Chickasha, OK

March 5, 2019 | Blake Cochran

The Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) baseball team dropped their first Sooner Athletic Conference series at the University of Science and Arts this past weekend. The doubleheader started with a 1-9 loss and a 1-8 deficit to end the day.

The Drovers scored eight runs in the fourth inning then one in the 5th that would be too much for the Lions to come back from; SAGU gained a run back at the top of the 7th inning. SAGU finished with four hits and four errors to their eight hits and only one error. Tanner Lindle hit well going two for three with a solo home run in the 7th; Ben Bills went one for two and shortstop, Ryan Cole finished with one hit on three attempts. USAO had three different players have doubles which made up for a majority of their runs; Brock Henderson, Luis Pelayo, and Daniel Lafarga. Augie Martinez was the starting pitcher on the day giving up four hits for five earned runs and four strikeouts in 3.2 innings of work then Dennis Smith came in in relief allowing two earned runs off of two hits and Lorenzo Galicia finished the game not allowing a hit or run in 1.1 innings.

Game two started off with the Drovers scoring two in the first inning and not looking back after that scoring six in the final three innings. Ben Bills and AJ Munoz both had doubles while Derrick Clement and Kyle Contreras had singles to obtain their five hits for one run in the second inning. Contreras scored off of a wild pitch in the dirt that sent him home from third. Bills faced 16 batters in 3.2 innings for seven hits and five earned runs while striking out three Drovers and walking two.

The Lions are ranked nationally in the top 20 in total triples at 3rd with 10, 7th in triples per game with 0.50, and 20th in total doubles with 36.

They will back in action Tuesday, 3/5 at Arlington Baptist with the first pitching going out at 2 pm in Arlington, TX.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a private, Christian university located 30 minutes south of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Waxahachie, Texas. The university was established in 1927, and now offers more than 70 associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees on campus or online. More information is available at www.sagu.edu