MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Baseball continued action down south Saturday. They took on the Millsaps Majors and the Huntingdon Hawks. The Eagles (3-3) got the better of the Majors (6-7) in a 13-6 affair, but fell to the Hawks (10-4) 14-4 in seven innings.
GAME ONE: EDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY 13, MILLSAPS 6
- The Majors got the jump on the Eagles, an error in the first inning and a double steal in the third putting them ahead 2-0 after three.
- Edgewood University made progress in the fourth inning, a
Aidan Kammer RBI single through the left side followed by a
Dominic Lee single to the shortstop tying the game 2-2 after four.
- The squads matched blow for blow in the next three innings. While a sacrifice fly to right field from
Hayden Hellenbrand and a
Jacob Carney sacrifice grounder put two home for the Eagles in the fifth, the Majors replied in kind with a pair of bases-loaded walks in the bottom of the frame, though a strikeout would end the threat.
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Mac Vesperman solo home run was matched by a single to left center in the sixth, while a Carney sacrifice fly to center field was offset by an error in favor of Millsaps in the seventh as the two squads sat tied 6-6.
- Edgewood University broke the game wide open in the eighth and ninth. In a four-run eighth inning,
Charlie Tompach brought home a run being hit by a pitch, while
Carter Kelley plated a pair with a single up the middle. Hellenbrand added on another with an RBI single to right field.
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Connor Mirocha bunted in a run in the ninth, before a failed pickoff attempt brought home
Dominic Lee and a wild pitch brought in Mirocha as the Eagles put a bow on the victory.
- Four Eagles posted two hits. Kelley added on a pair of RBIs, a double, and a stolen base.
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Cashton Jones stepped up in relief for the victory. He tossed three innings, allowing one earned run and striking out four.
Mark Tor struck out seven in 4.2 innings in the start.
- Hellenbrand and Carney each posted a pair of RBIs.
GAME TWO: HUNTINGDON 14, EDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY 4 (SEVEN INNINGS)
- The Hawks got the jump on the Eagles with 11 runs in the first three innings, including a pair of three-run homers.
- Mirocha got Edgewood University on the board with an RBI double in the top of the fourth. Hellenbrand added an RBI triple to left center in the fifth.
- Huntingdon pushed the lead to 14-3 after a two-run sixth to put the Eagles in a do-or-die seventh inning. While Kelley singled in a run to left field after a
Ryan Harris triple, Edgewood University would fall in seven innings.
- Brodie Holcomb and Sam Kelley recorded a home run and five RBIs apiece.
- MD Johnson held the Eagles in check. He tossed 6.1 innings in the start with eight strikeouts to claim the victory.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- With the victory over Millsaps, Edgewood University evened the season series 2-2.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will migrate even further south for the Studer's Blue Wahoos Stadium Challenge in Pensacola, Fla. They will open the trip with the Carroll Pios next Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
