Abilene Christian
22-16, 0
California Baptist
25-13, 0
ACU Drops Two to California Baptist
4/19/2024 8:34:00 PM | Baseball
The Wildcats trailed 4-0 before getting on the scoreboard in the fourth inning on an RBI single by DJ Van Atten. Gino D'Alessio had a sixth-inning sacrifice fly to pull ACU to within 7-2.
The Cats added three in the seventh on RBI singles by Holden Rook, Benjamin Greer and Miller Ladusau.
ACU had eight hits, led by Ladusau with two. Greer, Maddox Miesse, Van Atten, Garrett Williams, Reese Borho and Rook had one hit each.
Austin Glaze (3-3) took the loss. Chandler Freeman pitched 1.2 scoreless innings and Nolan Foster retired the one batter he faced in relief.
Van Atten produced a sacrifice fly to get ACU on the board in the fourth inning of the second game. The Cats scored three times in the fifth on RBI singles by Ladusau and Miesse, as well as a passed ball that allowed Ladusau to score.
D'Alessio had three of ACU's nine hits. Miesse had two hits and Ladusau, Ranse Radtke, Borho and Rook had one apiece.
Iain Campa (5-2) took his first WAC loss.
The teams finish off the three-game series with a 10 a.m. contest on Sunday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brandon Downer (5-2)
L: Glaze, Austin (3-3)
Batting:
2B: Michael Carpentier 1 ; Nick Dumesnil 1 ; Gunner Antillon 1
HR: Mitch Simon 1 ; Nick Dumesnil 2 ; Josh Paino 1 ; Connor Mcguire 1
RBI: Mitch Simon 1 ; Michael Carpentier 2 ; Nick Dumesnil 5 ; Josh Paino 2 ; Connor Mcguire 1 ; Matthew Darr 3 ; Gunner Antillon 2
SH: Connor Mcguire 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mitch Simon 2 ; Michael Carpentier 1 ; Nick Dumesnil 5 ; Josh Paino 3 ; Connor Mcguire 1 ; Matthew Darr 1 ; Mark Kirkland 1 ; Garret Ostrander 2
HBP: Mitch Simon 1 ; Josh Paino 1 ; Mark Kirkland 1 ; Garret Ostrander 1
Batting:
RBI: Greer, Benjamin 1 ; Ladusau, Miller 1 ; D'Alessio, Gino 1 ; Van Atten, DJ 1 ; Rook, Holden 1
SF: D'Alessio, Gino 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Greer, Benjamin 1 ; Ladusau, Miller 1 ; Staehely, Aaron 1 ; Borho, Reese 1 ; Rook, Holden 1
HBP: Van Atten, DJ 1 ; Borho, Reese 1
