Abilene Christian
31-23, 17-12
Seattle U
17-35, 10-19
Wildcats Even Series with Seattle
5/17/2024 9:55:00 PM | Baseball
The Wildcats moved to 17-12 and caught California Baptist in third in the WAC standings. Utah Valley lost in extra innings on Friday and has a one-game lead in second place.
ACU scored four runs in the second inning on a bases-loaded walk by Miller Ladusau, a two-run single by Benjamin Greer and an RBI single by Gino D'Alessio.
Maddox Miesse scored on an error and Holden Rook scored on a throw down to second base for two unearned ACU runs in the third.
Greer scored from third on a pick-off play at first in the fourth.
ACU scored its final runs in the sixth on an RBI double by Ladusau and a sacrifice fly by D'Alessio.
The Cats had 10 hits in the game, led by Greer and D'Alessio with two each. Ladusau, Garrett Williams, Reese Borho, Miesse, Rook and Zandt Payne had one apiece.
Dash Albus got the win in relief and Blaine Palmer got a save.
The Cats and Redhawks meet for the regular season finale at 1:05 p.m. on Saturday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Campa, Iain (7-3)
L: Smith, Blake (5-6)
S: Palmer, Blaine (1)
Batting:
2B: Heiser, Grant 1 ; Dayton, Cameron 1
HR: Reed, Jackson 1
RBI: Heiser, Grant 1 ; Reed, Jackson 1 ; Dayton, Cameron 1 ; Hays, Ryne 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kane, Sam 1 ; Heiser, Grant 1 ; Reed, Jackson 1 ; Dayton, Cameron 1 ; Carr, Kellen 1
HBP: Gellos, Derek 1 ; Kane, Sam 1
Batting:
2B: Ladusau, Miller 1
RBI: Ladusau, Miller 2 ; Greer, Benjamin 2 ; D'Alessio, Gino 2 ; Payne, Zandt 1
SF: D'Alessio, Gino 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ladusau, Miller 2 ; Greer, Benjamin 1 ; Borho, Reese 1 ; Miesse, Maddox 2 ; Rook, Holden 1 ; Payne, Zandt 2
SB: Greer, Benjamin 1 ; Borho, Reese 1 ; Rook, Holden 1 ; Payne, Zandt 2
HBP: Miesse, Maddox 1
PO: Williams, Garrett 1
