DANVILLE, Ky. - The University of the South baseball team saw its season come to an end with two losses in the opening round of the 2023 Southern Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, falling 13-3 and 7-4, from Gary Wright Field.
With the win, Centre advanced to the semifinals of the 2023 SAA Tournament, where the final four teams left in the event will play a double-elimination format starting next week.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score, SAA Opening Round, Game 2: Centre 13, Sewanee 3
Final Score, SAA Opening Round, Game 3: Centre (28-15) 7, Sewanee (20-22-1) 4
Centre wins best-of-three series, 2-1
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HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 2
-After putting together three hits in game one, the bats came out in the second game of the series. Centre had an 8-2 lead through four innings.
-Sewanee tacked on solo runs in the second on a double steal that saw
John Bagwell scamper across the plate. In the third,
Jadon Fetrow sent a fly ball over the left field fence.
-In the sixth, Bagwell came through again with a base knock to score
Will Yarbro to make it 8-3, but that would be as close as the Tigers would get. Centre tacked on runs in the sixth and eighth to put the contest in run-rule effect.
HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 3
-With the win in game two for Centre, it all came down to the final game. After three scoreless innings, the Tigers finally got the bats going in the fourth. After a leadoff single by
Hunter Herndon and a
Blake Pou sacrifice bunt to push Herndon up 90 feet,
Mike Lewishall dented the scoreboard first on a base hit.
-Following a pitching change,
Owen Andress made it 2-0 on a sac bunt.
-Centre responded in the bottom of the fifth with four runs, capped by a two-run double, that gave the home team the lead.
-Down 6-2, Sewanee cut the deficit in half with a single by Andress. However, Centre got the run back in the bottom half.
-In the ninth, after back-to-back singles by
Jadon Fetrow and Herndon, Pou recorded an RBI groundout, but back-to-back strikeouts ended the ball game.
-Sewanee finishes the 2023 campaign with 20 wins, marking the second time in program history that the team achieved this feat.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
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Will Yarbro went 2-for-4 in the opener to lead the Tigers.
-In the deciding third game,
Hunter Herndon went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate, while
Owen Andress went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
CENTRE KEY STATISTICS
-In game two of the series, Teddy Holloway had a 4-for-5 mark at the plate with two RBI, while Luc Morgan added three hits.
-In the final game, Evan Weyler posted 3-for-4 with two runs scored.
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