Firestorm Split In Gulf Shores

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

Gulf Shores, AL- After not playing a countable game in almost exactly a month to the day, Arizona Christian found themselves in Alabama for the Gulf Coast Invitational on Friday.  The Firestorm split with Central Baptist (AR) and Keiser (FL).

Game Info

• Game one score: Central Baptist – 14, Arizona Christian – 2 (6 innings)
• Game two score: Arizona Christian – 6, Keiser – 3
• Records: Arizona Christian – 4-8, Central Baptist – 7-1,  Keiser – 2-2
• NAIA Top 25 ranking: Arizona Christian – RV, Central Baptist – 16, Keiser – 2-2
• Location: Gulf Shores SportsPlex, Gulf Shores, AL

ACU Game One Stats

• Kirsten Garcia – 2-3
• Elsy Guzman – 2-3, RBI

Inside Game One

• In the first, Claire Buckley singled and moved up on an error before Guzman drove her home for an early 1-0 lead
• CBC countered with four runs over two innings
• ACU made it 4-2 with the benefit of just one hit in the fourth
• The wheels came off in the sixth as CBC plated ten runs

ACU Game Two Stats

• Claire Buckley – 2 RBI
• Ashley Sandoval – 1-2, 2B, RBI
• Mady Carli – 1-2, 2 runs
• Taylor Schleisman – 1-2, 2 runs, RBI
• Ariel Rico ­- 6.1 innings pitched, earned run, win
• Helen Hayes – save

Inside Game Two

• Keiser scored the first run and the last two runs
• ACU scored six runs in between
• Sandoval and Schleisman doubled around a Carli single and all three scored capped by a squeeze bunt by Buckley in the second
• Back-to-back walks by Carli and Schleisman started the fourth before both came around to score
• Buckley and San Pedro collected RBIs
• Rico pitched into the seventh and Hayes came in and shut the door

Up Next

The Firestorm will play two more games on Saturday in Gulf Shores- one against Texas A&M- Texarkana and then one versus Ave Maria.

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