SEWANEE, Tenn. - The University of the South baseball team matched its win total from a season ago with a demolishing of Fontbonne University, 16-5, Sunday inside Montgomery Field.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score: Sewanee (5-0-1) 16, Fontbonne (2-3) 5
Winning Pitcher:
Marshall Coley (1-0)
Losing Pitcher: Ben Bisig (0-1)
Save:
Henry Collins (1)
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HOW IT HAPPENED
-Being down 2-0 did not phase Sewanee early in this contest. Sewanee did strike in the bottom of the second, as
Will Yarbro scored on a double play.
-In the third, the Purple and White took the lead for good with a five-run inning. After a base hit by
Blake Pou and a
Hunter Herndon free pass,
Jack Roode, with the wind blowing out to right field, sent one over the right field fence for a three-run homer.
-Sewanee added two more on an RBI double by
Mike Lewishall and an RBI knock by
Oliver Snell.
-Despite the Griffins making the contest a 6-5 affair after three and a half innings, that would be as close as they would get. From there, the Tigers scored in each inning. In the fourth, Roode laced a base hit to score Herndon, and in the fifth, Lewishall's second double of the game brought home Yarbro.
-After three more runs scored in the sixth, the Tigers' had the final blow in the seventh. With the bases juiced and Sewanee up 12-5, Roode found the wind again and put the game in a run-rule affair with a grand slam.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
-It was a 4-for-5 day for
Jack Roode with 10 RBI. Seven came off a home run.
Mike Lewishall added two RBI and hits each.
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Hunter Herndon, thanks to three free passes, scored four times in the game.
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Marshall Coley (1-0) allowed two earned runs in four innings to earn the victory.
Henry Collins picked up the three-inning save with just two base runners allowed.
FONTBONNE KEY STATISTICS
-Fontbonne had eight hits in the day, all singles. Matt Helm and Gavin Kinworthy each had two for the Griffins.
UP NEXT
There's one more non-conference series before league play starts. The Tigers will welcome the University of Wisconsin Platteville and Messiah University for a weekend series. Sewanee and UW-Platteville will start off the weekend on Friday at 2 p.m.
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