Kansas Wesleyan Baseball opened its regular season concluding series with the Avila University Eagles on Friday morning with a 7-2 win over the Eagles at Dean Evans Stadium.
 
The Coyotes got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning as Jacob Williamson led off the frame with a double down the line in left and then scored on Garrett Garfield's single in the gap in left center.
 
Avila tied it up in the top of the second inning with a leadoff single and then the run scoring on a single and an error in right field. A double play would keep the Eagles from adding additional runs in the inning.
 
Wesleyan put five on the board in the bottom of the inning. Joe Finder led off with a walk followed by singles by Blake Dale and Coulson Riggs to load the bases. Eric Romero drove in the first run on a sacrifice fly. Williamson reached on an error to load the bases again and then Tyler Favretto walked to bring in a run. Another sacrifice fly, this time by Garfield yielded a run. A wild pitch allowed Williamson to score and Fernando Ruvalcaba's RBI single capped the scoring for the Coyotes making it 6-1.
 
In the third, an incredible diving catch by Garfield at third stopped Avila from putting another run on the board
 
Avila got a homer in the fourth to make it 6-2, and the score stayed there until the Coyotes added a run in the sixth.
 
Romero led off the inning with a walk. Favretto walked and Ruvalcaba was intentionally walked to load the bases, but a passed ball would bring in the run for the Coyotes.
 
The Coyotes only needed five hits to generate the seven runs led by Riggs with two. Favretto walked twice for his KCAC-leading 54th walk of the year, and just sits one off the NAIA lead.
 
Brett Maddock notched his ninth win of the season, going five innings, allowing two runs, one earned on eight hits with a strikeout. Riley Gwin pitched two hitless innings, Thalen Wright tossed an inning, allowing two hits and Ritter Steinmann went an inning allowing one hit and notching two strikeouts.
 
The teams will conclude the series on Saturday with a doubleheader, scheduled to start at Noon. The games were moved up an hour to try to avoid inclement weather in the area on Saturday afternoon.