WICHITA, Kan. – The East Central University baseball team stepped out of conference play to take on Newman University for a midweek contest, falling to the Jets on Wednesday.
 
After a scoreless first inning from both squads, things slowly turned on the Tigers as the Jets broke out the scoring with a two-run second inning and never looked back.
 
Tiger pitcher Bryce Crawford came into the third and put a halt to the Jets' scoring, but Newman picked right back up in the fourth, scoring four more runs to grow their lead to 6-0.
 
ECU kept Newman off the board in the fifth but wasn't able to get much going on the offensive end while the Jets added one run in the sixth, one in the seventh, and two in the eighth to stretch their lead out to 10-0 and secure the run-rule victory.
 
ECU starting pitcher Bryan Terry took the loss, pitching two innings and giving up two runs on four hits.
 
Jagger Green, Colt Bartling, Jarod Leroux, and Price Daube also saw action on the mound.
 
Cooper Hunt and Nick Blankenship each picked up a hit.
 
The East Central University baseball team will return to Ada for a home GAC series against Northwestern Oklahoma State University beginning Friday, April 7 at 2 p.m.