ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — It's been a year of headaches and a few close calls early in the year for Southern Nazarene, but after two one-run losses, SNU picked up its first win of the year in a 2-1 victory at Henderson State.
The win gives the Crimson Storm (1-10, 1-2 GAC) its first win of the year and ends the three-game series with the Reddies (7-3, 2-1 GAC).
SNU fell 12-3 in the first game of the doubleheader.
If not for the fourth inning in the opener for SNU, it could have been a different outcome. The Storm allowed 11 of Henderson's 12 in the bottom of the fourth.
SNU jumped out to a 3-0 lead with one in the first and two in the third.
Dalen Edgar scored the first run of the game on a double to right by
Tyler Stevens in the first. The Storm took advantage of two HSU errors in the second to take the 3-0 lead.
Southern Nazarene though only had three more hits after that and Henderson had five hits alone in the fourth. The Reddies added one more in the sixth to cap it.
Stevens went 2-for-4 with an RBI while Edgar was also 2-for-4 with a run scored.
David Gustafson (0-1) took the loss after giving up seven runs on seven hits in three innings of work.
SNU struck first in the nightcap when
Mike Descisciolo hit a sacrifice fly to score
Tyler Stevens. The Reddies tied it in the bottom of the sixth with a run, but the Storm answered back in the top of the seventh on a solo home run to left by Descisciolo to take a 2-1 lead.
That run turned out to be the game-winning run as
Cody Tolbert got win after throwing the complete game. Tolbert gave up just one run on four hits and struck out five in seven innings of work. All five of SNU's hits came from different players.