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Austin Skipper pitching
Wesley Jones
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Va. Wesleyan VWU 1-3
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Winner Methodist MUBB 4-0
Va. Wesleyan VWU
1-3
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Final
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Methodist MUBB
4-0
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Va. Wesleyan VWU 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0
Methodist MUBB 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3 9 1

W: Skipper, Austin (1-0) L: B. Mitnick (0-1) S: Carroll, Chase (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Matthew Shealy

Wheeler Homers, Hall Delivers Two RBI in Narrow Victory Over Virginia Wesleyan

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. The Methodist baseball team emerged victorious on Sunday with a win over the visiting Virginia Wesleyan University Marlins in the final game of the Diamond Invitational. The Monarchs scored three runs and held the visitors to two.

JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Methodist def. Virginia Wesleyan, 3-2
Records: Methodist 4-0, Virginia Wesleyan 1-3
Location: Armstrong-Shelley Field; Fayetteville, North Carolina

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Gavin Wheeler stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the second inning and delivered a no-doubt homer over the left field wall for the first run of the ballgame.
  • The Marlins evened the score in the top of the third, then took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fifth. In the bottom of the fifth, Rob Wilkerson tripled to right center field and was brought home by Wesley Hall to tie the game at 2-2.
  • The tie was broken in the bottom of the seventh when Hall batted in another runner, this time Jacob Austin, who had singled up the middle and then stole second base.
  • Anthony Sarbanes pitched a scoreless eighth inning, followed by Chase Carroll, who faced just three batters and pitched a scoreless ninth.
MORE STATS
  • Austin Skipper went a full seven innings on the mound for the Monarchs, allowing just two runs to score and striking out five batters on his way to earning the win.
  • Wesley Hall went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBI. Hall leads the team with nine RBI through four games.
  • Gavin Wheeler's homerun extends the team's streak to four-straight games with a homerun to start the season.
UP NEXT
The Monarchs return to Armstrong-Shelley field on Friday at 4 p.m. for their first game of the Methodist Baseball Invitational when they will face the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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