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Baseball Falls in Series Finale
12
Winner Southern Nazarene SOUTHERN 9-9
5
East Central EAST CEN 5-14
Winner
Southern Nazarene SOUTHERN
9-9
12
Final
5
East Central EAST CEN
5-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Nazarene SOUTHERN 0 0 2 0 1 6 3 0 0 12 12 3
East Central EAST CEN 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 10 2

W: J. Owen (1-0) L: Dent, Kaleb (2-1) S: O. Wilson (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Falls in Series Finale

ADA, Okla. – In the series finale with Southern Nazarene University, the East Central University baseball team fell short with a final score of 12-5 at Ken Turner Field.
 
ECU broke out the scoring in the bottom of the first when Duncan Key leadoff with a double, Nolan Herchock followed with a single, Mason Glowacki was hit by pitch, and Carson Thomas' groundout sent Key home to take a 1-0 lead.
 
SNU caught up in the third and ended up taking the lead after ECU starting pitcher Kaleb Dent walked the leadoff hitter, gave up a double to drive the runner in, and walked the second runner in with bases loaded to trail 2-1.
 
The Tigers put out their fire with a few snags on the field, but the Crimson Storm struck again in the top of the fifth to add another run for a 3-1 lead.
 
The top of the sixth proved to be the Tigers' undoing as SNU scored six runs on three hits to go along with three ECU walks and an error to extend their lead to 9-1.
 
The Tigers quickly went to work in the home half, starting with Michael Rosario singling and scoring off an SNU fielding error. Nick Blakenship, who singled after Rosario, then scored on a balk to cut the deficit to 9-3.
 
The Crimson Storm tacked on three more runs in the seventh from a 2 RBI double and an RBI single.
 
Christian Whitaker fired a home run to left field to add the fourth Tiger run on the board in the bottom of the seventh, while Nolan Herchock's sac fly to the outfield in the eighth plated Rosario for another run.
 
SNU's lead was too much to come back from, though, and ECU fell to the Crimson Storm 12-5.
 
Dent took the loss on the mound going five innings, giving up six runs on six hits. Ian Mason came in relief, pitching four innings and giving up six runs on six hits as well.
 
At the plate, ECU was led by Duncan Key, Britton Sperry, Michael Rosario, and Nick Blankenship, with two hits apiece. Nolan Herchock and Christian Whitaker added the other hits of the game.
 
The East Central University baseball team will return to play at home on Tuesday, March 7, for a single game against Rogers State University at 2 p.m.
 
 
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