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Marvin Gentry
12
Winner Auburn-Montgomery AUM 14-19, 8-11 GSC
6
Mississippi College MC 10-21, 6-10 GSC
Winner
Auburn-Montgomery AUM
14-19, 8-11 GSC
12
Final
6
Mississippi College MC
10-21, 6-10 GSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Auburn-Montgomery AUM 2 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 12 15 1
Mississippi College MC 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 9 3

W: Cronan, Andrew (3-3) L: Caleb Jacobs (2-1) S: Hickman, Grant (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Cody Clark

Baseball Notches 12-6 Win to Take Series Opener at Mississippi College

CLINTON, Miss. -- Andrew Cronan worked six innings and struck out a season-high seven hitters to pick up his third win of the season, the offense pounded out 12 runs on 15 hits, and the Auburn University at Montgomery baseball team secured a 12-6 win in the series opener at Mississippi College.

FROM THE DUGOUT

Score: AUM 12, MC 6
Records: AUM 14-19 (8-11 GSC) | MC 10-21 (6-10 GSC)
Location: Clinton, Miss. | Frierson Field
Series: The series is tied 5-5
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HIGHLIGHTS
  • For the second straight game, a Kasey Clark two-run homer put the Warhawks on the board first 2-0. 
  • After MC took a 3-2 lead in the last of the second inning, Clayton Phillips rolled a two-run single through the left side as AUM jumped back in front 4-3.
  • In the fourth, Cooper Doughman added a two-out RBI single to right field.
  • The Warhawks added two runs in the fifth, as Zach Dew scored on a Jackson Ceman sacrifice fly and Phillips scored on a Brett Pitts RBI single. 
  • Brody Syer smashed a home run deep to right as part of a two-run sixth to make it 9-3 AUM.
  • The Choctaws added three in the last of the seventh, but the Warhawks got all three back in the top of the ninth inning on a pair of clutch two-out hits. Another Pitts RBI single, and a two-run Clark single helped deliver a 12-6 win.
ON THE MOUND 
  • Andrew Cronan (3-3) notched the start and the win as he struck out seven batters against three earned runs allowed.
  • Grant Hickman (2) earned his second save of the year and struck out five in 2.2 relief innings.
NOTABLES
  • Clark hit a first-inning home run for the second consecutive contest.
  • Cronan struck out a season-high seven. His previous high had been six, which he last put up in a 13-6 AUM win over Christian Brothers.
  • Cronan's start included a stretch of nine consecutive men retired, ranging from the third inning to the sixth inning.
  • Hickman struck out five of the 10 men he faced to up his team lead in that category to 46.
  • Nine players scored at least one run for the Warhawks and six different players drove in at least one run.
  • AUM scored double-digit runs for the 11th time this season.
UP NEXT

The Warhawks close out the series against the Choctaws with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 1 beginning at noon at Frierson Field in Clinton, Miss.

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