Photo by Jean St. Fleur
McPherson, Kan. – The Central Christian College baseball team lost a heartbreaker at home on Tuesday to the Bethany College Swedes 11-10.
Bethany got the scoring going with a run in the top of the first. The Tigers responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first to take a 2-1 lead. The Swedes retook the lead in the top of the second with a pair of runs, but a five run inning by the Tigers in their half of the second, fueled by a three run homerun by
Carlos Gusman, gave them a 7-3 lead.
The Swedes would not go away. They cut the Tiger lead in half with two runs in the top of the third, then took a two run lead, 9-7, with four more in the top of the fifth. The Tigers tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the sixth, then took the lead 10-9 an inning later. Unfortunately that was all the scoring the Tigers could muster the rest of the way, but the Swedes added a solo run in the eighth and ninth innings to secure a one run victory.
Hitting: The Tigers scored their ten runs on eight hits. Seven of the eight were singles, the fourth the homerun by Gusman
Pitching: Four different Tigers saw action from the mound against the Swedes on Tuesday.
Brandon Vegas got the start and pitched the first two innings.
Daniel Scott pitched the third, and
Levi Atherton threw the fourth and the first two outs of the fifth. The bulk of the load went to
Armando Aguilar who threw four and a third and was collared with the loss. Collectively the group allowed 11 runs on 12 hits with five strikeouts and eight walks.
Leaders
Hits: Eli Campbell (3)
Doubles: none
Triples: none
Homeruns: Carlos Gusman (1)
RBI: Carlos Gusman (5)
Stolen Bases: JT Taylor (2)
Strikeouts Pitching: Armando Aguilar (4)
Put Outs: Cam Whittle (8)
Assists: Jose Esparza (5)
Next Up: The Tigers return to SAC action this weekend in a three game series at home against 17
th ranked Texas Wesleyan University. The first two games are Friday starting at 1:00 pm and game three will be at 12:00 on Saturday.
