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16
Winner Methodist MUBB 18-5, 4-2 USA So.
2
Mary Baldwin MBU 4-17, 0-8 USA So.
Winner
Methodist MUBB
18-5, 4-2 USA So.
16
Final
2
Mary Baldwin MBU
4-17, 0-8 USA So.
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Methodist MUBB 4 0 1 3 2 6 0 16 16 0
Mary Baldwin MBU 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 5

W: St. Leger, William (5-1) L: D. Weatherly (0-3)

9
Winner Methodist MUBB 19-5, 5-2 USA So.
8
Mary Baldwin MBU 4-19, 0-9 USA So.
Winner
Methodist MUBB
19-5, 5-2 USA So.
9
Final
8
Mary Baldwin MBU
4-19, 0-9 USA So.
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Methodist MUBB 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 9 11 3
Mary Baldwin MBU 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 8 11 4

W: Freeland, Tanner (3-0) L: T. Webster (0-5) S: Carroll, Chase (5)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Matthew Shealy

Methodist Takes Two Over Mary Baldwin

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.  The Methodist baseball team picked up two wins over Mary Baldwin on Saturday. The Monarchs swiftly beat the Fighting Squirrels 16-2 in game one before squeezing out a 9-8 victory in game two.

THE ESSENTIALS
Final results: Methodist def. Mary Baldwin, 16-2; Methodist def. Mary Baldwin, 16-2
Records: Methodist 19-5 (5-2 USA South), Mary Baldwin 4-19 (0-9)
Location: John Moxie Stadium; Staunton, Va.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The first runs of game one came at the hands of Rob Wilkerson, who smashed a two-run homer in the third at-bat of the game. Methodist scored two more in the inning to take a 4-0 lead.
  • Hunter Hollman recorded a homerun in the top of the third. After the Monarchs tacked on two more runs in the fourth, Justin Blunt joined the homerun party with a solo shot of his own in the fifth. Jackson Deal doubled to bring home another run in the frame, giving Methodist a 10-0 advantage.
  • A homer for the Fighting Squirrels made it a nine-run ballgame, which Caleb Rogers turned into an 11-run game with a two-run dinger. The Monarchs brought home two more runs before Wilkerson hit a two-run blast – his second homer of the contest and the fifth for the team. Mary Baldwin scored one more in the sixth, but Methodist's 14-run lead was enough to call for the conference's 12-run mercy rule after seven innings.
  • Methodist garnered a four-run lead in the second game, but gave up a six spot – six runs on six hits – to the Fighting Squirrels in the bottom of the fifth. Two more runs in the bottom of the sixth gave Mary Baldwin an 8-4 lead.
  • The Monarchs chipped away at Mary Baldwin's lead. In the seventh, Charles Jordan's sacrifice fly brought home one run. In the eighth, Jacob Austin batted in a run and another scored on a throwing error by the Fighting Squirrels. In the ninth, Rogers and Blunt recorded an RBI each to lift Methodist ahead by one run.
  • With one out and runners on first and second, Chase Carroll took the mound for the Monarchs, forcing the final two Mary Baldwin batters to ground out.  
     
STAT FACTS
  • The Monarchs recorded 27 hits on the day – 16 in game one and 11 in game two.
  • The 14-run win is Methodist's largest margin of victory this season.
  • Stancil Bowles posted the best average among Methodist players who played in both games, finishing 4-for-8 at the plate with four runs scored and one walk.

UP NEXT
Methodist plays one more game against Mary Baldwin on Sunday at 12 p.m. in Staunton, Virginia.
 
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