Embry-Riddle beat Arizona Christian by a score of 7-6 on Tuesday night in Glendale at Greenway High School.

Drew Barragan (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.) put ERAU on top right away in the top of the 1^st inning as he blasted a three run homerun.  Travis Strickler (Glendale, Ariz.) led off the inning with a single up the middle followed by a single by Javier Izaguirre Jr. (Riverside, Calif.).  With runners on first and third, Barragan hit the ball over the fence in left center as Embry-Riddle took the 3-0 lead. 

ACU answered with one run in their half of the inning, but the Eagles extended their lead again in the top of the 3^rd.  Barragan led off with a double and then with one out, Luke Jepsen (Temecula, Calif.) hit a double of his own to make the score 4-1.  Jepsen came around to score on a wild pitch and put ERAU up 5-1. 

The Firestorm scored three runs in the bottom of the 3^rd inning on three hits and then scored two more runs in the bottom of the 5^th inning as they took their first lead of the day making the score 6-5.

In the top of the 7^th inning, Embry-Riddle tied the score again at 6-6 as Barragan hit his second homerun of the game. 

ERAU scored in again in the top of the 9^th inning.  Strickler hit a double to left center and then Barragan was intentionally walked to put runners on first and second base.  Both runners moved up 90 feet on a passed ball and Strickler scored on an RBI single by Roberto Garza-Nunez (Salinas, Calif.). 

Eric Schumann (Mission Viejo, Calif.) started the game and pitched a strong four innings.  Zach Sharp (Olympia, Wash.) and Tanner Moran (Mililani, Hawaii) each threw a clean inning and Jonah Montes (Upland, Calif.) earned the save in the win. 

Embry-Riddle will play SAGU AIC tomorrow in Prescott at 3pm in a non-conference matchup.