HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- The Auburn Montgomery baseball team broke out for an NCAA-era record 19 runs on 17 hits in their midweek win over the Chargers of Alabama Huntsville on Tuesday, April 2.
NOTES
- With the win, AUM's record improves to 17-17 on the season.
- Tuesday's game against GSC foe UAH did not count toward the Warhawk's conference record.
- All of AUM's starters recorded a hit, a run and an RBI in the game.
- AUM scored a season-high nine runs in the second inning, marking for the second time this season that the Warhawks have accomplished said feat.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
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Dalton Cobb drove in two runs on two hits with three runs scored on the day, in addition to slugging his third home run of the year in the game.
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Hayden Friesen collected a team-high three hits in the contest, while also driving in two runs and scoring twice.
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Quinterrious Arrington and
Matthew Zielonko both scored a game-high three runs, while each collected two hits, drove in two and stole a base.
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Jonathan Brandt,
Casey Henderson and
Zach Feaster all drove in a pair of runs, with each also logging a double and a run scored.
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Grayson Blackwell and
Harrison Morris both registered two hits, in addition to scoring and plating a run.
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Aaron Hill added a hit and a run,
Kyle Khoury drove in and scored a run and
Seth Oglesby came around to score in the game.
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Troy Jones (3-4) was credited with the win on the mound. Jones served as the game's most effective reliever, striking out four and giving up just one earned over the game's final two frames.
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Josh Flowers gave up three earned over the first two innings, while
Sam Steigert surrendered three runs over the fourth and fifth innings.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- AUM started the scoring frenzy with three runs in their first at-bat of the ballgame. Arrington came across for the game's first run on a wild pitch, while a pair of RBI singles from Friesen and Blackwell would make up for the remainder of the damage done in the first.
- The Warhawks second-inning offensive outburst saw them send 14 batters to the plate, and pick up nine runs on seven base hits, with five doubles. Brandt, Feaster and C. Henderson all slugged a two-RBI double in the inning, while Friesen and Zielonko both also drove in a run via a two-bagger.
- The Chargers would answer back with a pair of runs in the third and fourth frames to trim AUM's lead to 12-4, but the Warhawks would respond with two runs in the fifth and a run in the sixth to lead 15-6 after six. Cobb's two-run blast to left in the fifth, and Arrington's RBI single in the sixth provided for the run-scoring action over those two frames for AUM.
- AUM would go on to score four more runs in the seventh, to bring them to their new NCAA-era record for total runs scored in a ballgame. Morris and Zielonko singles, and Arrington and Khoury RBI walks accounted for the damage in the inning.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- AUM amassed their second-highest hit total of the season, outhitting UAH 17-7.
- As a team, AUM went 17-39 (.436) at the plate on the day, while going 13-21 (.619) with runners on base.
- The Warhawks knocked a season-high six extra-base hits, with five doubles to their credit.
- Six different Warhawks recorded a multi-hit day, while seven different players drove in multiple runs and four scored multiple times in the contest.
- AUM reached base to lead off in three of seven innings, while the Orange and Black scored a run in five of the seven innings played.
UP NEXT
- The Warhawks will kick off a three-game GSC series at Shorter, with game one on Friday, April 5 at 2:00 p.m. CST.
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