JACKSON, Miss. – The Edgewood College Baseball team earned their first victory of the 2020 season in a 5-4 win over Millsaps College. Despite only recording two hits in the win, the Eagles took advantage of mistakes from the Majors and showed effective base running. The Eagles dropped their first game of the day to hot hitting Centenary College (15-3), before bouncing back with the victory.
EDGEWOOD COLLEGE 5, MILLSAPS COLLEGE 4
- The Eagles and the Majors were tied 4-4, before Peyton Henry and Bryan Niznik reached on miscues by the Millsaps defense. In the end, Henry scored the Eagles winning run on a balk by the Majors pitcher. Edgewood College (1-2) made quick work of the Millsaps College (2-5) offense in the bottom of the frame, to secure the victory.
- Through the three games this season, the Eagles have consistently scored first, and the victory was no different. The Eagles got on the board first, Jacob Slonim scored Peyton Henry from third, after Henry started the inning with a single up the middle.
- The Majors responded in the bottom of the frame, scoring one run after loading the bases.
- In the fifth inning, the Eagles took advantage of a miscue from the Majors pitcher, as Henry scored from second. Millsaps knotted things up at two apiece, scoring on a double to left field off the bat of Jon Dale Dieckman.
- The Eagles took advantage of errors from the Millsaps defense in the sixth frame. Cooper Holewinski reached on an error, scoring Adam Cairo from second. Edgewood College took a 4-2 lead just two batters later, as Holewinski took advantage of a pass ball.
- In the bottom of the seventh Millsaps would tie things up again at 4-4. Dieckman drove in Dylan McFarland with a single to left field. In the next at-bat, Mark Petkovsesk drove in a run on a single to right field.
- Peyton Henry went 2-for-3 at the plate, recording the Eagles only hits of the contest. Henry also scored three runs. Slonim recorded the sole RBI for Edgewood College.
- Joseph Kalafut recorded four strikeouts through six innings or work and only allowed two earned runs. Eric Nelson earned the win, recording one strikeout and only allowing one hit through two scoreless innings on the mound.
CENTENARY COLLEGE 15, EDGEWOOD COLLEGE 3
- The Eagles got on the board first, as Kyle Semrad scored Slonim on a single up the middle of the infield in the first inning.
- Both teams saw their offense go quiet until a breakout sixth inning from Centenary College (6-1). Centenary broke the game open with eight runs in the sixth inning, all earned.
- Centenary would plate three more runs in the seventh. The Eagles responded with one run in the bottom of the frame. Holewinski scored Jacob Popp from third base on a groundout to the shortstop.
- The Centenary bats continued in both the eighth and ninth innings, scoring two runs in each frame. Edgewood College scored once more in the ninth inning, but it was too little too late. Holewinski once again earned the RBI, scoring Popp again from third base.
- Holewinski finished with one hit and two RBI, Slonim roped two doubles and one run. Kyle Jungers put in five scoreless innings of work for the Eagles and struck out six batters. Jungers only allowed two hits in his time on the mound.
- Devillier, one of five used by Centenary in the game, picked up the win by throwing six frames. He allowed just four hits and one run.
UP NEXT
- The Eagles will wrap-up their trip in Jackson, Miss. tomorrow morning against Eureka College. Action is set to begin at 10:00 a.m.
