PULASKI, Tenn. – GAME 2 – After BMCU took Game 1 Friday of the three-game SSAC series here, Game 2 would go the way of the Firehawks of UT-Southern 13-3.
The Toppers got an RBI single in the second from
Carson Gault and would take the lead later in the inning with a score from Gault on a wild pitch.
The Firehawk offense fired up in the third, plating four including an RBI double by Cole Barnett.
Jacob Bryant would score on a groundout for the Toppers in the fifth, but that would be all BMCU could get.
Barnett would hit a solo homer in the eighth, and the Firehawks would get three RBI singles later in the inning to seal the game with the mercy rule.
Josiah Rivera and
Tyrese Roberson both had a pair of hits in the losing effort.
Max Bates (2-5) was saddled with the pitching loss, throwing three innings, allowing five runs on nine hits with two Ks.
GAME 3
The backend game saw the Toppers rebound in a big way, winning in extra innings 6-5 to take the series.
The Firehawks would get a run in the second and followed it up with three more in the third, highlighted by a pair of RBI singles.
UTS would get another in the sixth on an RBI double to make it 5-0 at that point.
The Toppers stormed back in the eighth, scoring five runs with two out to tie it. In the inning,
Carson Gault blasted a three-run homer to right center and
Austin Garrison belted a two-run homer to left, eventually leading to extra innings.
In the 11
th,
Chris Smith would single through the right side and
Ross Polizzi would come around to score on the play due to a UTS error, giving BMCU the victory and the series.
Cameron Gordon (5-5) came on in relief for the victory, allowing a lone hit with two Ks.
Gault, Smith, Polizzi,
Hayden Redding and
Josiah Rivera all had two hits apiece in the win for Blue Mountain.
BMCU (25-24, 14-16 SSAC) concludes the regular season and awaits seeding for next week's SSAC Championship Tournament in Jackson, Tenn.
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