JACKSON, Miss. – The Edgewood College Baseball team wrapped up a season-opening four-game trip in Mississippi with a Sunday morning matchup against Eureka College. The Eagles fell behind, 2-0, early, and couldn't rally back in a 5-2 setback. Edgewood College finished the trip with a 1-3 record.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Eureka (2-1) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first with three hits in the opening frame. Edgewood College also committed one of four errors in the first inning.
- After falling behind 3-0 in the top of the fourth, the Eagles got on the board in the bottom half on an RBI single by
Max Orput, plating
Alex Prindle. Prindle opened up the bottom of the fourth win a double, and Orput delivered the clutch two-out single to get the Eagles back within two.
- In the bottom of the seventh, the Eagles cut the Eureka lead to 3-2. Orput got things started for Edgewood College with a one out single. Orput would steal second and advance to third on an error. With runners on second and third and one out,
Peyton Henry stepped up with a successful safety squeeze, scoring Orput.
- The score would remain 3-2 until the top of the ninth when Eureka added a pair of insurance runs to back up three. The Eagles had runners at the corners in the bottom of the ninth, but Eureka escaped with no damage, resulting in the 5-2 final.
- Prindle paced the Eagles at the dish with a 2-for-4 performance, including the double.
Kyle Semrad added a double, while Orput finished the game 1-for-3 with a stolen base, run scored, and RBI.
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Will Mossa started and went five for the Eagles and ended up as the pitcher of record. He gave up three runs, two earned, while punching out five. Freshman
Conner Dunfee saw his first collegiate action on the mound, pitching the last four innings. He allowed two runs and struck out three.
UP NEXT
- The Eagles will have a couple weeks off before traveling to Arizona for their spring break trip. Edgewood College
