UT Martin
0-1
Northern Kentucky
1-0
SKYHAWK BASEBALL FALLS IN SEASON OPENER TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY; GAME 2 MOVED TO 1 P.M.
2/16/2024 10:15:00 PM | Baseball
MARTIN, Tenn.- The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball team fought through rain and cold temperatures but came up short on Opening Day to Northern Kentucky, 15-4.
The Skyhawks (0-1) got RBI's from senior leadoff man Zac Rice, redshirt freshman Garner Anderson, senior Cameron Brady and junior Jalen Fithian. Andrew Fernandez and Brady recorded the first extra-base hits of the season for UT Martin, each hitting a double.
Six Skyhawk hurlers took the mound in Game 1 with Tristan Walton starting and throwing two innings before the lightning and rain caused serious delays. Choyce Diffey, Rett Edwards, Sam Smith, Dylan Lapic and Eli Martin came out of the bullpen. Lapic pitched 2.1 innings with three strikeouts and zero earned runs in his UT Martin debut. Martin closed out the game for the Skyhawks in the eighth and ninth innings, allowing no runs on two hits.
In the third inning UT Martin would cut its deficit to one with a Rice single to center field that brought home Fithian for the first run of the 2024 season. After four Norse runs in the fourth, Brady got the Skyhawks back in the run column with a double down the left field line to score Hunter McLean and advance Cole Smith to third. Fithian would get his first RBI in a UT Martin uniform by driving in Smith from third later in the inning.
After Northern Kentucky added to its lead in the fourth and fifth frames, the Skyhawks pushed one more run across the plate in the bottom of the ninth when Anderson drove in Fithian for his first career RBI in his collegiate debut.
Game 2 of this series has been moved up to 1 p.m. tomorrow with the goal of avoiding cold temperatures in the area.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: CASTANEDA, MJ (1-0)
L: Walton, Tristan (0-1)
Batting:
2B: MOSS, Treyvin 1 ; McFADDEN-ACKMAN, Lia 1 ; KUCERA, Colton 1 ; ODOM, John 1
RBI: MOSS, Treyvin 1 ; SIMPSON, Cleary 2 ; McFADDEN-ACKMAN, Lia 2 ; KUCERA, Colton 3 ; ODOM, John 2 ; ROWE, Brennan 2 ; PAULICK, Jake 2 ; MILLER, Bryce 1
SH: SIMPSON, Cleary 1
SF: MOSS, Treyvin 1 ; SIMPSON, Cleary 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MOSS, Treyvin 2 ; SIMPSON, Cleary 2 ; McFADDEN-ACKMAN, Lia 3 ; KUCERA, Colton 2 ; ODOM, John 1 ; ROWE, Brennan 1 ; PAULICK, Jake 1 ; SHANEYFELT, Tyler 1 ; MILLER, Bryce 2
SB: McFADDEN-ACKMAN, Lia 1
HBP: PAULICK, Jake 1 ; MILLER, Bryce 1
Batting:
2B: Fernandez, Andrew 1 ; Brady, Cameron 1
RBI: Rice, Zac 1 ; Anderson, Garner 1 ; Brady, Cameron 1 ; Fithian, Jalen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: McLean, Hunter 1 ; Smith, Cole 1 ; Fithian, Jalen 2
SB: Fithian, Jalen 2
