BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University baseball team defeated Davis & Elkins for their home opener by a score of 10-3 after scoring seven in the first inning. Head Coach
Brad Hill earned his first win since taking the helm of the program in August.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 10 – Davis & Elkins 3
LOCATION: King Baseball Field
RECORDS: King 1-4 | Davis & Elkins 0-1
HOW IT HAPPENED
- King scored fast and early. Truman Roper hit a lead off double down the right field line. He then scored when Michael Starrs hit a single through the left side.
- Joe Amunategui III, Levi Medford, and Joe Uribe hit back-to-back-to-back doubles bringing the score to 5-0 with just one out.
- On Roper's second plate appearance in the inning, he hit a sacrifice-fly to bring in Uribe before Conner Hyatt stole home.
- Starrs led off the bottom of the second with a solo home run to left center.
- Davis & Elkins scored in the top of the third and the top of the fourth.
- Jose Ruiz scored on a wild pitch in the fifth inning before Starrs scored again on an Amunategui single to left field in the seventh inning.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Five Tornado players had 2 hits. Michael Starrs went 2-3 with a home run, and 2 RBI. He also had 2 walks and scored three of King's 10 runs.
- Truman Roper, Joe Amunategui III, Levi Medfor, and joe Uribe each had a double. Amunategui had 2 RBIs and Conner Hyatt had 2 walks.
- King batters had just three total strikeouts all game, putting the ball in play all game. King Pitchers, Ben Hale and Cole Pletcher combined for 14 strikeouts and 2 walks.
OF RECORD
Win: Ben Hale (1-0) 5 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 9 SO
Loss: Cooper Blackburn (0-1) 0.1 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO
Save: Cole Pletcher (1) 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO
UP NEXT
The King University baseball team will be back tomorrow for a double-header to finish the series against the Davis & Elkins Senators. First pitch is at noon.
