SEWANEE, Tenn. - The University of the South baseball team picked up two victories on Saturday to stay unbeaten in the early stages of the 2023 season. After holding on for a 6-5 win in the opener, the Purple and White had a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th to defeat Fontbonne University in the night cap, 7-6.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score, Game 1: Sewanee 6, Fontbonne 5
Final Score, Game 2: Sewanee (4-0-1) 7, Fontbonne (2-2) 6 | 10 innings
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HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 1
-After Sewanee struck the scoreboard firs on a
Mike Lewishall base hit in the bottom of the first, not a lot of offense happened on either side.
-However, the defense came out for the Tigers in the third. After Eric Creech led off the inning with a base hit to the outfield, he was later picked off by
Matt Munn. The sophomore recorded his second pick off in as many starts.
-Sewanee tacked on two runs in the sixth. After an
Emmett DeScherer base knock to score
Will Yarbro, DeScherer later came around on an error.
-Fontbonne avoided the shutout in the sevneth with a sacrifice fly.
-In the bottom of the seventh, the Purple Tigers posted four runs in the frame, capped by two runs scoring as
Alden Wright reached on an error.
-After Sewanee added four runs in the seventh, the Tigers turned to the bullpen. Despite a three-run homer with two outs in the op of the ninth to make it a 7-6 score, Colby Shivers grounded out to end the game.
HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 2
-In the night cap, the offense started with a bang, as
Blake Pou went yard for the lead-off home run in the third.
-Sewanee tacked on two more runs on an RBI groundout by Pou and a RBI single by
Hunter Herndon in the fourth.
-Fontbonne wiped out the lead quickly in the next half inning. A two-run single and an infield hit that scored a run evened the game at three runs apiece.
-At a stalemate until the sixth, Pou found lightning in his bat with a RBI double to score
Luke Short.
-Once again, the Griffins responded to tie the game again. In the seventh, an RBI double by Colby Shivers made it a 4-4 game going into the seventh inning stretch, where the see-saw battle continued.
Mike Lewishall scored
Will Yarbro, with one out, on a base hit to swing the lead back to the Purple Tigers, 5-4.
-After a shut-down inning by the Sewanee bullpen in the eighth, the Tigers had the lead in the ninth with three outs left to get. Following two outs and a two-out single, the Griffins evened the score again with a double off the right field fence.
-In the bottom of the ninth, looking to walk it off, the Tigers had runners at second and third with two outs, but a pop out forced the game to extra innings.
-After
Henry Shields tossed a 1-2-3 inning, the Tigers' bats went back to work. However, with two outs, it came down to freshman
Oliver Snell. He would get into one, sending it over the left field fence for the walk-off winner.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
-Coming in the eighth of game two for defensive purposes, freshman
Oliver Snell took the advantage of the two plate appearances he had late. After earning a 10-pitch walk in the eighth, his next at bat was a loud one as a fly ball was sent over the left field fence for a walk-off home run.
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Blake Pou posted a 2-for-5 day at the plate, with both hits extra bases, including a homer and a double. Scoring a run, he also drove in three.
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Will Yarbro had two hits and runs scored each in game one, while
Mike Lewishall drove in two and had a double in the opener.
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Matt Munn (2-0), in game one, tossed seven innings of one-hit, three-run ball with five strikeouts. In game two,
Aidan Lenzen posted five strikeouts in five innings.
FONTBONNE KEY STATISTICS
-Bryce McKinnon led the Griffins with three RBI, two runs scored and a 2-for-5 day at the plate in the opener.
-In game two, Matt Helm went 4-for-5 with an RBI. Carter Lee and Eric Creech each had two hits each, while Kameron Brooks went 2-of-4 off the bench with two RBI.
-Gavin Kinworth (0-1) struck out eight batters in his start in game one.
UP NEXT
The series will wrap up on Sunday at noon with the Griffins from Montgomery Field.
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