Abilene Christian
22-20, 0
SFA
13-26, 0
Gieser, offense guide 'Cats to series win
4/30/2022 6:44:00 PM | Baseball
How It Happened
- Colton Eager got the game started with a bang three batters in, launching a two-run home run down the right field line to go up 2-0.
- Bryson Hill added to the fun with a solo home run to right in the top of the second inning to lead 3-0.
- Grayson Tatrow drove in two runs with a single up the middle to extend the lead to 5-0, and Tanner Tweedt singled two batters later to push the lead to 6-0 in the second inning.
- A balk scored another run, and then Miller Ladusau singled up the middle to score another, and the six-run inning pushed the advantage to 8-0.
- Gieser launched his first of two homers Saturday in the top of the third, a solo shot to go up 9-0.
- SFA responded with a five-run bottom of the third inning to get within 9-5. There were 14 runs score in the first 18 outs of the ballgame.
- The Lumberjacks also made it 9-6 with another run in the bottom of the fourth.
- Gieser put one out past the right center field wall in the fifth inning for ACU's 10th run of the game.
- Bash Randle joined the home run derby with a two-run shot in the fifth, and at the halfway point of the game, the 'Cats led 12-6.
- SFA scored one in the seventh and two in the eighth to make it a 12-9 game.
- Tweedt added the final insurance run with a single in the ninth to give ACU a 13-9 lead they would hold onto.
Stat Pack
- Genner Cervantes threw 3.1 innings, allowing six earned on eight hits with four strikeouts.
- Adam Byrd got the win out of the bullpen, tossing 2.2 innings of scoreless baseball on no hits with four strikeouts.
- Sam Grace and Austin Glaze threw 1.0 inning out of the bullpen as well, and Tanner Riley got the save, getting the final three outs of the ballgame.
- Gieser's homers were his ninth and 10th of the season, making him the second player to have double-digit blasts of the season.
- Eager, Hill, and Randle each hit their seventh home runs of the season.
- Dickson, Eager, Tweedt, Gieser, and Randle each tallied two hits, while those four along with Tatrow each drove in a pair of runs.
Beyond the Box Score
- Gieser had his second multi-homer day of the season, and the fifth for ACU in 2022.
- ACU is now up to 64 home runs this season, the most in a single campaign since joining Division I. The all-time program record is 67 in 2010.
- The five homers Saturday are tied for the second-most in a single game this season.
On Deck
- Game three of the series gets underway at 1 p.m. on Sunday as ACU goes for the sweep. The game airs on ESPN+.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cervantes, Genner (4-3)
L: Benny Emmons III (3-1)
Batting:
2B: Eager, Colton 1
HR: Eager, Colton 1 ; Hill, Bryson 1 ; Gieser, Hunter 2 ; Randle, Bash 1
RBI: Tatrow, Grayson 2 ; Eager, Colton 2 ; Tweedt, Tanner 2 ; Ladusau, Miller 1 ; Hill, Bryson 1 ; Gieser, Hunter 2 ; Randle, Bash 2
SF: Eager, Colton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dickson, Mitchell 2 ; Tatrow, Grayson 1 ; Eager, Colton 2 ; Tweedt, Tanner 1 ; Hill, Bryson 1 ; Gieser, Hunter 3 ; Hammit, Brett 2 ; Randle, Bash 1
SB: Dickson, Mitchell 2 ; Ladusau, Miller 2
HBP: Dickson, Mitchell 1 ; Eager, Colton 1 ; Gieser, Hunter 1 ; Hammit, Brett 1
Batting:
2B: Cameron Crawford 1 ; Peyton Parker 1 ; Hunter Prescher 1 ; PJ Villareal 1
RBI: Kyle Cullen 2 ; Cameron Crawford 1 ; Peyton Parker 1 ; Dillon Eatman 2 ; PJ Villareal 1
SF: Kyle Cullen 1 ; Peyton Parker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kyle Cullen 1 ; Cameron Crawford 2 ; Peyton Parker 1 ; Clayton Loranger 1 ; Cal Martin 1 ; Chaney Dodge 1 ; Karlus Flanagan 1 ; PJ Villareal 1
SB: Clayton Loranger 1 ; Karlus Flanagan 1
