Skip To Main Content

Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

JarrenWright_vsMiles2023
Jason Homan
3
Auburn Montgomery AUM 1-0
4
Winner Miles MCBB 0-1
Auburn Montgomery AUM
1-0
3
Final
4
Miles MCBB
0-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Auburn Montgomery AUM 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 3
Miles MCBB 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 7 1

W: K. Allen (1-0) L: Myers, Michael (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cody Clark

Baseball Falls in 10 Innings on Chilly Opening Day at Rickwood Field

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Auburn University at Montgomery baseball team got an RBI double from newcomer Jarren Wright in the top of the 10th inning to take a one-run lead, but Miles College found two runs in the bottom of the frame to walk off with a 4-3 win on Opening Day over the Warhawks at Rickwood Field. 

FROM THE DUGOUT

Score: AUM 3, Miles 4
Records: AUM 0-1 (0-0 GSC) | MC 1-0 (0-0 SIAC)
Location: Birmingham, Ala. | Rickwood Field
Series: AUM leads 3-1
Get Social: Twitter - @AUMWarhawksBSB | Instagram - @AumWarhawks_BSB

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Freeman led off the game with a base hit to left field and promptly stole second base. He came around to score with two outs on a wild pitch to put the visitors in front 1-0.
  • AUM tallied three hits in the top of the second inning and managed to post another run to take a 2-0 lead. Kasey Clark led off the inning with a single to center field, and Cole McWhorter added a single to right field. Freeman then delivered an RBI single that plated Clark.
  • Miles cut the lead in half in the fourth, when a one-out walk, a double, and an error plated a run for the Golden Bears.
  • With the score tied 2-2, the teams went to extra innings, where AUM struck first. 
  • The Warhawks got an RBI double from Jarren Wright in the top of the 10th to take a 3-2 lead.
  • Miles responded with an RBI double of their own in the last of the 10th to tie the game and added the walk-off winner on a fielder's choice.

ON THE MOUND

  • Clay Slagle drew the Opening Day start and worked 2.0 scoreless innings. He allowed one hit and added one strikeout. 
  • Levi Clark allowed an unearned run in 2.0 innings of relief with a strikeout for AUM.
  • Will Collins worked out of a two-on, one-out jam in the fifth inning. After an error and a single to begin the inning, Collins got a strikeout and a fly ball to right field to keep Miles scoreless.
  • Clay Weatherly tossed a clean sixth inning with one strikeout.
  • Grant Hickman allowed a run on three hits with four strikeouts in 2.1 innings.
  • Michael Myers (0-1) was saddled with the loss after yielding two runs (one earned) on one hit with two strikeouts in one inning on the bump.
  • Brett Pitts faced the final batter of the game for the Warhawks.

NOTABLES

  • Freeman went 2-for-3 for the Warhawks with two singles, a walk, a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base.
  • Jackson Ceman added a trio of hits in a 3-for-4 effort.
  • Clark went 1-for-4 with a run scored, while Cole McWhorter also went 1-for-3 with a walk on the afternoon.
  • The Warhawks only struck out one time, while the AUM pitching staff posted 10 strikeouts against the Miles lineup.

UP NEXT

AUM returns home to take on No. 16 Lenoir-Rhyne University in a three-game series beginning with a doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 4 at noon CT. Game two will follow approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one. Game three wraps up the series on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. CT.

-#WeAreAUM-

For the latest on AUM athletics, find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
 

Print Friendly Version