SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Austin Graber tossed seven strong innings on the mound,
Will Jennewein drove in three runs and
Tyler Pinson and
John Bagwell added two RBIs apiece, helping Sewanee complete a sweep of Asbury University with an 8-1 victory in baseball action Sunday at Montgomery Field.
Graber (1-1) allowed one run on three hits with three strikeouts in seven innings of work, inducing three groundball doubleplays and keeping the Eagles (5-11) off the scoreboard over his final six innings. He retired the side in order in the third and fourth innings and worked around two walks in the fifth and an error in the sixth.
Asbury grounded into doubleplays to end the first, fifth and seventh innings and was unable to take advantage of three walks and a hit batter issued by Graber.
Jennewein put the Tigers (9-4-1) ahead for good with a two-run single in the bottom of the first and Bagwell added a two-run double in the fifth before a two-run single from Pinson in the sixth. Jennewein's sacrifice fly in the eighth plated the final run for Sewanee.
Spencer Yu collected three hits and scored two runs, Jennewein finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Pinson was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. The Tigers stranded 12 runners in the contest, including the bases loaded in the seventh and two runners in the first and third innings. Sewanee posted 13 hits along with three walks and three hit batters in the game.
Asbury scored the first run of the game just three batters into the contest after a leadoff walk to Edison Burke, who moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Andrew Billington. Hayden Fisher followed with an RBI single and the Eagles led, 1-0, but any further damage was erased when Josh McNulty grounded into a 5-4-3 twin-killing.
In the bottom of the inning, Yu singled with one out and
Charlie Teel walked. With two outs
Zach Fortman was hit and Jennewein delivered a two-run single to center for a 2-1 edge.
Owen Andress led off the Sewanee fourth with a single and
Sebastian Leinberger was hit. Andress moved to third on a fly ball from
Aidan Petrocco and scored on an errant pickoff throw to first for a 3-1 advantage.
Pinson was hit to start the fifth, his fifth hit by pitch in the series, and Fortman reached on an error. Jennewein's groundout pushed the runners to second and third before Bagwell's double to rightcenter increased the lead to 5-1.
Petrocco led off the sixth with a walk, Yu singled and Teel moved the runners with a sac bunt. Pinson then singled up the middle, plating both runners for a 7-1 advantage.
In the eighth Pinson singled and
Max Kilburn doubled before a sac fly from Jennwein scored the final run.
Sewanee hits the road for the first time this season, traveling to Pensacola, Fla., to play Nebraska Wesleyan on Wednesday and Wisconsin-Whitewater on Thursday.
