SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Allen Community College’s baseball team won a pair of games at opposite ends of the spectrum Tuesday, pounding out a 16-14 slug-fest win over Evangel University, then receiving a two-hit shutout in a 6-0 win in the finale. GEOFFREY BOURQUE ensured the fireworks in the opener were not repeated in the nightcap. He allowed only two hits in his complete game shutout, with three walks and five strikeouts.
The victories improved Allen’s record to 2-3 on the season. Games today at Oklahoma Wesleyan University have been canceled due to weather.
Allen took advantage of 15 hits and five Evangel errors, while doing much of its damage in innings 3 through 5.
A walk to Trey Francis triggered a four-run third. Troy Willoughby followed with a run-scoring single. After singles by Tim Lewis and Jerrik Sigg, Nate Arnold provided the big blast of the frame, a three-run home run.
Evangel responded with a five-run inning of its own to take a 6-4 lead before the Red Devils bounced right back with a six-run fourth. This time, a hit batsmen — Cody Amerine was the victim — was followed by singles by Cole Slusser and Francis. Clint Heffern drove in Amerine with a sacrifice fly, then Willoughby’s single scored Slusser, and Lewis’ hit drove in Francis. Sigg’s double drove in Willoughby. Montana Samuels drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Sigg scored the last run of the inning on fielder’s interference.
A five-run fifth inning pushed the lead to 15-6. Allen took advantage of three Evangel errors, leading to two-run doubles by Sigg and Arnold.
Evangel made things interesting with an eight-run fifth, closing the gap to 15-14.
Slusser doubled to lead off the sixth. He advanced on a bunt and scored on Heffern’s sacrifice fly for the final two-run margin.
Arnold pitched a perfect bottom of the seventh for the save.
Sigg went 4-for-5 with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs scored. Arnold drove in five runs on his three hits, including a double and home run. Willoughby, Lewis and Slusser all had two hits. Francis had a single.
Arnold drove in Sigg via a single with Allen’s first run in the top of the first. Slusser singled to start the second. He advanced on a stolen base and error before scoring on a passed ball. Another passed ball allowed Francis to score after he had walked.
Arnold singled and scored on an Amerine double in the third. Three errors and a passed ball allowed the Red Devils to score two runs without a hit in the fifth.
Arnold added three more hits to his resume, while Willoughby and Lewis both singled twice. Amerine had a double. Drew Walden and Slusser both had singles.
Allen sweeps Evangel
