FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. Methodist baseball team concluded their annul Armstrong Invitational on Sunday afternoon with a game against Averett University, in non-conference action. The Monarchs remain perfect, 11-0, following a 10-4 win over the Cougars on Armstrong-Shelley Field.
Methodist is off to its best start since the 2018 season, when the team started 10-1 in their first 11 games.
JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Methodist def. Averett, 10-4
Records: Methodist 11-0, Averett 3-7-1
Location: Armstrong-Shelley Field; Fayetteville, North Carolina
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Monarchs got the scoring started in the third inning, to put them up 3-0. The RBIs came off the bats of Jacob Austin, Wesley Hall, and Gavin Wheeler.
- In the top of the fourth, a Brandt Brophy hit to the outfield brought in the runner from third to tally the first run for Averett.
- Methodist would then put up a five-spot in the latter half of the inning to make it 8-1. The trio of Hall, Wheeler, and Hunter Hollman each drove in a run, one right after the other. Two more Monarchs came around to score on a Caleb Rogers hit back up middle.
- The sixth saw the Cougars register three more runs to find themselves only down by four, 8-4. Nick Romano and Drew Rabon recorded back-to-back RBIs before some Methodist miscues allowed Rabon to reach all the way home.
- Also in the sixth inning, an error on Averett scored another Monarch run followed by Rogers collecting the final RBI of the contest to have the scoreboard read 10-4.
MORE STATS
- Seeing the ball well was Austin and Jackson Deal as each had three hits in the game. Hollman batted .667 after going 2 for 3 at the plate.
- Rogers led all batters with a career-high three RBIs. Hall and Wheeler also finished with a multi-RBI game.
UP NEXT
Methodist is back at Armstrong-Shelley on Wednesday for a mid-week game with Johnson & Wales University of Rhode Island. First pitch is scheduled for 4 PM.
