MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- The Auburn Montgomery baseball team fell 14-11 in game one, and won game two 6-2 for a doubleheader split against the Buccaneers of Christian Brothers University on Saturday, April 20 in Gulf South Conference action.
With the split, AUM's record now sits at 24-21 overall, and 12-14 in GSC play
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
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Dalton Cobb led AUM at the dish, with a team-high four hits, four runs scored and six runs driven in. Cobb slugged a home run in each game, including a grand slam in game one. The junior infielder/outfielder now holds the outright team lead with eight bombs, and has hit a homer in his last four games for the Warhawks.
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Quinterrious Arrington picked up three hits, with a two-hit, two-run performance in game one. Arrington drove in a pair in game two.
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Grayson Blackwell,
Casey Henderson and
Matthew Zielonko all also drove in a pair of runs on the day. Blackwell scored twice on three hits, while Zielonko scored once with a pair of knocks.
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Sage Smelley crossed home plate three times on the day, with a pair of hits and a run batted in.
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Zach Feaster added a pair of hits on the afternoon, while
Kyle Khoury registered a run and a hit in game two.
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Troy Jones struck out six batters over six innings of work in game one, while allowing just three earned in the no decision.
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Josh Flowers (4-2) fanned a career-high seven batters over seven innings of work in game two, to grab his second straight complete-game victory. Flowers now leads the AUM staff with four wins on the year.
HOW IT HAPPENED GAME ONE
- AUM jumped on Christian Brothers early in game one, with three runs over their first two at-bats. The Warhawks tallied a run in the first inning on an RBI single from Zielonko, and got two in the second on an RBI double from Blackwell and a CBU wild pitch.
- The Warhawks got all four of their runs in the third courtesy of a Cobb grand slam, to push their led out to 7-0. A pair of walks from Brandt and Feaster, and
Hayden Friesen reaching base via a throwing error helped set the stage for Cobb's blast.
- After seeing the Bucs get on the board in the bottom of the third with a run, AUM would add a run in both the fourth and fifth innings to extend their lead to 9-1. Smelley came in to score on a double play in the fourth, while he was able to plate a run with an RBI single to left in the fifth.
- The Bucs would respond with eight runs over their next two at-bats, highlighted by a five-run seventh inning to tie the game up at nine-all. CBU got all three runs in the sixth on a bases-loaded triple, while their five runs in the seventh came on two RBI singles, a two-RBI double and a bases loaded walk.
- AUM would answer right back in the top of the eight, plating two runs to reclaim the lead at 11-9. The Warhawks took the lead on an RBI single to right-center from C. Henderson, and added another run on an RBI groundout from Zielonko in the frame.
- The Bucs would go into full rally mode in the bottom of the eight, scratching five runs on five hits, including three doubles, to take the lead for good at 14-11.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE GAME ONE
- AUM was outhit by CBU in game one, 15-12.
- Four different Warhawks logged multi-hit efforts in game one, while three different players scored multiple runs.
- The Warhawks were able to cash in on seven Buccaneer miscues in the field for three unearned runs.
- AUM reached base to leadoff an inning in five of nine frames, for an efficiency of 55 percent.
- The Orange and Black left six runners on base in game one, while the pitching staff stranded nine Buccaneer base runners.
HOW IT HAPPENED GAME TWO
- The Warhawks got on the board first again in game two, courtesy of Arrington's RBI double in the third to right center to give AUM a 1-0 advantage.
- After surrendering a run to the Bucs in the bottom of the third, the Orange and Black would strike for five runs in the top of the fourth to lead 6-1. Cobb got the scoring action going, with a two-run blast to put AUM up 3-1. An RBI hit by pitch from Arrington, a Henderson RBI squeeze bunt and an RBI knock from Blackwell would account for the remainder of damage done in the inning.
- The Buccaneers would push across a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to cut their deficit to 6-2, and would put a pair of runners on base in their last at bat in the bottom of the seventh with one away. Flowers would retire the final two batters, however, to close the book on the CBU comeback attempt and salvage the series split with a 6-2 win.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE GAME TWO
- Both teams knocked seven base hits in game two, while neither team committed an error.
- Junior infielder
Jolan Stieringer picked his first career hit as a Warhawk in game number two, on a single through the right side.
- In addition to striking out seven batters, Flowers induced a career-high 10 groundouts and walked just two.
- The Warhawks left six runners on base in game number two, while the pitching staff left seven CBU base runners stranded in the game.
UP NEXT
- The Warhawks will return to action on Tuesday, April 23, when they host Albany State at 3:00 p.m. from the AUM Baseball Complex.
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