Glendale, Ariz.- In an odd doubleheader on Friday, Embry-Riddle (AZ) won game one and Arizona Christian won game two with both games going final via the mercy rule in five innings.

Game Info

• Game one score: Embry-Riddle (AZ) - 9, Arizona Christian - 0 (5 inn) 
• Game two score: Arizona Christian - 12, Embry-Riddle (AZ) - 4 (5 inn)
• Records: Arizona Christian - 18-18, 8-6 GSAC, Embry-Riddle (AZ) - 19-9, 8-6 GSAC
• NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian - not ranked, Embry-Riddle (AZ) - RV
• Location: ACU Softball Field, Arizona Christian University, Glendale, AZ

ACU Game One Stats

• Elena Garcia - 1-1
• Nadia Landeros - BB

Inside Game One

• The Eagles scored two in the first 
• Garcia singled to shortstop in the bottom of the first
• ACU would not collect another hit in the game
• ERAU plated two in the second and five in the fourth to put the mercy rule in play
• Jyden Miles had her program tying 31 game on base streak come to an end (tied with Payton Carli- 2019-20)

ACU Game Two Stats

• Dayna Herrera - CG win, 3-4, 2 RBI
• Landeros - 1-3, RBI
• Miles - 2-3, 3 runs
• Morgan Bradford - 2-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI
• Sierra Lauko - 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI
• Taylor Fogleman - 1-2, 3B, RBI
• Garcia - 2 runs
• Brittany McCracken - pinch hit RBI

Inside Game Two

• After only one hit in game one, Miles, Garcia, and Herrera delivered three straight singles to start the bottom of the first and built a 2-0 lead
• A 1-2-3 top and bottom of the second was followed by ERAU plating four runs in the third  
• Heading to the bottom of the fifth trailing 4-2, ACU exploded for a ten run inning to turn potential defeat into a mercy rule win
• A Miles walk, Herrera RBI single, Landeros single, Bradford and Lauko back-to-back RBI doubles, Fogleman triple, Grubb walk, and Miles single accounted for the first six runs of the inning
• After the inning was kept alive by two errors, Landeros walked in a run and Bradford doubled to center to plate Garcia and Herrera to put the mercy rule into effect
• Like the Firestorm evened their season record, Herrera evened her record in the pitching circle

Thoughts from Coach Mayben
"We are proud of how our team bounced back after a difficult game one.  Dayna was a leader in the circle and at the plate.  It was great to see us make the adjustments offensively from game one to game two."

Up Next
The same two teams will play on Saturday at 11:00 am on the ACU Softball Field.