SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Tyler Pinson and
Ethan Williams each drove in two runs and
Holden Phillips tossed 3.1 scoreless innings of relief in a 15-9 Sewanee victory over Oberlin College in the first game of a baseball doubleheader Saturday here at Montgomery Field.
In the second game Oberlin scored two runs apiece in the eighth and ninth innings and the teams played to a 6-6 tie, with the contest called because of darkness.
Aiden Petrocco collected four hits and he and
Zach Fortman each drove in two runs.
Austin Graber tossed four innings in a start and
Eli Potter worked four-plus innings of relief, but a throwing error with two outs in the ninth opened the door for the Yeomen, who tied the game on a hit by pitch.
Sewanee (4-1-1) scored nine runs on five hits with two walks, two hit batters and one big error in the first inning of the opener, but Oberlin recorded seven runs on just two hits in the fifth inning when the Tigers walked six and hit a batter. Sewanee added three runs in the eighth to pull away for the win.
Phillips (1-0) allowed one hit with three walks and three strikeouts before giving way with one out in the ninth to
Childers Winn, who recorded the final two outs.
John Bagwell posted three hits, Petrocco,
Spencer Yu,
Charlie Teel and
Benjamin Wilson each collected two hits and Petrocco scored three times in the win.
Zach Fortman drove in two runs with a single in the first inning and Petrocco's RBI single in the second gave the Tigers a 3-1 edge in the second contest. Samuel Labrecque plated a run with a single in the first and hit a solo homer in the fourth for Oberlin (0-2-1).
The Tigers plated three more runs in the sixth on an RBI single by Petrocco and run-scoring hit by pitches from Teel and Pinson. Kyle Baxt scored two runs with a double in the eighth for the Yeomen and two errors in the ninth allowed the visitors to tie the game.
Graber allowed two runs on five hits with five strikeouts in four innings and Potter gave up two earned runs on three hits with five strikeouts in four-plus frames.
In the first inning of the opener, Petrocco walked and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Yu before a single to right from Teel put runners on the corners. Pinson's line drive to centerfield was dropped, with Petrocco scoring on the play, and Fortman was hit, loading the bases.
Jennewein was also hit, forcing in a run, before a run-scoring walk by Williams. Bagwell singled to right, plating a run, and Leinberger's deep fly ball to left scored another.
Petrocco beat out an infield single up the middle to push across a run and Yu's chopper through the right side plated one more. That ended the day for Labrecque, with Teel greeting reliever Davis Hayes with an RBI single and Yu scoring on a wild pitch.
Brady Groves hit a solo homer to leftcenter in the third inning for Oberlin and Baxt followed with a single to center. Daniel Devapalan then doubled down the rightfield line, a high fly ball that landed just inside the foul line, allowing Baxt to score and cut the Sewanee lead to 9-2.
In the bottom of the inning, Petrocco singled to center and stole second and Yu reached on an infield single. An errant pickoff throw to first allowed Petrocco to score and Pinson's deep fly ball to center plated another run for an 11-2 advantage.
The Yeomen scored seven runs on just two hits in the fifth, starting with a one-out, bad-hop double by Groves. Baxt, Devapalan and Nik Mezzanott all walked, forcing in a run, and Daniel Krabill also drew a free pass for another run. Robbie Lynn walked with two outs, forcing in a run and ending the day for reliever
Layton Bilderback.
You-Fu Chen was hit, pushing across a run, and Patrick Leonard walked for another run, before a two-run single to center from Groves pulled Oberlin within, 11-9. Baxt flied out to deep leftcenter to end the inning.
Sewanee added an insurance run in the seventh after a one-out single from Wilson. He scored on a two-out double to deep leftcenter from
Jude Wascom for a 12-9 edge.
In the eighth Fortman walked, stole second and scored on a single from Williams. Bagwell also singled and stole second. No one covered the bag on the play and the throw sailed into centerfield, allowing Williams to come across, and Wilson followed with an RBI single for the final run of the game.
The Yeomen took an early lead in the second game on three straight singles from Baxt, Devapalan and Labrecque in the first inning, but the Tigers answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning.
Petrocco singled to leadoff the frame and Teel walked, with both runners moving up on a passed ball. Fortman lined a single to right, plating both runners for a 2-1 edge.
Bagwell doubled with one out in the second inning and scored on a Petrocco single to center, a knuckler that got under the glove of the shortstop, extending the lead to 3-1.
Lebrecque homered to leftcenter with one out in the fourth inning, cutting the advantage to one run, but Sewanee took advantage of wildness by Oberlin to score three times in the sixth.
Jennewein led off with a walk and moved to second on a sac bunt by
Owen Andress. With two outs Wilson singled and Jennewein scored on a single to right from Petrocco. Wascom walked, loading the bases, and reliever Santiago Serrano hit Teel and Pinson, forcing in runs for a 6-2 lead.
The Yeomen got two runs back in the eighth when Chen and Leonard both singled to leadoff and Baxt doubled off the base of the wall in center, scoring both runners. Potter got a strikeout and a fly ball to center to end the inning with the Tigers still in front, 6-4.
In the ninth Krabill reached on an error to start the frame, a dropped line drive in rightfield. Petrocco made a nice running catch in short rightfield and Winn struck out the next batter. Chen grounded to third, but Pinson's throw was errant and got away, allowing Krabill to score. Leonard and Groves then walked, loading the bases, and Teel entered the game to pitch, hitting Baxt on the first pitch to force in the tying run.
Sewanee hosts Bethany Lutheran next weekend at Montgomery Field starting with a single game Friday at 2 p.m.
