TUESDAY'S SCORES
@Eastern Kentucky 8, Ohio 7
Middle Tennessee 13,
@Belmont 3
@Tennessee 14,
Morehead State 13 (12 innings)
Austin Peay 6, @Lipscomb 3
#19 Alabama 15,
@Jacksonville State 10
Murray State 4, Kentucky 3 (12 innings) (Paducah, Ky.)
@Memphis 11,
UT Martin 0
@#9 Vanderbilt 10,
Southeast Missouri 4
Butler at
Eastern Illinois (cancelled)
Evansville at
SIUE (cancelled)
EASTERN KENTUCKY 8, OHIO 7
RICHMOND, Ky. - With the tying run at second base, senior reliever Myles Scott got a fly ball to left field to end the game and give Eastern Kentucky an 8-7 victory over visiting Ohio on Tuesday at Turkey Hughes Field.
The Colonels (23-29) started the top of the ninth with a two-run lead. After back-to-back walks to start the inning, Scott came on to try to extinguish the comeback bid. A sacrifice bunt recorded the first out, but moved the runners to second and third. Ty Black scored from third on ground ball to short to close the gap to a single run. With a 2-2 count, Scott got Connor Callery to fly out to end the game.
Kenny Hostrander’s bases loaded, two run single in the bottom of the fifth inning broke a 5-5 tie before a 30 minute rain delay interrupted play in the top of the sixth. Hostrander finished the day 2-for-3 with a run and two RBIs.
Ohio closed the gap to a single run in the top of the eighth on an RBI double by Jake Madsen that made it a 7-6 game. The Bobcats had runners on second and third with two outs, but Cody Creamer got clean-up hitter John Adryan to fly out to straight-away center field to end the inning.
Freshman Shea Sullivan tacked on what proved to be the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth with an RBI single through the left side of the infield.
After falling behind 3-0 in the first two innings, TJ Alas turned the game around with one swing of the bat in the bottom of the second. A sacrifice fly by Logan Starnes got EKU on the board. Two batters later, Alas drove the first pitch he saw over the right field wall with the bases loaded to put the Colonels up 5-3. He finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored and four driven in.
The Bobcats tied it on Callery’s two-out RBI single up the middle in the top of the fifth. He had three hits in five at bats, scored a run and drove in one.
Freshman Caleb Johnson (5-0) picked up the win after coming on in the second and pitching three and two-thirds innings. He allowed two runs, only one of which was earned, on five hits while walking a pair of batters. Creamer pitched three innings, allowed two runs on three hits, walked three and struck out two.
Matt Mikolajczak (0-1) suffered the loss after allowing two runs on one hit in two-thirds of an inning. He recorded both outs via strike outs.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE 13, BELMONT 3
NASHVILLE - Belmont fell 13-3 in a seven-inning contest with Middle Tennessee on Tuesday at Rose Park.
Belmont struck first after Matt Beaty's infield single drove in Drew Ferguson who tripled to center. Middle Tennessee responded with five runs in the second to take a 5-1 lead.
The Blue Raiders extended their lead to 11-1 behind six runs in the third capped by a bases clearing double from Trent Miller.
Beaty led off the sixth with a double to right center and scored behind a home run from William Dodd.
TENNESSEE 14, MOREHEAD STATE 13 (12)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Senior right fielder Scott Price went 5-for-8 and lined a game-winning single in the bottom of the 12th to help the Tennessee baseball team score a 14-13 rollercoaster win over Morehead State before a crowd of 1,202 on Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
The Southeastern Conference Volunteers improve to 30-20 overall, 21-8 at home and 19-4 in non-conference games. The Ohio Valley Conference Eagles slip to 26-25 overall, 15-15 on the road and 12-12 outside of league play. The marathon affair took four hours and 57 minutes to play.
AUSTIN PEAY 6, LIPSCOMB 3
NASHVILLE - Austin Peay State University’s baseball team staged another come-from-behind rally to post a 6-3 victory against Lipscomb, Tuesday night at Dugan Field. The win gave the Govs their first three-game win streak of the 2014 campaign.
Trailing 3-0 after four innings, Austin Peay (23-31) rallied to tie the game with a three-run fifth inning. Left fielder Tommy Hager and second baseman Logan Gray each walked to start the frame. The Govs surrendered a pair of outs before right fielder Rolando Gautier singled to right field, allowing both runners to score. Gautier then scored on third baseman Alex Robles’ single, tying the game.
The Govs took the lead on their next turn at bat. Catcher Ridge Smith struck out but beat the throw to first. That effort proved pivotal as designated hitter P.J. Torres doubled into the left field corner and Smith beat the throw home to give the Govs a 4-3 lead.
Smith would add to the Govs lead with a solo home run in the eighth. The Govs would take advantage of Bisons error in the ninth to tack on another insurance run and set the final margin.
Lipscomb (28-25) opened the game’s scoring with first baseman Adam Lee’s two-run single in the first. An Austin Peay error aided the Bisons scoring a run in the fourth to build a 3-0 lead. However, Lipscomb also left four runners stranded at third base in the first six innings.
Govs reliever Zach Walton (1-2), the fourth of eight pitchers, picked up his first collegiate win with 1.1 innings of scoreless relief. He was part of an Austin Peay bullpen that did not allow an earned run in the final seven innings of the contest. Closer Ryan Quick struck out two batters in the ninth to pick up his third save.
Gautier and Robles each went 2-for-4 with two RBI to pace the Govs 10-hit attack.
Lipscomb reliever Tyson Ashcraft suffered the loss after allowing the go-ahead run in the fourth. Seven Bisons hitters each had one hit to account for their seven total hits.
#19 ALABAMA 15, JACKSONVILLE STATE 10
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - Daniel Cucjen had four hits to lead No. 19 Alabama to a 15-10 win over Jacksonville State in the final non-conference game of the season for both teams at Rudy Abbott Field on Tuesday evening.
Tucker Hawley (4-1) scattered five hits over two innings of relief as Alabama combined for 10 strikeouts to earn the win for the Crimson Tide. JSU's Tony Urban (1-3) got stuck with the loss after giving up seven runs - all in the first inning - to suffer the loss for the Gamecocks.
The Crimson Tide (33-19) jumped out to an big first inning after scoring eight runs on eight hits after sending 13 batters to the plate to build an 8-0 lead.
Jax State (29-22) cut the lead in half during the third inning after Paschal Petrongolo, Andrew Bishop and Joe McGuire each drove in a run, and Petrongolo later scored on a wild pitch the cut the lead to 8-4.
Alabama scored a run in the fifth on a RBI single by Cucjen, but the Gamecocks pushed across a pair of runs in the home half of the fifth.
Griff Gordon led off with a single and scored on Bishop's single, and McGuire followed with a RBI single to score Bishop and cut the lead to 9-6.
The Crimson Tide got a run back in the sixth on a RBI single by Wade Wass, but JSU answered in the bottom of the inning on a bases loaded walk by Bishop to cut Alabama's lead to 10-7.
Alabama then tacked on five runs in the eighth inning as Kyle Overstreet and Mike White each drove in a run, while Casey Hughston drove in the final run to give UA a 15-7 lead.
The Gamecocks scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning as Cal Lambert, Tyler Gamble and Griff Gordon each drove in a run for the final margin.
Gordon, Petrongolo, Bishop, Lambert and Chase Silvani each had two hits as the Gamecocks finished with 14 in the game, while Hughston and Wass each had three hits for Alabama.
MURRAY STATE 4, KENTUCKY 3 (12)
PADUCAH, Ky. - Murray State junior outfielder Derek Yoder delivered a two-out walk-off single in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Breds a 4-3 victory over Kentucky Tuesday evening at Brooks Stadium. The victory marked the second-straight time the Breds have defeated the Wildcats at Brooks Stadium.
Anthony Bayus got the rally started the rally by getting a base hit through the left side. After a flyout and a groundout had Bayus standing on second base. The Wildcats chose to walk intentionally walk Michael Hargrove to get to Yoder. In only his 27th collegiate at-bat, Yoder ripped the first pitch he saw into right center to score the game-winning run.
MSU was in the position to win the game late after getting a strong start from Andrew Bramley. The sophomore kept the Wildcats off balance through six innings. He ran into some trouble in the seventh, before exiting with two on and one out. He finished the day allowing two runs on three hits over 6.1 innings.
The Breds (21-28) jumped out to the lead in fourth as a pair of Wildcat throwing errors helped to push across three runs. Derek Yoder started the frame with a double to right center and went to third on Luke Daugherty’s single to center. That is when it got interesting, as Matt McGowan put down a bunt base hit to score Yoder from third. The throw to first went into right field, moving Daugherty to third. The throw down to second to get McGowan was also errant, allowing Daugherty to slide home safely.
UK (30-21) finally got on the board in the seventh inning against Bramley. With two on and two outs, Max Kuhn touched up the Breds reliever for a three-run home run to left field.
Tyler Saltsman continued his strong senior campaign by allowing no hits over three scoreless innings. BT Wichman tossed two-third of an inning, before John Lollar (2-0) needed only one pitch to record the final out and pick up the victory.
Ty Stetson, Bayus and Yoder each collected two hits as the Breds outhit the Wildcats 10-5.
MEMPHIS 11, UT MARTIN 0
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball team fell behind early and could not muster enough offense to keep pace in an 11-0 loss at Memphis this evening.
Freshman outfielder Chase Young continued his offensive surge tonight – tallying two hits for his third straight multi-hit performance and 10th multi-hit effort of the season. Nick Molina reached base three times (double, two walks), Max Balter went 1-for-3 with a walk, Taylor Douglas had a hit and swiped a pair of stolen bases and Nico Zych also recorded a hit to lead UT Martin (9-39) offensively.
Starting pitcher Alex Boshers was hit with the loss this evening, falling to 1-3 on the season after allowing six earned runs in four innings. Chris Flores (two runs in three innings) and Douglas (one unearned run allowed in one inning) made relief appearances for the Skyhawks tonight.
Memphis (27-26) got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first, taking advantage of a Skyhawk error to score a pair of runs. The Tigers then added four runs in the top of the second to take a 6-0 advantage.
Balter and Young pieced together back-to-back singles with one out in the third but UT Martin could not chip away from its deficit.
The Tigers would once again capitalize on a Skyhawk error in the third, expanding their lead out to 8-0.
Molina doubled with one out in the fourth and Zych followed with a single through the left side but UT Martin could not score.
Boshers kept Memphis off the scoreboard in the fourth and it appeared as if the Skyhawks may break through in the top of the fifth after Balter (walk) and Young (single) reached base to lead off the inning. However, both runners were stranded.
Flores retired the side in order in the bottom of the fifth. Molina and Drew Erie each received a free pass in the sixth but once again the Skyhawks could not generate a run.
Flores got out of a jam in the sixth, coming up with a big pair of strikeouts to end the bottom of the sixth and strand two runners on the basepaths.
In the top of the seventh, Douglas singled through the right side with one away and would later steal both second and third base. Memphis would escape its jam and keep the score at 8-0.
The Tigers scored a pair of runs in the seventh and tacked on an unearned run in the eighth to close out the scoring in the contest.
#9 VANDERBILT 10, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 4
NASHVILLE - Hot off a series win at Tennessee Tech over the weekend, Southeast Missouri dropped a midweek contest to No. 9 Vanderbilt (39-14) Tuesday, 10-4.
Up 4-1, the Commodores posted six runs in the fifth inning to go way out in front of the Redhawks. Southeast is now 33-18 on the season.
Vanderbilt jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the second inning. A leadoff hit batsman, a single, and a walk knocked starting pitcher Garret Stockton out of the game, relieved by Tyler Iago. A sacrifice fly and an RBI groundout put the Commodores up 2-0 after two complete innings.
With runners on first and second with two out in the third inning for Southeast, Cole Bieser drove a base hit through the left side to score Dalton Hewitt from second and cut the Commodore lead to 2-1.
Vandy plated another run in the bottom of the inning. Dansby Swanson hit a leadoff double then scored on a line drive base hit to center off the bat of Bryan Reynolds to extend the lead to 3-1.
A sacrifice fly to shallow left scored Vandy's fourth run to make it 4-1 in the fourth inning.
Vanderbilt posted a six-spot in the fifth inning to take a commanding 10-1 lead over Southeast.
Southeast added two runs in the eighth. Nolan Fisher, pinch-hitting for Bieser, ripped a ground-rule double down the left field line, scoring Branden Boggetto. An RBI groundout by Derek Gibson plated another run to make it 10-3 in the eighth.
Southeast Missouri plated one more run in the ninth inning after John Logan Zink, who doubled to reach and took third on a wild pitch, scored on a groundout by Clayton Evans, making the score 10-4.
Gibson and Hewitt both had two hits in the game. Gibson also extended his hitting streak to 28 games with a bunt single in the first inning. He has also tied Matt Tellor for the team lead in RBI with 66. Both Gibson and Tellor are one RBI away from tying the single season RBI record of 67 set back in 1995 by Brian Schaefer.
Stockton (0-1) suffered the loss after only one inning of work. In all, five Redhawk pitchers were used. Christian Hull highlighted the evening for the pitching staff as he pitched two scoreless innings to close the game, only allowing a hit.
The Commodores narrowly outhit the Redhawks 10-8 and both teams were errorless in the game. Ro Coleman, Swanson, and Reynolds all had two hits in the game. Coleman also drove in three runs.
Walker Buehler (9-2) recorded the win for Vandy. Buehler worked five innings, allowing one run on four hits. Five Commodore pitchers combined for 11 strikeouts of the Redhawks Tuesday.