SEWANEE, Tenn. - The University of the South baseball team suffered a 6-5, 10-inning, loss to Covenant College to wrap up the regular season on Tuesday from Montgomery Field.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score: Covenant (12-16) 6, Sewanee (19-20-1) 5 (10 innings)
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HOW IT HAPPENED
-The bats got out to a strong start for the visitors, scoring three runs in the opening frame.
-In the fourth, the Scots added a fourth run to take a 4-0 lead.
-In the sixth, the Tigers did scratch across a run in the frame with an RBI double to right field by Jaden Fetrow.
-Covenant did add an insurance run in the seventh on an RBI base knock to make it 5-1, but the Tigers started the comeback. In the eighth, with all reserves now on the field for Sewanee,
Ben Harper recorded an RBI groundout to score
John Bagwell.
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Oliver Snell followed with an infield hit to make it a 5-3 deficit.
-Despite a two-out walk given up by
Joey Crews in the top half of the ninth, the Tigers got the bats back out quickly for the bottom of the frame.
-Following a lead-off double by
Carson Rowland,
Drew Noblet strolled up to the plate to pinch hit. On a 2-0 count, Noblet smashed the ball over the left field fence for the game-tying, two-run home run.
-Sewanee did get the winning run on second after a wild pitch, but a strikeout forced the game to extra innings.
-After a lead-off walk and a Sewanee pitching change, the Scots reclaimed the lead on a base knock to right field.
-Down to its last chance in the bottom of the 10th, Sewanee started the frame with a free pass by Snell, but the Tigers were retired in order to secure the season series for the Scots.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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Jadon Fetrow,
Charlie Teel and
Carson Rowland each had two hits.
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Drew Noblet had a pinch-hit, game-tying two-run home run in his lone plate appearance.
COVENANT KEY STATISTICS
-Chris Savage scored two runs and had two hits in the win for the Scots.
UP NEXT
The Tigers will now turn their attention to the 2023 Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Baseball Tournament. The opening round, a best-of-three-game series at the top four sites, will begin on Friday at No. 2 Centre College at 6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT.
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