The Basics
Game 1 Score: MNU 14 - Culver-Stockton 12
Game 2 Score: MNU 9 - Culver-Stockton 8
Records: MNU (15-13, 13-8), CSC (17-25, 9-15)
Location: Robbie Jones Field at Dixon Stadium | Olathe, Kan.
OLATHE, Kan. - MNU used a 7th-inning comeback in Game 2 to sweep Culver-Stockton for Senior Day on Saturday. In Game 1, the Pioneers jumped out to a 5-0 lead with a huge 1st inning highlighted by a 2-out 2-run double from senior
Sam Parrish and a 2-out 2-run single from
Cristian Rivera. Culver answered back with 6 runs on 6 hits in the top of the 2nd, and the slugfest was on. MNU tied it at 6 with a run in the bottom of the 2nd, then took the lead on senior
Joshua Crispin's 2-run homer in the 3rd. The Wildcats tied it at 8 with 2 in the 5th, but
Joshuan Sandoval crushed a 3-run homer in the bottom of the inning to give the lead back to MNU. Culver stayed close with 2 in the 6th, but
Cristian Rivera's 3-run shot in the bottom of the inning pushed the lead back to 4. The Wildcats made it close with 2 in the 7th, but senior
Joel Lopez finished the 14-12 Game 1 victory.
Game 1 Turning Point
Sandoval's 2-out 3-run homer in the 5th put the Pioneers in front for good.
Game 1 Individual Leaders
Easten Garrett struck out 4 in 3.2 innings of relief for the win.
Joel Lopez pitched 1.2 innings for the save. And
Joshua Crispin (1-3, R, HR, RBI, BB, HBP),
Will Morris (3-4, 3 R, 2B, SB),
Joshuan Sandoval (3-5, R, HR, 3 RBI),
Sam Parrish (1-3, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, HBP), and
Cristian Rivera (3-4, 2 R, HR, 5 RBI) led the offense.
In
Game 2, MNU again jumped out early with a 2-run bottom of the 1st. Culver tied it with 2 runs in the 3rd, but the Pioneers score 1 in the 3rd and used back-to-back homers in the 4th from
Austin Healy and
Joshua Crispin to push the lead to 4. The Wildcats kept it close with 2 in the 5th and 1 in the 6th to make it 6-5, then used 4 straight hits - including back-to-back triples - in the top of the 7th to take an 8-6 lead. In the bottom of the 7th, seniors
Jeremie Gonzalez and
Chase Robinson hit back-to-back solo homers to tie the game.
After a
Kyle Franklin single put the winning run on first,
Cristian Rivera's drive into the right-center gap scored pinch runner
Garrett Kalm from 1st, and MNU took Game 2 by the score of 9-8.
Game 2 Turning Point
Back-to-back homers from
Jeremie Gonzalez and
Chase Robinson in the bottom of the 7th tied it.
Game 2 Individual Leaders
Jeremie Gonzalez picked up the win in relief and went 2-3 with a homer, 2 RBIs, and a stolen base. And
Joshua Crispin (1-2, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB, HBP),
Sam Parrish (2-4, R, 2B, RBI),
Chase Robinson (2-3, R, 2B, HR, RBI, BB),
Kyle Franklin (3-4, R), and
Austin Healy (1-3, R, HR, 2 RBI) had big games at the plate.
Up Next
The next double header is Friday at Peru State (16-20, 13-10) at 1:00/3:30.
