Embry-Riddle split on the first day of the East/West Invitational beating Ottawa with a come from behind 10-8 win before dropping the game to Arizona Christian 11-0 at the ACU Baseball Field.

Game 1
 Embry-Riddle struck quickly in the first. After a leadoff walk to Konner Nelson, catcher Javi Izaguirre ripped a two-out RBI double to right to give ERAU a 1–0 lead.

Ottawa answered with single runs in the third and then surged ahead with two in the fourth—capitalizing on an ERAU defensive miscue and a two-run double from D. Sneed. The Braves added three more in the fifth, including a two-run homer by R. Williams, to open a 6–3 advantage.

ERAU began climbing back in the fifth when Caden Truman singled and later scored on a groundout, followed by another RBI from Izaguirre to pull the Eagles within 6–3.

Ottawa extended the lead to 8–4 in the sixth, but the Eagle bullpen—led by Sam Pritchard and Noah Tschopp—shut the door from there, giving the offense room to rally. Pritchard threw two scoreless innings with three strikeouts, and Tschopp earned the save with a clean ninth.
 

Trailing 8–4, the Eagles delivered the game's decisive blow in the top of the eighth.

Embry-Riddle loaded the bases through a walk, a hit-by-pitch, and a single by Miles Murphy, who drove in Truman to make it 8–5. A wild pitch advanced both runners, and a walk to James Warren kept momentum going.

Izaguirre followed by rolling a fielder's-choice RBI to score Nelson, cutting it to 8–6. Moments later, Connor Rosinski was hit by a pitch with the bases still loaded, scoring Murphy and pulling ERAU within one.

Then came the turning point: a balk by Ottawa reliever A. Quintana, allowing three runners to advance and the tying run to score, knotting the game at 8–8.

With the floodgates open, Ty Cramer drove in the go-ahead run with a fielder's choice before Aleksander Krupa added an RBI groundout to cap off the stunning six-run frame, giving the Eagles their first lead since the early innings.

Game 2

The Eagles were held to just three hits on the night, recording singles from Carter Graham, Jake Patterson, and a late pinch-hit knock from Fernando Perez-Ortega in the ninth. 

ERAU put runners on in the second inning following a defensive miscue and Graham's single, but stranded both. Patterson added another baserunner in the fifth, yet ACU pitching continued to shut down the Eagles across all nine innings.

Arizona Christian starting pitcher Caden Farrell was dominant, allowing only two hits over seven shutout innings while striking out nine.

ERAU will play again Saturday at ACU against Ottawa and British Columbia.