MERITHEW AND HARFORD BRING THREE RUNS HOME IN GAME 2 SETBACK VS. AUSTIN PEAY

Saturday, April 9

Martin, Tenn.

3 p.m.

UT Martin

Austin Peay

MERITHEW AND HARFORD BRING THREE RUNS HOME IN GAME 2 SETBACK VS. AUSTIN PEAY

4/9/2022 7:07:00 PM | Baseball

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MARTIN, Tenn. – A deep two-run double from redshirt-freshman Chance Merithew in the bottom of the 6^th – the third extra-base hit of the day from the University of Tennessee at Martin baseball team – coupled by another added score in the 9^th inning increased UTM's run accumulation over the past two days to five. In the end, the Governors of Austin Peay came away with a 14-3 victory in Saturday's second chapter of an Ohio Valley Conference weekend series at Skyhawk Field.

Merithew's 6^th-inning two-bagger – coming after an Ethan Whitley walk and base-hit by rightfielder Wil LaFollette – granted the catcher his third and fourth RBI of the season in his 14^th start. Joining Whitley and designated hitter Jack Culumovic as the three Skyhawks to provide a double in Game 2 (giving the team 43 doubles as a unit since February), UTM was able to record eight hits as a group for the second straight meeting off of seven different batters.

Securing a 9^th-inning run for the second time in less than 24 hours, the Skyhawks pulled in their third score of the contest off the bat of shortstop Casey Harford, herding in lead-off leftfielder Will Smith on an infield bouncer. Through 28 appearances this spring, UT Martin has scattered 212 hits, including 16 over the past two trips.

In addition to four walks off the APSU pitching core, the Skyhawks would unfortunately leave 10 runners stranded in defeat to move their overall record to 8-20 and 1-7 in OVC matchups.

Junior lefty Jacob Smith took the starting role in the warmer and sunnier afternoon as opposed to the previous day's cloudy and chilly atmosphere, finding relief from J. Henry Hobson, Noah Walters, Warren Lee, Grant Crihfield, and Drew Bell, the latter two seeing their collegiate debuts over the final two innings while denying the Governors any scores over their final eight hitters.

With one more bout on the way between the Volunteer State adversaries, the Skyhawks will now look ahead to tomorrow's Game 3 at 1:00. UTM will then make the short trip to Murray State next weekend for their fourth conference sequence of the year, beginning on Thursday.

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