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OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE OF ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
ACU Baseball fired up
Khaxil Stewart
10
Morningside MU
10
Arizona Christian ACU
Morningside MU
10
Final
10
Arizona Christian ACU
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Morningside MU 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 13 4
Arizona Christian ACU 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 10 11 0

Game Recap: Baseball | | Natalie Lopez

ACU And Morningside Battle To Deadlock In 12 Inning Marathon

Glendale, Ariz.- In a wild extra-inning thriller, ACU and Morningside University played to a dramatic 10-10 tie after 12 innings on Tuesday night. Both teams exchanged blows throughout the game, with late-inning heroics keeping the game deadlocked. After a four-hour game, both coaches decided to end in a tie due to the lights in the stadium turning off at midnight. This is the first tie in baseball program history for the Firestorm. 


Game Info
  • Score: Arizona Christian - 10, Morningside - 10
  • Records: Arizona Christian - 16-4-1, Morningside - 7-1-1
  • Location: Greenway High School, Glendale, AZ

ACU Stats
Inside The Game
  • In the bottom of the third inning with the Firestorm down 4 runs, Edmonds and Ivy both get hits to get on base. Fukofuka comes up as the next batter and hits a single up the middle, scoring both Ivy and Edmonds, earning 2 RBI. 
  • Later that same inning, Fukofuka scored on a wild pitch. Morningside still led 5-3 at the end of the third inning. 
  • In the bottom of the fifth inning, Fukofuka reached first on an error by the first baseman. With a runner on base, Tarver hit a two-run home run to add to the score. Morningside still led the game, 7-3 at the end of the fifth inning. 
  • In the seventh inning, the Firestorm added another run after Kiaunis scored on the throwing error. ACU now down just a single run, 7-6. 
  • Bottom of the ninth inning, Eastham tied the game after hitting a bomb to left center. The game was now tied, 7-7. 
  • In the top of the tenth inning, Morningside added three more runs to the board. The Mustangs took the lead, 10-7. 
  • In the bottom of the tenth inning, the Firestorm's bats were hot. Tarver hit another two-run home run and Kiaunis homered as well. The game was now tied, 10-10. 
  • With neither team able to score before the coaches called the game after four hours, the final score was 10-10 after 12 innings.  

Up Next
On Friday, the Firestorm will head to California to face Hope International for a doubleheader at 12pm and 3pm. 



 
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