MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Auburn Montgomery Baseball team picked up its first series victory of the season with a 13-3 win over Embry-Riddle on Saturday, Feb. 12, improving to 3-4 in 2022.
 
Jackson Ceman and Zach Dew both drove in three runs with a pair of hits in the contest. Dew also accounted for a run scored.
 
Kasey Clark knocked a game-high three base hits, to go along with a game-high three runs scored and a pair of RBIs.
 
Joseph Hartsfield knocked a pair of base hits, including a solo shot in inning number three, his second in as many days.
 
Clayton Phillips scored twice, with one base hit and RBI while Zach Feaster and Brody Syer each added a run and a hit. Ethan Wells and Jaylon Thornton both drove in a run for AUM.
 
Starter Luke Turner (1-0) surrendered zero earned runs over 5.1 innings of work en route to his first win of 2022. The sophomore righty struck out five while giving up just four hits.
 
Cole Kehoe (1.1), Jax Morris (0.1) and Michael Myers (1) all notched scoreless relief appearances out of the bullpen.
 
Embry-Riddle struck first in inning number one, when a dropped fly ball led to an unearned run coming across on an RBI groundout to give them the early 1-0 advantage.
 
The Warhawks responded in their next at-bat, however, with an RBI sac fly from Thornton and an RBI single from Phillips to go up 2-1. A leadoff single from Syer, followed by a double from Feaster, helped set up the scoring opportunities.
 
AUM would go on to hang a three-spot in its next two at bats to go up 8-1. A solo shot by Hartsfield and two-run bomb from Dew accounted for the damage in the third, while a two-RBI double by Clark and an RBI single from Dew provided for the scoring action in the fourth.
 
After conceding a two-run homer to the Eagles in the top of the seventh, the Warhawks would respond with a two-run double from Ceman to go up by a score of 10-3.
 
AUM added three more runs in the bottom of the eighth before giving way to the 13-3 final. A wild pitch, RBI groundout from Wells, and a Ceman RBI knock provided for the damage done.
 
The Warhawks outhit the Eagles on the day, 12-8, while knocking five extra-base hits. AUM left 10 runners on base while managing to strand 10 Embry-Riddle base runners.
 
The AUM pitching staff struck out eight batters while inducing 12 ground-ball outs and six fly-ball outs.
 
The Warhawks will be back in action for game three of their home weekend set against Embry-Riddle on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 12:00 p.m.
 
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