TALLADEGA, Ala. ----- Freshman
Hank Scott allowed just six hits in a complete game shutout effort on Saturday, leading the AUM baseball team to a 1-0 victory over the Tornadoes of Talladega College. In the third inning of game two, play was stopped due to rain. A make-up date has yet to be announced.
NOTES
• Auburn Montgomery moved to 8-11
• Talladega fell to 17-9.
• The game scheduled for Sunday, March 12 has also been indefinitely postponed.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Scott earned his second win of the season, allowing six hits, walking one and striking out two.
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Tanner Russell notched a two hits, including a double and scored the only run of the contest.
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Nathan Langley tripled.
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Trevor Flynn had an RBI single.
• Junior
Donovan Chandler walked and stole a bag.
• Emillo Martinez went 3-for-3 for the Tornadoes and Kyle Chavez lasted 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run on five hits.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• After each starting pitcher recorded a three-up, three-down inning to begin the contest, Russell led off the top of the second frame with a single.
John-Mark Cosby followed with a single up the middle on an 0-1 count. With runners on first and second with no outs,
Houston Davenport laid down a sacrifice bunt to put the runners in scoring position. Flynn then recorded his RBI single to put the Warhawks up 1-0.
• In the bottom of the second, Scott escaped a jam with two runners on by getting a ground ball to the second baseman
Michael Tedford.
• Each side provided minimal offense the rest of the contest until there were two outs in the bottom of the seventh, when Talladega's centerfielder Davis singled up the middle. Martinez then followed with a single down the left field line, advancing Davis to third. However, Martinez was too aggressive on the bus paths and got caught in a rundown between first and second. Ultimately, Langley chased him all the way back to the bag and tossed to the first baseman
Curtiss Johnson for the final out of the contest, solidifying Scott's first career complete game shutout.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• AUM stranded five runners on base. The Tornadoes left two on the base paths.
• Neither side committed an error in the game.
• The Warhawks completed two double plays in the contest and Talladega turned one.
UP NEXT
• The Warhawks will return to action Tuesday, March 14 when they play host to the University of North Georgia. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m.
