MONTGOMERY, Ala. ------ The Auburn Montgomery baseball team dropped both decisions in its doubleheader at home against Tennessee Wesleyan Saturday, losing the opener 8-5 in 15 innings, then falling in the series finale, 11-4.
 
NOTES
• AUM fell to 2-4 on the season.
• The Bulldogs improved to 4-2 overall.
• The first game went eight full extra innings and lasted approximately four hours and 37 minutes.
• Tennessee Wesleyan came in to the series ranked #4 nationally in the NAIA Preseason Poll.

GAME ONE STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Nathan Langley notched two hits and threw four innings in relief, giving up no earned runs and striking out three.
• Garrett Deloney threw five innings, striking out six and allowing just two earned runs in his second start of the season.
• Brandon Davis recorded two hits, including a game-tying RBI double in the bottom of the 13^th inning.
• Hayden Friesen recorded a single and a run batted in and Josh Albritton recorded a double and an RBI of his own.
• Edwin Bonilla recorded five hits and an RBI for the Bulldogs.
• Austin Schiber and Brantley Flanagan combined for seven innings of scoreless relief, surrendering just three hits and striking out nine.
• Daniel Tolano earned the win and hit a two-run home run in the contest.

 
GAME TWO STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Donovan Chandler went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI.
• Trey Matherson recorded two hits in as many opportunities.
• Trevor Flynn and Tanner Russell each had a hit and a run scored.
• Johnathan Brock recorded a double in the left-center gap in his first collegiate at bat.
• Hayden Friesen and Nathan Langley each had a hit and Josh Albritton recorded an RBI.
• Wade Bannister tallied 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, striking out six.
• Carson Bach earned the win for the Bulldogs throwing four innings, allowing no earned runs and striking out four in the start.
• Pedro Barrios notched a hit and two runs batted in.  Adrian Gonzalez, Ridout and Alfred Cruz each had three hits apiece for Tennessee Wesleyan.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED in GAME ONE
• AUM struck first in the first inning after loading the bases via a leadoff walk by Donovan Chandler, followed by a hit by pitch from Trey Matherson, and a single by Curtiss Johnson.  With one out in the inning, John-Mark Cosby hit a liner that was dove for and caught by the left fielder which led to Chandler scoring easily from third.
• In the top of the second, the Bulldogs answered right back when Aloysius Cruz doubled in Chris Allen.
• A leadoff catcher's interference from Cosby was followed by a double off the bat of Tanner Russell down the left field line.  The next batter, Friesen singled up the middle, scoring Cosby.  After a sacrifice bunt from Houston Davenport, Brandon Davis walked.  The fourth ball was wild and Russell scored.
• A pair of singles to lead off the top of the sixth spelled the end of the day for Deloney.  Langley came to record a six-out save.  After a shallow fly out to center and a strike out looking recorded by Langley, Allen snuck a single past the glove of the diving Curtiss Johnson to bring the Bulldogs with in one but that would be all they got in the inning.
• In the final inning of regulation, the Warhawks seemed to have a leadoff groundout to the second baseman Hank Scott but the throw was muffed by the first baseman, allowing the runner to reach.  After a walk to the leadoff hitter Pedro Barrios, Bonilla doubled down the right field line, knotting the game at three a side.
• AUM and Tennessee Wesleyan provided minimal offense during the first few extra innings.  In the top of the 13^th, Collin Ridout doubled in the go ahead run and was followed by an RBI single by Barrios.  In the bottom half, a one-out walk by Scotty Smith was followed by a pinch-hit RBI double by Josh Albritton bringing the Warhawks within one. The next batter, Davis sent an offering from the closer Tolano off the left field wall that was mere feet from ending the ballgame.  Davis would have to settle however for the game-tying double. 
• After a quiet 14^th inning, Aly. Cruz led off the 15^th with a walk.  With one out, the pitcher Tolano sent a Smith delivery well out of the park to give the Bulldogs a two-run advantage.  Barrios then followed with a home run of his own to give Tennessee Wesleyan a three-run cushion.  The Warhawks could muster only a walk by Russell in the bottom half and dropped the contest 8-5.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED in GAME TWO
• After a relatively quiet first inning by both sides, the Bulldogs unloaded on Warhawks starter Seth Arroyo after a couple fielding miscues in the inning.  All in all, Tennessee Wesleyan recorded six runs off five hits and three AUM errors.
• The next inning, Alf. Cruz hit a two-run shot to extend the lead to 8-0 early.
• Three more Bulldog runs scored off four hits in the top of the fourth, extending their lead to 11-0.
• In the bottom half of the fourth, Tanner Russell scored on a fielder's choice plus a throwing error for the Warhawks first run of the game.  They would two more in the inning by way of a Chandler single.
• A sacrifice fly by Albritton scored Flynn in the bottom of the fifth inning but that would conclude scoring by both sides, with the final tally reading 11-4 in favor of the Bulldogs of Tennessee Wesleyan.
 
INSIDE THE GAME ONE BOX SCORE
• The Warhawks committed just one costly error in the contest, while the Bulldogs committed two fielding mishaps.
• Each team stranded 13 crucial baserunners.
• AUM pitching recorded 14 strikeouts and TWU pitching punched out 15.
 
INSIDE THE GAME TWO BOX SCORE
• Each team committed three errors in the contest.
• AUM stranded 10 runners on base while Tennessee Wesleyan stranded just seven.
 
UP NEXT
The Warhawks will travel to Pensacola, Fla. on Wednesday, February 15^th to take on the Argonauts of the University of West Florida.  First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m.