Springfield, Mo. – The Columbia College baseball team swept a doubleheader against the Evangel Valor on Friday.

The Cougars are now 10-3 on the season, while Evangel falls to 8-5.  

Game 1: Columbia def. Evangel, 5-1
The Scoring:

• T3 (CC) - Tom McKenna drove in Myles Jasper with a sac bunt, followed by a run-scoring single from Indy Stanley. (CC 2, EU 0)
• B3 (EU) – The Valor scored on a solo home run (CC 2, EU 1)
• T7 (CC) – Brett Mooney scored on a passed ball. Tom McKenna hit a 2-run home run. (CC 5, EU 1)

Individual Leaders:

• Tegan Woods led the Cougars with two hits.
• Tom McKenna drove in a game-high three runs.
• Devyn Lopez had a stolen base.
• Dan Fick tossed a complete game allowing one earned run on four hits and striking out five.

 
Game 2: Columbia def. Evangel, 10-8
The Scoring:

• T1 (CC) – The Cougars scored four times on a Kole Ficken grand slam (CC 4, EU)
• B1 (EU) – Evangel answered back with four runs in their half of the first (CC4, EU 4)
• T2 (CC) – Indy Stanley tripled home Cade Carlson and then scored on a wild pitch. Riley Poulton was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to add another Cougar run (CC 7, EU 4)
• B2 (EU) – Evangel scored twice on a 3-run double (CC 7, EU 6)
• B4 (EU) – The Valor took their first lead on a 2-run homer (CC 7, EU 8)
• T6 (CC) – Ficken and David Dell picked up RBI hits, while Poulton reached on an error resulting in another Cougar run (CC 10, EU 8).

Individual Leaders:

• Indy Stanley went 3-4 with a triple, walk, three runs scored, an RBI, and a stolen base.
• Kole Ficken had a couple of hits and five RBIs.
• Braden DeSonia, Stanley, and Ficken had multiple hits.
• The Cougars went 5-5 in stolen bases.
• Kaleb Richards earned the win tossing 4.1 innings allowing two earned runs and striking out three.
• Alex Grellner picked up his third save of the season, pitching a perfect inning.

 
Up Next:
The two teams finish the four-game series on Saturday, beginning at 12:00 PM.