SEWANEE, Tenn. - The University of the South baseball team dropped a Saturday doubleheader to Millikin University (Ill.), 7-1 and 8-3, from Montgomery Field.
Millikin is receiving votes in the preseason D3baseball.com Top-25.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score, Game 1: Millikin 7, Sewanee 1
Winning Pitcher: Caleb Buehrle (1-1)
Losing Pitcher:
Matt Munn (0-1)
Final Score, Game 2: Millikin (4-2) 8, Sewanee (2-3) 3
Winning Pitcher: Tanner Coleman (1-1)
Losing Pitcher:
Logan Martin (1-1)
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HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 1
-The Big Blue used a first inning rally to take the early 1-0 lead before adding two more in the third inning. In the fifth, Garrett Fritz launched a solo homer to make it a 4-0 affair.
-In the seventh,
Wesley House posted an RBI double to score
Jack Roode.
-Millikin put the game away thanks to a three-run eighth.
HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 2
-In the nightcap, the visitors picked up the offense from game one and had a 3-0 lead after an inning and a half.
-The Purple and White answered with a three-spot in the bottom of th eseocnd. Four straight Tigers reached base to start the inning. After a
Jack Roode leadoff two-bagger and a
Wesley House base knock,
Wade Sansone and
Dean Vencil posted back-to-back RBI singles to make it a 3-2 deficit.
-After a
Drew Noblet sac bunt and an Emmett Descherer base on balls,
TJ Meyn got a fly ball deep enough to score Sansone. Unfortunately for Sewanee, the rally would end with the score all square at three runs apiece.
-Millikin reclaimed the lead for good thanks to five unanswered runs.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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Wade Sansone and
Drew Noblet each posted two hits in the nightcap of the twinbill.
TJ Meyn, Sansone,
Dean Vencil and Wesey House all contributed RBI in the doubleheader.
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Matt Munn (0-1) struck out four batters in his start of game one.
Logan Martin (1-1) allowed one earned run in five frames with five punchouts.
MILLIKIN KEY STATISTICS
-Garrett Fritz went a perfect 4-for-4 in the opener with two RBI. He totaled five hits and three RBI between the two games.
-Caleb Buerhle (1-1) fanned eight Tigers in seven innings in game one, while Tanner Coleman (1-1) pitched 4.1 innings with seven strikeouts.
UP NEXT
The Tigers will look to avoid the sweep on Sunday from Montgomery Field.
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