Baseball Season Ends In AMC Tournament
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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William Woods (MO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
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Central Baptist (AR) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 13 | 9 | 1 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Central Baptist (AR) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
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Mission (Mo.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
Erik Holth, CBC Sports Information Director
O'Fallon, Mo. – With weather wreaking havoc on the American Midwest Conference Baseball Tournament, Central Baptist College had to wait to find out who their opponents were for today at CarShield Field. CBC (29-24) beat William Woods (29-22) 13-6 to eliminate the Owls before seeing their season end against Mission (34-18) 5-4.
GAME ONE – CBC 13, WILLIAM WOODS 6
WWU took the lead in the first, 1-0, before an error by the Owls tied the game 1-1. Julian Rodriguez started a four-run second inning with a sac fly to make it 2-1 followed by a double by Ryan Dauphinee made it 3-1 before a two-run error made it 5-1. CBC scored four in the third on a home run by Jaxon Kirkhuff, his fifth of the season, a wild pitch, and back-to-back singles by Dauphinee and Brayden Mayencourt made it 9-1. WWU scored twice in the fourth and CBC got the lead back to eight (11-3) on a two-run double by Aaron Prince. The Mustangs scored their final two runs in the fifth on a sac fly by Garrett Fitts and a double by Jaxon Kirkhuff. Gram Middleton got the win, throwing eight innings while allowing three walks and striking out seven. Rhett James threw the ninth, allowing a run on two hits with a walk and a strikeout.
GAME TWO – MISSION 5, CBC 4
CBC's first three runs came in the second inning via a solo home run by Kirkhuff, his sixth and a two-run shot by Julian Rodriguez, his first to make it 3-0 in the second. A sac fly by Mayencourt in the fifth made it 4-0 before Mission scored one in the seventh, two in the eighth and a walk-off two-run home run to end CBC's season in their 53rd game for the third straight season.
SEASON NOTES
- CBC tied the 2019 team for the seventh most runs scored in a season with 341
- The Mustangs averaged just under seven runs a game, the fifth most in a non-Covid season
- CBC finished with exactly 90 doubles for the third time in program history
- CBC's eight triples put them inside the top 10 in a season
- The Mustangs drew 178 walks this season, tied for the ninth most in a season
- 69 batters were hit this season, third most in a season in history
- The Mustangs stole at least 127 bases for the fourth straight season
- CBC finished with a 5.37 ERA, eighth lowest in a season since 2005
- The Mustangs had the fifth highest K/9 in program history this season at 8.4
- The pitching staff finished with the fifth lowest batting average against all-time at .269