BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University baseball team won a pair of games against perennial Conference Carolinas University of Mount Olive. The offense powered the Tornado to a 10-5 game one win before
Drew Moore tossed a complete game to defeat the Trojans 6-2 in game two.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Erskine 3, King 2; King, Erskine
LOCATION: Grier Field; Due West, S.C.
RECORDS: King 12-12, 9-8 Conference Carolinas; Erskine 16-15, 8-10 Conference Carolinas
SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS
- Roper started the game with a double and Hall followed with a single.
- Scott then drove in Roper with a sacrifice fly to give King the 1-0 lead.
- In the third inning it was again Scott driving in Roper with a double, stretching the Tornado advantage to 2-0.
- King later had runners on second and third, but the Flying Fleet got out of the inning.
- Erskine used that momentum in the bottom of the inning with a leadoff single.
- Following an out, a double, followed by a single then knotted the score at two.
- Drew Moore then got the final two outs to end the inning.
- A two-out double for Erskine in the fifth inning gave the Flying Fleet a 3-2 lead.
- Erskine threatened to break the game open in the sixth as the loaded the bases.
- However, Moore came up with a pair of strikeouts and a groundout that cut down a run at the plate to end the inning.
- King tried to use that momentum in the seventh inning as Hilliard drew a leadoff walk.
- Hall later walked with two outs, but that was it for the Tornado as Erskine took the game 3-2.
OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Ira Clifton (4-0) 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO
Losing Pitcher: Drew Moore (5-2) 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 8 SO
Save: Johnny Hummel (7) 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO
GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS
- Roper started the game with a single and later scored on a Scott single to give King the 1-0 lead.
- Back-to-back one-out doubles from Hilliard and Wes Bonney put two runners on for Roper in the second inning.
- Roper then ripped his first career home run, extending the King lead to 4-0.
- Erskine responded with a leadoff single, followed by a stolen base and double to cut their deficit to 4-1 after two innings.
- The Flying Fleet manufactured a run in the third inning to pull within 4-2.
- Flanagan and Junior Renwick started the fifth inning with singles before a sacrifice moved them to second and third.
- A walk loaded the bases before a Bonney was hit by a pitch, forcing home Flanagan with two outs.
- However, Erskine got the final out to end the threat as King led 5-2.
- That momentum carried over to the bottom of the inning as Erskine scored five runs to take a 7-5 lead.
- Cal Kryska had the big blow, a three-run double that gave the Flying Fleet the lead.
- Erskine broke the game open with six runs in the seventh inning. Kane Fisher gave Erskine the 13-5 lead with a two-out, two-run home run.
- The Flying Fleet added two runs in the eighth to take a 15-5 lead, and the Tornado couldn't get a rally going in the ninth as Erskine took the contest.
OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Parker Cassell (2-2) 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO
Losing Pitcher: Jakob Brown (2-4) 4.2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 SO
FOR THE FOES
- Kyle Marti posted four hits, scored four runs and drove in one.
- Kryska and Fisher drove in three each with Kryska posting three hits and Fisher recording two hits.
UP NEXT
- King returns home to take on UVA Wise in a doubleheader starting at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
- Erskine hosts Lander University on Wednesday.
