SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Charlie Teel belted a three-run homer and
Spencer Yu added a two-run shot in the opener and Sewanee scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh to break a tie, including a bases-clearing triple from Teel while
Aidan Petrocco collected seven hits, four runs and three RBIs across the two games in a doubleheader sweep of Anderson University here Saturday at Montgomery Field.
The Tigers (2-1) walked 15 batters in the opener but stranded 13 Ravens runners. Teel hit a three-run shot in the first inning and Zack Fortman scored on a double steal in the third. Anderson (1-2) plated two runs in the second and fourth innings for a 5-4 edge before
Tyler Pinson's two-run blast in the fifth put Sewanee ahead for good.
Yu's two-run shot in the eighth added insurance, with the Ravens scoring twice in the ninth before
Childers Winn got out of the jam thanks to a terrific play by Fortman to end the game, fielding a high bouncer behind the mound and throwing just in time to first base to get the runner.
Layton Bilderback (1-0) tossed 3.1 innings of relief to get the win, allowing two runs on four hits with five walks and four strikeouts.
Ryan Moll worked two scoreless frames before Winn got the final three outs, though he gave up two runs on two hits with two walks.
Petrocco posted three hits while Teel and Pinson each recorded two.
Sewanee led 6-1 after five innings in the second game behind five strong innings on the mound from
Austin Graber. He ran into trouble in the sixth and allowed four runs on seven hits.
Petrocco, Yu and Teel each registered RBI doubles in the third inning before a two-run double from Petrocco in the fifth made it 6-1 Tigers. Anderson scored three times in the sixth and twice in the seventh to knot the contest at six.
The Tigers answered with six runs in the bottom of the inning, starting with the bases-clearing triple from Teel. Pinson followed with an RBI double and Fortman's triple to leftcenter plated another.
Bill Gantt drove in the final run with a double down the leftfield line.
The Ravens scored twice in the eighth as darkness approached and had two runners on with two runs before Teel got the final out on one pitch, a high chopper to third, to end the game.
Jake Walling (1-0) picked up the victory with 1.1 innings of relief, allowing two runs on five hits.
Petrocco finished with four hits, two runs scored and three RBIs and Teel drove in five runs. Teel and Yu each collected three hits.
Zac Stawski hit a solo homer in the first inning to give the Ravens an early lead in the opener, but the Tigers answered in the bottom of the inning. Petrocco singled and Yu walked before Teel belted a three-run homer to left.
Sewanee starter
John Parker Rambo experienced control issues in the second inning, walking the bases loaded and a run in before a sacrifice fly by Griffin Wolf tied the game at three.
In the third inning Fortman walked with two outs and
Ethan Williams singled in the six-hole. Fortman took third on the play and Williams and Fortman executed the double steal, with Fortman sliding in just ahead of the tag.
Anderson regained the lead in the fourth thanks to wildness by Bilderback, who issued free passes for Daniel Barreca and Stawski. Wolf then doubled down the rightfield, plating both runners for a 5-4 edge.
Teel led off fifth with a single and Pinson followed with a two-run homer to left, his second in as many games, giving Sewanee a 6-5 advantage.
The Tigers added two big insurance runs in the eighth with a two-out single by Petrocco and a two-run homer from Yu for an 8-5 lead.
Winn got into trouble in the ninth after a leadoff walk to Jon Dorsch and a single by Dylan Hogan. Ben Brown singled to center, scoring a run, and pinch-hitter Donnie Sinkhorn's chopper to second moved the runners to second and third.
Barreca plated a run with a groundout to second and Sewanee elected to intentionally walk Stawski, putting runners on the corners. Wolf hit a high chopper that Fortman charged and got the runner at first in a bang-bang play to end the game.
In the second game
Tre Wilson led off the third inning with a single up the middle and Petrocco, Yu and Teel all followed with RBI doubles for a 3-0 lead.
The Ravens got a run back in the fourth after Barreca doubled and scored on a single from Wolf, a ball off the end of the bat that fell in short leftcenter.
The Tigers answered in the bottom of the inning when Wilson was hit to leadoff and Petrocco singled to center. Wilson was thrown out trying to take third on the play, but Petrocco moved up two bases thanks to wild pitches and came across on a bunt by Teel.
In the fifth
Owen Andress walked and Gantt was hit, with both runners moving up on a sacrifice bunt by
Sebastian Leinberger. With two outs Petrocco doubled to leftcenter, plating both runners for a 6-1 advantage.
Wolf singled in the seventh and Trey Dorton hit a two-run homer to left. The Ravens weren't done, though, with Hogan doubling and chasing Graber from the game. With two outs Russell Weaver singled to left, scoring another and cutting the Sewanee lead to 6-4.
Stawski singled with one out in the seventh and Wolf doubled to rightcenter before a two-run single by Will Loftus tied the game at six.
Wilson was hit with one out in the bottom of the seventh and Petrocco beat out a bunt before a single to right by Yu loaded the bases. Teel then lined a ball into deep rightcenter, past a diving Dorton, all the way to the wall, clearing the bases. Pinson then doubled just inside the third base bag and Fortman tripled off the wall in leftcenter. Two batters later, Gantt doubled down the leftfield line and the Tigers held a 12-6 advantage.
Anderson's rally in the eighth started with two outs, as Barreca and Stawski both singled and Wolf plated a run with a single to right. Loftus then doubled to rightcenter, plating another, but Teel got the final out to preserve the doubleheader sweep.
Sewanee hosts Oberlin College in a three-game series next weekend starting with a single game Friday at 2 p.m.
