb Hunt was hit by a pitch and then scored on a triple by Duncan Key. Amancio drove in Key with a sacrifice fly, and ECU was up 2-0.  

Randall then exploded for 6 runs in the second inning on three hits, two walks, a hit batter and an error to take the 6-2 lead. 

ECU came back in the second with a double by Thomas, a single by Whitaker, and a sacrifice fly by Rosario to score Thomas. Whitaker would score on a wild pitch to get the score to 6-4. A walk to Key and a hit by Amancio would keep the rally going. Herchock then singled in Key to draw the Tigers within one at 6-5.

The Tigers tied the game in the third and took the lead 7-6 in the fourth on a homer by Amancio. 
 
Randall scratched a run across in the top of the fifth to tie the game once again at 7-7.

ECU put up 4 runs in the bottom of the fifth, highlighted by the go-ahead, bases-loaded walk by Hunt, and an RBI bunt single by Key. Amancio collected the last RBI on a groundout, and at that point, the ballgame was called with the final going to the Tigers 11-7. 

Clayton Solomon got the win on the mound in relief, throwing ⅔ of an inning with one walk and one strikeout. Starter Jagger Green went two innings, giving up six runs, three earned, on three hits, one walk, and one strikeout. Colt Bartling was solid in the middle innings, going 2 ⅓ while giving up four hits, one run, and one walk with one strikeout. 

The East Central University baseball team will hit the road Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 to take on Southern Arkansas University.