SEWANEE, Tenn. - The University of the South baseball team saw Maryville College erase a 5-1 deficit after six innings to defeat the Tigers, 11-7, Tuesday afternoon from Montgomery Field.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score: Maryville (16-11) 11, Sewnaee (15-17-1) 7
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HOW IT HAPPENED
-The Tigers got on the board first after a
Hunter Herndon lead-off double. After he moved up 90 feet on a wild pitch,
Blake Pou sent a ball deep in the hole at short to reach base and see Herndon touch home plate.
-The Scots tied the game in the third on a sacrifice fly, as the inning started with a free pass.
-In the fifth, after a shut-down inning by
Henry Collins on the mound, Sewanee got the offense back out there quickly. After a lead-off hit by
Charlie Teel to start the frame, he moved up to second on an errant throw by the Maryville shortstop after making a lineout catch.
-Back-to-back hits by
Will Yarbro and
Alden Wright made it 2-1 in favor of the Purple and White and forced the Scots to the bullpen. Folling a pitching change,
John Bagwell made it 3-1 on a fielder's choice RBI.
-The Tiger bats did not cool off on the racks in the sixth thanks to another quick inning by Collins. Back-to-back doubles by Herndon and Pou at the top of the order saw Sewanee's lead improve to 4-1. Two batters, Teel added a run with a base knock to the outfield.
-Trailing 5-1 into the late innings, the Scots shifted the momentum over to their dugout on the third base side. Back-to-back fielding errors by the Tigers set up the Scots to score six unearned runs and see 10 batters come to the plate.
Now leading 7-5 in the eighth, Maryville added three runs in the eighth and a lead-off solo home run in the ninth to get key insurance runs.
-Sewanee did get two runs across, as
Carson Rowland and Yarbro scored on separate wild pitches.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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Hunter Herndon had a four-hit day at the plate with all four hits being doubles. Coming in to the game with four two-baggers on the season, he becomes the first with more than three doubles in a game since Riley Brandvold C'19 during his senior campaign in 2019.
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Charlie Teel went 3-for-4 with three singles and a walk, while
Blake Pou drove in two runs on a 2-for-5 performance.
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Will Yarbro scored two runs and added two stolen bases.
-After
Marshall Coley tosed three innings on one-hit, one-run ball,
Henry Collins followed with three shutout frames and three strikeouts.
MARYVILLE KEY STATISTICS
-Pinch hitting late in the game, Zach Fritts went 2-for-4 with a double and home run with four RBI and two runs scored.
UP NEXT
The Tigers hit the road for the final time in the 2023 regular season with a three-game series with Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. The series starts on Friday evening.
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