WISE, Va. – The King University baseball team earned a road win over regional rival UVA Wise on Tuesday afternoon. The Tornado scored in the first four innings, taking the nonconference affair 15-6.
THE BASICS: King 15, UVA Wise 6
LOCATION: Burchell Stallard Field; Wise, Va.
RECORDS: King 11-16; UVA Wise 4-21
TIME OF GAME: 3:14
KING HIGHLIGHTS
- Bennett McCann scored four runs on the day, going 2-for-3 as he drove in one. He also hit his first home run of the season.
- Zachary Thomas drove in three and scored three times as he hit his first career home run.
- Austin Meyer and Ethan Hawkins each drove in two runs on the day.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Jarrett Backus started the game with a single, but was thrown out trying to stretch it to a double.
- McCann followed with a home run to left field, giving King a 1-0 lead.
- UVA Wise responded with a run in the bottom of the inning as a one-out sacrifice fly evened the score at 1-1.
- King regained the lead in the second inning as a Rob Sari walk and Wes Bonney double put a pair of runners on.
- Thomas then ripped a home run to left field, giving King a 4-1 lead.
- McCann worked a leadoff walk in the third and later scored on a Hawkins groundout.
- Harrison Barger stretched the King lead to 6-1 with a double that scored Meyer.
- The Cavaliers got those two runs back in the bottom of the inning on a two run home run from Tyler Campbell.
- King added five runs in the fourth inning to take an 11-3 lead.
- UVA Wised tallied two runs in the fourth and another run in the sixth to cut the Tornado lead to 11-6.
- However, King scored three in the eighth, one on a David Carnicella double and two on a Meyer double, extending the King lead to 14-6.
- The Tornado tacked on a run in the ninth to take the game 15-6.
FOR THE FOES
- Campbell led UVA Wise with third runs batted in as he posted one hit on the day.
- Tyler Blaum went 3-for-5, scoring one and driving in one.
- Jojo Kelliher scored twice for the Cavaliers.
OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Bodhi Baker (1-0) 2.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO
Losing Pitcher: Camden Bartee (0-1) 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO
UP NEXT
- King is scheduled to host 12th-ranked North Greenville University on Friday and Saturday. The doubleheaders each day are scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m.
- UVA Wise is scheduled to travel to Catawba College on Saturday and Sunday.
