MONTEVALLO, Ala. ----- Although they were out hit for the second consecutive contest, the Auburn Montgomery baseball team was able pull out a 7-5 victory over Montevallo on Sunday. After falling in the first game of the series, on Friday, the Warhawks managed to win the final two games of the series on Saturday and Sunday.
NOTES
• AUM improved to 7-10
• Montevallo fell to 10-9.
• The Falcons out hit the Warhawks 38-20 in the series.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Junior
Tanner Russell tallied his second two-run double in as many contests.
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Donovan Chandler provided a single and a triple that scored two.
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Garrett Deloney started on the hill for AUM, lasting 6 2/3 innings, giving up one earned run and striking out five in his first win of the season.
• Senior
Houston Davenport singled, scored two runs and was hit by a pitch for a team-leading fifth time this season.
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Brandon Davis notched a sacrifice fly.
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Trevor Flynn,
Nathan Langley,
John-Mark Cosby each tallied a single.
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Michael Tedford went 1-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI.
• Sebastian Samuels hit a two-run home run for the Falcons. Matthew Furuto had three hits and a run batted in.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• With two outs and two runners in scoring position, Russell doubled down the left field line to give the Warhawks and early 2-0 lead.
• In the bottom of the second, the leadoff hitter Krabbe reached on an error and was followed by a home run by Samuels.
• Cosby led off the top of the fourth inning with a single and was followed by Davenport extending his team lead in hit by pitches. After Flynn loaded the bases with a single, Davis sent a fly ball into center field to score Cosby and Auburn Montgomery regained the lead. The next hitter, Chandler tripled to right to score Davenport and Flynn to extend the lead to 5-2.
• A Davenport single brought in Tedford in the fifth inning to push the lead to four.
• After Falcon pitching loaded the bases on free passes, Tedford was hit by a pitch to make the score 7-2.
• In the bottom of the eighth, Montevallo struck for three on a trio of triples to reduce the Warhawk lead to just two runs heading into the final inning.
• Langley shut down Montevallo three up, three down in the bottom of the ninth and the Warhawks clinched the final game of the series, 7-5.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• AUM stranded eight runners on base and Montevallo left 10 on base.
• The Falcons had two errors, which led to two unearned runs. The Warhawks committed just on error.
UP NEXT
• The AUM baseball team will return to action on Wednesday, March 8 when they will play host to the University of West Florida. First pitch against the Argonauts is scheduled for 5 p.m.
