PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - The University of the South baseball team suffered two set backs at the Snowbird Baseball Classic, as Wooster defeated Sewanee, 11-2 on Saturday. On Monday, the Purple Tigers took on No. 22 Denison and dropped a close one, 4-3.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score, Friday, March 11: Wooster (2-1) 11, Sewanee 2
Final Score, Monday, March 14: No. 22 Denison (6-1) 4, Sewanee (2-13) 3
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HOW IT HAPPENED, WOOSTER
-Wooster struck early and often as they posted a 7-0 lead after two innings.
-Sewanee avoided the shutout in the ninth. Pinch hitter
Hudson Hefner posted an RBI single and he later scored Sewanee's second run on a pass ball.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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Carter Huffman posted a 2-for-2 day at the plate coing off the bench with a two-bagger.
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Hudson Hefner had a pinch hit base knock, RBI and run scored.
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Hampton Long recorded eight punchouts in five innings of relief.
WOOSTER KEY STATISTICS
-Ben Gbur recorded a 3-for-4 performance with a double and four runs scored, while Dean Brown had a three-RBI dat at the dish.
-Mitchell Reardon (1-1) earned the win thanks to a one-hit, one-walk performance over six innings.
HOW IT HAPPENED, DENISON
-The Big Red used a first inning RBI single thanks to a one-out walk to dent the scoreboard first.
-However, Sewanee was able to string together a rally to take the lead in the bottom of the fourth. After a double by
Mike Lewishall and a
J.T. Carter base knock to put runners at the corners,
TJ Meyn recorded a sacrifice fly to score the Tigers' first run of the game.
-After a
Sully McCreery walk,
Luke Short laced a two-out double to give the Purple and White the 2-1 lead.
-Unfortunately, the Sewanee pitching staff was unable to post the shut-down inning, as a leadoff double came around to score on a sacrifice fly to tie the game at two runs each.
-The Big Red tacked on single runs in the seventh and eighth to reclaim the lead.
-Sewanee had an opportunity to retake the lead in the bottom of the eighth inning, but the Tigers left the bases loaded to keep the score in favor of the Big Red, 4-2.
-After a scoreless top of the ninth, Sewanee was able to push across a run in the bottom of the ninth thanks to a
Jack Roode base knock up the middle. However, with the tying run on first base, the Tigers failed to get the runner home thanks to a strikeout.
-Denison is ranked 22nd in the latest D3baseball.com Top 25.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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J.T. Carter posted a 2-for-3 day at the plate with with a run scored, while
Luke Short,
Jack Roode and
TJ Meyn each recorded an RBI.
DENISON KEY STATISTICS
-Jake Welsch went 3-for-4 to pace the Big Red with two runs scored, while Patrick Neehan drove in two runs.
UP NEXT
Sewanee wraps up their Florida trip on Tuesday with a contest against No. 4 North Central. The latest D3baseball.com rankings will be announced early Tuesday morning.
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