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UT MARTIN BASEBALL DROPS MIDDLE GAME OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS SERIES
3/11/2023 5:50:00 PM | Baseball
CONWAY, Ark. – Junior right fielder Zac Rice collected his second 3-hit game of the 2023 campaign today but the University of Tennessee at Martin baseball team fell 11-1 in Game 2 of its road series at Central Arkansas.
A Fort Mitchell, Ala. native, Rice reached base safely in all four of his plate appearances. He recorded two doubles, a single, a walk and swiped his fifth stolen base of the spring. Overall, it was his fifth multi-hit performance of the season.
Will Smith also had a two-hit day with a walk while scoring a run out of the cleanup spot in the Skyhawk lineup.
On the mound, Jordan Armstrong (1-2) received the starting nod and struck out six batters with just one walk over five innings. Trey Ricko pitched a career-high 2.1 innings out of the bullpen while Eli Martin struck out a pair of hitters in a scoreless relief appearance.
Armstrong kept the Bears off the scoreboard in the bottom of the first but Central Arkansas (7-7) scored three of its four runs in the second inning with two outs. The Bears were able to tack on two runs in the third before Armstrong compiled three strikeouts in the fourth inning alone in a scoreless frame.
Central Arkansas added four runs in the bottom of the fifth but Ricko kept the Bears off the scoreboard in the next two frames. The senior right-hander from Plainfield, Ill. did not allow a ball out of the infield in the sixth and silenced the Central Arkansas once again in the seventh.
After UT Martin placed a runner in scoring position in each of the second through seventh innings, the Skyhawks broke through for a run in the top of the eighth. Smith went the other way for an opposite-field single and advanced to second on a groundout. He then came home following a wild pitch and error for UT Martin's first run of the contest.
The Bears scored one more run in the eighth but Martin got out of a jam by stranding the bases loaded after back-to-back called strikeouts.
The Skyhawks once again produced a runner in scoring position in the eighth after Rice crushed a double that one-hopped the wall out in left field. However, UT Martin's deficit was too large to overcome.
These two sides will round out their series tomorrow at 1 p.m. as right-hander Seth Petry (0-1, 4.86 ERA) is expected to start on the hill for the Skyhawks. He will likely be opposed by righty Noah Argenta (1-1, 6.97).
A Fort Mitchell, Ala. native, Rice reached base safely in all four of his plate appearances. He recorded two doubles, a single, a walk and swiped his fifth stolen base of the spring. Overall, it was his fifth multi-hit performance of the season.
Will Smith also had a two-hit day with a walk while scoring a run out of the cleanup spot in the Skyhawk lineup.
On the mound, Jordan Armstrong (1-2) received the starting nod and struck out six batters with just one walk over five innings. Trey Ricko pitched a career-high 2.1 innings out of the bullpen while Eli Martin struck out a pair of hitters in a scoreless relief appearance.
Armstrong kept the Bears off the scoreboard in the bottom of the first but Central Arkansas (7-7) scored three of its four runs in the second inning with two outs. The Bears were able to tack on two runs in the third before Armstrong compiled three strikeouts in the fourth inning alone in a scoreless frame.
Central Arkansas added four runs in the bottom of the fifth but Ricko kept the Bears off the scoreboard in the next two frames. The senior right-hander from Plainfield, Ill. did not allow a ball out of the infield in the sixth and silenced the Central Arkansas once again in the seventh.
After UT Martin placed a runner in scoring position in each of the second through seventh innings, the Skyhawks broke through for a run in the top of the eighth. Smith went the other way for an opposite-field single and advanced to second on a groundout. He then came home following a wild pitch and error for UT Martin's first run of the contest.
The Bears scored one more run in the eighth but Martin got out of a jam by stranding the bases loaded after back-to-back called strikeouts.
The Skyhawks once again produced a runner in scoring position in the eighth after Rice crushed a double that one-hopped the wall out in left field. However, UT Martin's deficit was too large to overcome.
These two sides will round out their series tomorrow at 1 p.m. as right-hander Seth Petry (0-1, 4.86 ERA) is expected to start on the hill for the Skyhawks. He will likely be opposed by righty Noah Argenta (1-1, 6.97).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: BARKER, Jesse (2-1)
L: Armstrong, Jordan (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Rice, Zac 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, Will 1
SB: Smith, Will 1 ; Rice, Zac 1
Batting:
2B: ARGENTA, Noah 1
HR: KING, Mason 1 ; HAFLEY, Evan 2
RBI: KING, Mason 4 ; BOWMAN, Reid 1 ; HAFLEY, Evan 3 ; ARGENTA, Noah 1 ; SELDOMRIDGE, Kade 1 ; LEONARD, Tanner 1
SH: BOWMAN, Reid 1
Base Running:
RUNS: KING, Mason 1 ; JOHNSON, Kolby 1 ; HAFLEY, Evan 2 ; MONROE, Tyler 1 ; MENDOLIA, AJ 1 ; CYR, Dylan 1 ; ARGENTA, Noah 2 ; SELDOMRIDGE, Kade 1 ; LEONARD, Tanner 1
SB: MENDOLIA, AJ 1 ; LEONARD, Tanner 1
CS: MENDOLIA, AJ 1
HBP: BOWMAN, Reid 1 ; CYR, Dylan 1 ; LEONARD, Tanner 2
Game Leaders
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4
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H
1
RBI
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AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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