ROME, Ga. --- The Auburn Montgomery baseball team pushed across six runs in inning number 10 to help them secure a 12-6 win over the Hawks of Shorter University in game one of their three-game Gulf South Conference series on Friday, April 5.
NOTES
- With the win, AUM's record improves to 18-17 overall, and 8-11 in GSC play.
- The Warhawk's record in extra-inning ballgames improves to 2-0 in 2019 with the victory.
- AUM upped their all-time series advantage over Shorter to 32-8.
- The Warhawks 12 run's scored in the game marks for 31 runs tallied for the Orange and Black over their last two games.
- Seven of the Warhawk's 12 runs scored came with two outs in the contest.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
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Sage Smelley led AUM at the plate, with five runs driven in on two hits and and a run scored. Smelley's five-RBI day marked for his team-leading third four-RBI performance or better on the year, and the first five-RBI performance of the season for the Orange and Black.
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Hayden Friesen slugged a game-high two doubles for AUM, while scoring two runs.
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Matthew Zielonko,
Dalton Cobb and
Zach Feaster all also clubbed a pair of hits for AUM. Zielonko drove in a pair and scored a run, Cobb drove in a run and Feaster scored twice.
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Jonathan Brandt drove in two runs on one hit with a run scored, while
Quinterrious Arrington scored a game-high three runs and drove in one. Arrington also stole a base in the game, pushing his season total to 27.
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Aaron Hill added a run scored and an RBI, while
Casey Henderson also crossed home plate in the win.
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Todd Burkett (3-1) picked up the win in relief for the Warhawks, tossing the game's final four frames. T. Burkett gave up just one hit over the course of his outing, and struck out two.
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Josh Flowers worked the first four innings of the game, allowing four earned and striking out a career-high six batters.
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Micah Henderson worked a scoreless sixth inning for the Warhawks in the game.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Shorter got on the board first in the game, with a run on two hits in the third to take a 1-0 lead after three innings.
- The Warhawks would notch the game up at one-all in the top of the fifth, when Smelley brought home Arrington with an RBI single for his first run batted in of the day. Arrington reached base via fielding error, and stole second one batter earlier to set up the run-scoring opportunity.
- Shorter would go on to score five runs in the bottom half of the fifth, knocking three home runs to grab their largest lead of the game at 6-1.
- AUM would answer back in the top of the sixth however, with a five-spot of their own to bring the game to a 6-6 tie. Smelley accounted for the big blow in the inning, with a three-run double to left to tie the game up, while Arrington and Hill would draw RBI walks in the frame.
- The Warhawks notched all six runs in the 10th inning with two away. Smelley would drive in the eventual game-winning run with a bases-loaded walk, followed by a pair of two-RBI knocks from Zielonko and Brandt to put AUM up 11-6. Cobb would deliver the final blow of the inning with an RBI double, to give way to the 12-6 final.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- AUM's 11 hits on the afternoon marked for the third time in four games that the Warhawks have amassed double-digit hits, and the 13th time this season.
- Five different Warhawks recorded multiple base hits, while three drove in multiple runs and three scored multiple runs.
- The Orange and Black socked a season-high six doubles in the win, marking for 11 doubles that AUM has hit over their last two ballgames.
- Despite giving up 13 base hits, the Warhawk pitching staff stranded 10 Hawk base runners in the game.
UP NEXT
- The Warhawks will wrap up their three-game set with the Hawks with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 6. First pitch is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. (CST).
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