SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Charlie Teel posted two hits,
Blake Pou drove in three runs and
Mike Lewishall homered, but Berry College scored three runs in the sixth to take the lead for good in a 7-5 victory over Sewanee in baseball action Friday night in Mt. Berry, Ga.
The Tigers trailed 3-0 after the first inning, answered with a pair of runs in the second inning and tied the contest at four in the top of the sixth, but the Vikings plated three runs in the bottom of the frame to retake the lead for good.
Sewanee got the tying run to the plate in the ninth after a walk to
Sebastian Leinberger, but Teel lining to centerfielder Alex Knapp, who doubled off Leinberger at first to end the contest.
Pou's two-run double pulled the Tigers within, 3-2, in the second inning before Lewishall's solo shot in the fifth, his third homer of the year. Pou's sacrifice fly in the sixth knotted the contest at four.
Jack Roode's two-out double to left plated a run for Sewanee in the seventh, but the Tigers stranded a pair of runners in the inning and another in the eighth.
Sewanee starter
Luke Bishop struggled early, giving up four runs on five hits with two walks in 1.1 innings.
Matt Munn (2-5) tossed the final six innings for the loss, allowing three runs on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts.
Charles Stephenson worked five innings for the Vikings, giving up three runs on three hits with four strikeouts. Cinch Smith and Will Marquart tossed one scoreless inning apiece to finish off the game for the home team, with Marquart picking up a save.
Knapp walked to leadoff the bottom of the first for Berry and Joey Garcia followed with a single. A deep fly ball by Riley Uhls moved the runners to second and third and Andrew Pendleton's two-out double plated two runs. Two batters later Charles Pulaski singled, scoring Pendleton for a 3-0 Vikings advantage.
The Tigers answered in the second with a
Hunter Herndon singled and Yarbro reached on an error, putting runners on the corners. Pou then doubled to deep centerfield, plating both runners to cut the deficit to 3-2.
Garrett Lang singled to start the bottom of the second and stole second. Knapp's sacrifice bunt pushed the runner to third and Garcia followed with an RBI single.
Lewishall's one-out homer in the fifth pulled Sewanee within a run and in the sixth, Teel singled and Roode walked and Herndon's fly ball to center moved Teel to third. Yarbro walked, prompting a pitching change for Berry, and Pou's sac fly against Tyler Cassidy tied the game at four.
That was short-lived, with Lang leading off the bottom of the inning with a single and Knapp's sac bunt moving the runner to second. Garcia singled again, scoring a run, and he took second on the throw to the plate. With two outs Uhls singled to right, plating a run, and Pendleton followed with an RBI triple to right for a 7-4 Berry lead.
Jadon Fetrow walked with one out in the seventh for the Tigers and Teel singled with two outs before Roode's RBI double to left, but Herndon flied out to end the inning with Sewanee still trailing, 7-5.
The two teams conclude the series Saturday with a 1 p.m. ET doubleheader.
