SEWANEE, Tenn. – Aiden Petrocco collected two hits and two RBIs and
Tyler Pinson hit an inside-the-park homer in the opener while
Charlie Teel posted three hits and
Will Jennewein and
Blake Pou each drove in three runs in the second game, helping Sewanee sweep two games, 4-2 and 10-2, Wednesday in Pensacola, Fla.
Petrocco drove in runs in the third and seventh innings and another came across in the seventh on an error before Pinson's home run in the eighth gave the Tigers (11-6) a 4-2 win against Grinnell College in the first game of the day.
Sewanee starter
Holden Phillips tossed five-plus innings, allowing one run on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts. He worked out of jams in the fourth and fifth innings and exited the game after a leadoff single in the sixth.
Joey Crews and
Ben Weiser tossed three scoreless frames (Weiser got the win) and
Austin Graber picked up the save, getting the final three outs, including two strikeouts, after Grinnell got a leadoff walk in the ninth.
In the nightcap Sewanee exploded for six runs in the sixth inning capped by a bases-clearing triple from Jennewein in a 10-2 triumph over Edgewood College. Pou added a two-run single in a three-run eighth inning, backing up five innings of relief work from
Jake Walling (1-1), who gave up two runs on three hits with four walks and four strikeouts.
Edgewood starter Ryan Mixey (0-2) was great through five innings before running into trouble in the sixth, allowing six runs, four earned, on four hits in 5.1 frames. He walked six and struck out four.
Wilson Irvin,
John Bagwell and Jennewein all scored two runs apiece in the contest.
In the opener the Tigers got on the board first with a run in the third after a leadoff single to left by Bagwell, who moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by
Alden Wright. Petrocco then doubled to leftcenter, driving home Bagwell for a 1-0 edge.
Nikolas Riden hit a solo homer to left to leadoff the fourth for Grinnell, tying the game at one. The Pioneers threatened later in the inning when Connor Goodson reached on an error and stole second. He went to third on an error by Phillips off the bat of Ben Kelly, who also stole second. Phillips struck out Stuart Cash and got a popout by Brandon Chung to end the inning with the game still knotted at one.
The Tigers avoided trouble again in the fifth after a leadoff double from Joe Chanis and a bunt that turned into a single from Jacob Gaynor. Mac McCain lined into a doubleplay and Ethan Crawford grounded out to end the inning.
Goodson singled through the left side to leadoff the sixth, chasing Phillips from the game, and Kelly and Cash both walked, loading the bases with one out. Chung's sacrifice fly to right plated Goodson, but Chanis grounded out to keep the Grinnell lead at 2-1.
Sewanee took the lead in the bottom of the seventh thanks to a miscue from the Pioneers.
Bagwell led off with a single and Wright moved the runner with another sac bunt. Petrocco delivered the game-tying RBI single to center and went to second on a wild pitch before
Zach Fortman was hit. Jackson Gutta exited after tossing 6.1 innings for Grinnell, allowing two earned runs on six hits with six strikeouts.
With two outs Teel's grounder was booted at second, allowing Petrocco to score from second on the play for a 3-2 Tigers edge. Pinson's inside-the-park homer in the eighth provided insurance for Sewanee.
Edgewood took a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning of the second game after Carson Richter was hit and Ryan Ambrosy sacrificed the runner to second. Richter was tagged out trying to take third on a grounder ball by Hayden Hellenbrand, who stole second before a walk to Kyle Prindle. Jacob Carney then singled up the middle, scoring Hellenbrand.
After failing to score in the first five innings, the Tigers broke through with a big inning in the sixth.
Teel posted his third hit of the game, an infield single, and went to second on a throwing error before a walk to Pinson. Petrocco was hit, loading the bases, and Teel came across on a sacrifice fly by
Owen Andress.
Both runners moved up on a wild pitch and then a Pinson scored on a passed ball. Irvin and Bagwell both walked, loading the bases, and Jennewein delivered the big blow with a bases-clearing triple. Pou's sac fly added the final run of the inning for a 6-1 Sewanee lead.
In the eighth Irvin singled with one out and Bagwell walked again before a free pass to Jennewein loaded the bases. Pou's single to right plated two runs and Fortman followed with a sac fly, extending the advantage to 9-1.
The Eagles got a run back in the bottom of the eighth with a walk to Prindle followed by a single from Carney, putting runners on the corners. Brevin Brisack grounded into a doubleplay but the run scored for Edgewood.
Wright, Petrocco and Andress all singled in the ninth and Wright came across when Irvin grounded into a doubleplay for a 10-2 lead.
Sewanee faces top-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater on Thursday at 10 a.m.
