Kansas City,MO.-- Southwestern Christian(35-20) sweeps Day two of the NCCAA Baseball World Series after having to wait an extra day due to a weather delay on Day one of the tournament and have to play at 9:00 AM, but never the less beating Dallas Christian 4-0 and taking down College of the Ozarks 7-3 in the night cap game to move on in the winners bracket.
Game 1: vs Dallas Christian (W 4-0)
The Eagles got it going in the second inning with a three run bomb by
Draike Sparks with two outs to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead and in the Fourth
Sparks would add one more to his RBI total with a two out Double to Left Center that scored
Jake Cox from second to extend the Eagles lead to 4-0.
Henrry Ogando and
Connor O'Malley would combine for the Four hit shutout over the Crusaders, while
O'Malley picked up the win and would move on to 5-2 this season and it allowed
Ogando to stay under 60 pitches and should be available Monday against the Evangels after the one day rest period on Sunday for the NCCAA Baseball World Series.
Top Hitters:
Draike Sparks- 3 of 4, 4 RBIs, 1 R, BB, 3 Run Homerun & Double
Jake Cox- 1 of 2, 2 R, 2 BB
Pitchers:
Henrry Ogando- 4 IP, BB, 5 Ks, 14 BF, 59 NP
Connor O'Malley- 5 IP, 3 H, 1 Ks, 2 HBP, 20 BF, 71 NP, (W 5-2)
Game 2: vs College of the Ozarks (W 7-3)
SCU would get the scoring started with
Kyler Ayres sac fly to left that scored
Joseph Boone to take the early lead at 1-0. The Eagles would add a run in the third with a
Jhors Gomez RBI double down the right field line to extend the lead to 2-0. In the fifth
Gomez would add to his RBI total with a single to center that scored
Jake Cox from second to push the lead to 3-0 in the top of the fifth. The Bobcats would cut into the SCU lead with a homerun to left to make it 4-1 in the sixth. Then in the seventh
Dario Paredes would respond back to COFO with solo bomb to left to make it a three run ball game in the top of the seventh. The Eagles would have big inning and pull away from COFO with a three run eighth, starting with
Draike Sparks drawing a walk with the bases loaded to add to his RBI total for the day to make it 5-1, then in the next at-bat
Tyler Reeves would also draw a walk to make 6-1, and into the next at-bat
Gomez would add to his RBI total to make it three for this game with a sac fly to Right that would score
Cox from third to make it a 7-1 ball game in the top of the eighth. In the Bottom half of the eighth the bobcats would try and ignite a rally with a two run homerun to cut the lead to four at 7-3, but
Braden Corley would shut the door on the bobcats to win the game for SCU at 7-3.
Gabriel Figueroa would get the win for SCU on 7.2 IP and move to 11-1 on the year.
Hitters:
Jhors Gomez- 2 of 4, 3 RBIs, sac fly & Double
Jake Cox- 2 of 3, 2 R, BB
Draike Sparks- 2 of 4, 1 RBI, 1 R, BB
Braden Browning- 2 of 4, SH
Dario Paredes- 1 of 4, 1 RBI, 1 R, BB, Homerun
Pitching:
Gabriel Figueroa- 7.2 IP, 7 H, 3 Er, 3 BB, 6 Ks, WP, 32 BF, 111 NP (W 11-1)
Braden Corley- 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 Er, 1 Ks, 6 BF, 27 NP
The Eagles will return to action on Monday on May 22nd for Semifinal Matchup with Cross-town Rival Mid-America Christian in Kansas City,MO at the NCCAA Baseball World Series to see who can pull ahead in the season series. The Series is currently tied at two games a piece. Follow us on social media for more Southwestern Christian Baseball.