Abilene Christian
12-22, 2-8
Stephen F. Austin
16-21, 7-9
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| Abilene Christian | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
ACU baseball falls to SFA, 12-8, in wild first game of series
4/17/2014 9:51:00 PM | Baseball
ABILENE - Coming back from a 3-0 deficit was easy for the Abilene Christian baseball team, but a six-run fifth for Stephen F. Austin proved too much for the home team to overcome as the Lumberjacks earned a 12-8 victory Thursday night at Crutcher Scott Field that took three hours and 40 minutes to complete.
The loss dropped ACU's season and Southland Conference records to 12-22 and 2-8, while SFA improved to 16-21 and 7-9.
After the Wildcats tied the score at 3-3 in the third thanks to a couple of double steals and a RBI ground ball, the Lumberjacks exercised great patience at the plate in the fifth. In that frame, they drew four (of 11 ACU issued) walks in between two base hits, a hit batsman and a devastating throwing error by pitcher Stuart Patke on a bases-loaded one-hopper back to the mound that he sailed over the head of catcher Seth Spivey.
SFA led the Wildcats 9-3 after sending 11 batters to the plate that inning and added a solo home run off the bat of No. 9 hitter Kyle Thornell (vs. Hunter Wakefield) in the sixth to push its advantage to seven runs.
The Wildcats scored one more run in the sixth on a triple by Colton Hall, and in the eighth they came away with four runs after starting the frame with three straight hits followed by a one-out two RBI double by Spivey and two-out, two-run error put in play by Tyler Eager.
ACU collected nine hits tonight, but had at least three stolen by SFA center-fielder Matthew Dickey.
The Wildcats and Lumberjacks continue their three-game series Friday at 2 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hassold, Chris (1-1)
L: Kinzler, Scott (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Dickey, Matthew 1
HR: Thornell, Kyle 1
RBI: Dickey, Matthew 2 ; Sanchez, Ricardo 3 ; Handel, Mackenzie 2 ; Fikes, Conner 1 ; Thornell, Kyle 1
SH: Thornell, Brett 1 ; Jackson, Gevon 1
SF: Handel, Mackenzie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dickey, Matthew 2 ; Sanchez, Ricardo 1 ; Handel, Mackenzie 1 ; Ramos, Nick 1 ; Thornell, Brett 2 ; Jackson, Gevon 1 ; Thornell, Kyle 4
SB: Ramos, Nick 1
HBP: Marberry, Zach 1 ; Thornell, Kyle 3
Batting:
2B: Spivey, Seth 1 ; Forrester, Jordan 1
3B: Hall, Colton 1
RBI: Spivey, Seth 2 ; Grudzielanek, Brandon 1 ; Hall, Colton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Spivey, Seth 2 ; Forrester, Jordan 1 ; Grudzielanek, Brandon 1 ; Litterer, Emil 1 ; Beasley, Heath 2 ; Hall, Colton 1
SB: Forrester, Jordan 1 ; Eager, Tyler 1 ; Grudzielanek, Brandon 2 ; Crippen, Russell 1
HBP: Eager, Tyler 1 ; Crippen, Russell 1
PO: deMeyere, Garrett 1
