Abilene Christian
27-16
Indiana
26-21
Cardenas Homers, Not Enough to Secure Win against Indiana
5/3/2025 8:10:00 PM | Baseball
ABILENE – The Wildcats dropped game two of their weekend series against Indiana on Saturday afternoon at Bullock Brothers Ballpark, as the Hoosiers used a series of big innings to secure a 14-5 win and even the three-game set.
The Wildcats saw early trouble from Indiana, which scored multiple runs in the first, third, fifth, and seventh innings. Despite a mid-game spark from the ACU offense, Indiana's 17-hit performance proved too much to overcome.
Diego Cardenas led the charge for ACU at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a two-run homer in the 5th and a total of two runs scored. Grant Watkins added a two-base hit and drove in a run, while Nick Arias and Brady Gray contributed RBI and a single apiece. ACU put up a three-run rally in the fifth to close the gap to 11-5, but the Hoosiers responded with insurance runs in the following two frames.
Game three of the series is set for Sunday afternoon with the first pitch scheduled for 1:05 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Holderfield, Grant (3-0)
L: Lanman, Brett (6-2)
S: Seebold, Gavin (2)
Batting:
2B: Moore, Will 1 ; Taylor, Devin 2 ; Denny, Hogan 1
HR: Dickerson, Korbyn 1 ; Hanley, Jake 1 ; Denny, Hogan 1
RBI: Moore, Will 2 ; Dickerson, Korbyn 4 ; Hanley, Jake 2 ; Denny, Hogan 3 ; Brenczewski, Joey 1
SF: Hanley, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Moore, Will 1 ; Taylor, Devin 3 ; Dickerson, Korbyn 3 ; Hanley, Jake 1 ; Malamazian, Cooper 2 ; Denny, Hogan 2 ; Cerny, Tyler 1 ; Brenczewski, Joey 1
SB: Moore, Will 1 ; Taylor, Devin 1 ; Dickerson, Korbyn 1 ; Malamazian, Cooper 2 ; Cerny, Tyler 1 ; Wiggins, Andrew 1
HBP: DeMartino, Tyler 1 ; Wiggins, Andrew 1
Batting:
2B: Watkins, Grant 1
HR: Cardenas, Diego 1
RBI: Watkins, Grant 2 ; Cardenas, Diego 2 ; Arias, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Greer, Benjamin 1 ; Watkins, Grant 1 ; Cardenas, Diego 2 ; Borho, Reese 1
