MONTGOMERY, Ala. --- The Auburn Montgomery baseball team pounded out a season-high 14 runs, while using a season-high five different pitchers on the mound, to cruise to a 14-2 midweek win over Tuskegee University on Wednesday, Feb. 13.
NOTES
- With the win, AUM improves to 5-3 on the season, and remains a perfect 19-0 all-time against Tuskegee.
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Brett Lightsey(1-0), who picked up his first win of the season on the mound, and
Harrison Morris both made their season debut on the bump for AUM in the contest.
- The AUM pitching staff combined for zero walks over nine innings.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
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Sage Smelley knocked a game-high two base hits, while also driving in a game-high four runs and scoring a game-high three runs. The junior infielder also drew a game-high three walks.
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Grayson Blackwell also logged a pair of hits for the Warhawks in the contest, in addition to driving in a run.
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Matthew Zielonko accounted for two RBIs, while also registering a base hit and a run scored.
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Dalton Cobb and
Davis Dunn both batted in a run for the Orange and Black, while
Casey Henderson added a hit and a run.
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Josh Flowers scored two runs in the game, while
Jolan Stieringer,
Conner Daniels Hunter Hillyer,
Seth Oglesby and
Kyle Khoury all scored a run.
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Quinterrious Arrington and
Zach Feaster both also drew a game-high three walks.
- Lightsey started the game and tossed a game-high three innings on the hill for AUM, while striking out two and allowing just one earned en route to the victory.
- Morris and
Aaron Hill both tossed two innings of relief out of the bullpen, with neither giving up an earned run. Morris tallied a game-high four punch-out's, while Hill surrendered just two base hits.
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Keegan Fairley retired the side in the eighth inning on just seven pitches, while
Ross Carpenter tossed the final inning of the game on the mound for AUM.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Warhawks drew first blood in inning number one, when Cobb stole second base and drew a throw from the Tuskegee catcher to allow Smelley to come home for the successful double steal and put AUM on top 1-0.
- The Warhawks would add another run in the second inning, this time taking advantage of a wild pitch that plated Feaster and doubled their lead to 2-0.
- After seeing the Golden Tigers plate a run in the third inning, AUM would respond in the fourth inning with a three-spot to take a 5-1 lead. A Zielonko double to left that plated Smelley and Arrington, followed by an RBI knock from Blackwell two batters later that allowed Zielonko to come in, accounted for the scoring action in the fourth.
- After grabbing a run in the fifth via a Smelley RBI sacrifice fly, the Warhawks would break open the game with a five-spot in the sixth inning. AUM would score their first run of the inning courtesy of a Golden-Tiger throwing error, and would see their next two runs in the inning come via a Smelley single to right field that plated Henderson and Khoury. A Cobb infield hit, and Zielonko reaching base via another Tuskegee throwing error, would plate the Warhawk's final two runs of the inning to see AUM lead 11-1 through six.
- The Warhawks added a pair of runs in the seventh, courtesy of an RBI base hit to left center from Smelley and a Golden-Tiger balk that allowed Flowers to score. Dunn's RBI groundout to short in the eighth inning made for the final tally of the game for either teams.
QUOTING THE COACH
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- AUM outhit Tuskegee in the contest, 9-7.
- The Warhawk staff struck out a season-high 11 batters in the game, while issuing just one free pass via a hit batsman.
- AUM scored a run in all but one inning in Wednesday's victory.
- The Warhawks used a season-high 23 different players in the win.
UP NEXT
- The Warhawks will now turn their attention to Gulf-South-Conference play, as they open up conference action at West Alabama on Friday, Feb. 15. First pitch is slated for 4:00 p.m.
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