DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. --- The Auburn Montgomery baseball team fell 8-3 in the opening game of their three-game weekend series at Embry-Riddle on Friday, Feb. 7, dropping to 0-5 to begin the season. 
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Dalton Cobb drove in two of AUM's three runs on the day, with a two-run home run in the fourth. The blast marked for Cobb's second of the season.
- Grayson Blackwell and Zach Feaster both tallied a pair of base hits, with Feaster driving in a run and Blackwell scoring a run.
- Mario Galloway accounted for a hit and a run, while Bailey Mosley and Logan Nix both added a hit.
- Tyler Britton (0-3) worked a season-high four innings on the mound, surrendering four earned. 
- Matthew Marfice gave up just one earned run over two innings of relief, while Jackson Ceman, Logan Coleman and Ross Carpenter combined to throw the final two innings without allowing a run.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Embry-Riddle cracked the scoreboard first in the game, hanging up five runs on four hits in the second. The Eagles used a sacrifice fly and an RBI fielder's choice to account for their first two runs of the inning, then took advantage of an AUM fielding error that prolonged the inning and allowed them to add three unearned runs on a pair of doubles and another sac fly. 
- The Warhawks answered in inning number four with three runs to make it a 5-3 game. Cobb's two-run shot came with two outs and got the Warhawks on the board, while an RBI knock up the middle by Feaster plated Blackwell to score AUM's final run of the frame. The inning would come to a screeching halt on a Nix fly ball to deep left-center with two outs and runners on second and third that was hauled in by Embry-Riddle on a diving effort near the warning track.
- Embry-Riddle answered right away in their next at-bat, however, with two runs on a pair of hits to extend their lead to 7-3.
- The Eagles scored their final run of the game in inning number seven, on an RBI single through the right side to make it 8-3.
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
- Embry-Riddle edged AUM in the hit column, 9-8
- All three of the Warhawks' runs came with two outs. The Orange and Black batted .308 (4-13) with two outs in the contest.
- The Warhawks reached base to lead off an inning in just one of nine frames, compared to 3-8 for the Eagles. 
- AUM pitching induced eight ground outs and 12 fly-ball outs. 
- The Warhawks stranded six runners on the day, while Embry-Riddle left 11 runners on base.
 
UP NEXT
- The Warhawks will play their second of three games against the Eagles on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 2:00 p.m. (CST).
 
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