BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University baseball team faced one of the top hitting teams in Conference Carolinas, and Erskine College proved that in their 12-6 game one victory. The Tornado had the lead throughout game two, but the Flying Fleet scored three runs in the final two innings to take the contest 7-5.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Erskine 12, King 6; Erskine 7, King 5
LOCATION: King Baseball Field; Bristol, Tenn.
RECORDS: King 10-14, 9-12 Conference Carolinas; Erskine 15-11, 12-6 Conference Carolinas
SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS
- The Flying Fleet scored nine runs in the first three innings, including two on a Dayan Reinoso triple to take the lead in the first inning.
- Truman Roper started the bottom of the first inning with a walk, and he later scored on a Meyer single, cutting the King deficit to 2-1.
- However, Erskine added three runs in the second inning, two on a Livan Reinoso home run.
- Erskine extended their lead to 9-1 with four runs in the third inning, two on a Dalton Boyd single.
- Dayan Reinoso tacked on another run for the Flying Fleet with a leadoff home run in the fourth inning.
- Renwick plated Barger and David Carnicella with a single in the fourth inning, cutting the King deficit to 10-3.
- Erskine tacked on a two runs in the seventh to take a 12-3 lead, but the Tornado didn't go down without a fight.
- King loaded the bases with a walk and a pair of singles before a Deric Graham bases loaded walk plated one run.
- A ground out and sacrifice fly scored two more runs for the Tornado, but that was it as Erskine got the final out to take the game 12-6.
OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Allan Saathoff (3-1) 4.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 BB, 5 SO
Losing Pitcher: Trevor Beards (2-2) 2.2 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO
GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS
- Roper started the nightcap with a single before advancing to second on a wild pitch and third on a flyout.
- He then scored on a Renwick sacrifice fly to give King a 1-0 lead.
- Erskine answered with run in the top of the second inning to even the score, however.
- The Tornado regained the lead in the third inning as Renwick and Meyer ripped back-to-back singles to start the inning.
- An Ethan Hawkins walk loaded the bases before back-to-back two-run doubles from Barger and Brayden Cooney gave King a 5-1 lead.
- The lead stayed there until the Flying Fleet started to chip away in the sixth inning.
- Erskine scored three runs, cutting the King lead to 5-4.
- The Flying Fleet then took the lead with two runs in the eighth inning.
- Erskine added an insurance run in the ninth, and the Tornado went down in order in the bottom of the inning as Erskine took the game 7-5.
OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Toshawn Drew (1-1) 5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO
Losing Pitcher: Avery Cain (0-3) 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO
Save: Johnny Hummel (1) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO
FOR THE FOES
- Tariq Bacon led the Flying Fleet offense, going 6-for-8 on the day with three doubles and three runs batted in.
- Dayan Reinoso drove in four on four hits.
- Dalton Reeves also posted six hits, two doubles and drove in two.
UP NEXT
- The Conference Carolinas series concludes on Saturday with a doubleheader starting at 12:30 p.m.
