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SKYHAWK BASEBALL FALLS TO MISSOURI IN GAME 1
4/2/2024 11:04:00 PM | Baseball
MARTIN, Tenn.- The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball team fell to Missouri in a 13-3 setback in Game 1 of its midweek series against the Southeastern Conference opponent.
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Andrew Fernandez and Blaze Bell hit solo home runs while Hunter McLean recorded his fifth multi-hit game of the season. Mac Danford also drove in a run while Zac Rice landed a base knock for the Skyhawks (11-18) offensively.
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Choyce Diffey (2-3) began the game for UT Martin and was followed by Zach Wager (two innings), Tucker Reed (one inning), Davis Benton (one inning) and Sam Smith (0.2 frames).
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The Skyhawks would take an early lead thanks to a Zac Rice leadoff single. After a walk drawn by Will Smith, UT Martin would pull off a double steal that put a pair of runners in scoring position. Danford followed with an RBI groundout to put the Skyhawks on top, 1-0.
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The Tigers (11-18) scored twice in the bottom of the first but Diffey would hurl a scoreless frame in the second. After Missouri tallied three runs in the bottom of the third, UT Martin got two runs back in the top of the fourth. Fernandez launched a solo homer to begin the half-inning before Bell cranked a longball just six pitches later, making the score 5-3.
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 Wager entered in the home half of the fourth and produced a perfect frame on just eight pitches. However, the Tigers scored twice in the fifth as part of eight unanswered runs to close out the contest.
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The Skyhawks will look to even up the series in the finale tomorrow at 3 p.m. on SEC Network+.
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Andrew Fernandez and Blaze Bell hit solo home runs while Hunter McLean recorded his fifth multi-hit game of the season. Mac Danford also drove in a run while Zac Rice landed a base knock for the Skyhawks (11-18) offensively.
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Choyce Diffey (2-3) began the game for UT Martin and was followed by Zach Wager (two innings), Tucker Reed (one inning), Davis Benton (one inning) and Sam Smith (0.2 frames).
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The Skyhawks would take an early lead thanks to a Zac Rice leadoff single. After a walk drawn by Will Smith, UT Martin would pull off a double steal that put a pair of runners in scoring position. Danford followed with an RBI groundout to put the Skyhawks on top, 1-0.
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The Tigers (11-18) scored twice in the bottom of the first but Diffey would hurl a scoreless frame in the second. After Missouri tallied three runs in the bottom of the third, UT Martin got two runs back in the top of the fourth. Fernandez launched a solo homer to begin the half-inning before Bell cranked a longball just six pitches later, making the score 5-3.
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 Wager entered in the home half of the fourth and produced a perfect frame on just eight pitches. However, the Tigers scored twice in the fifth as part of eight unanswered runs to close out the contest.
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The Skyhawks will look to even up the series in the finale tomorrow at 3 p.m. on SEC Network+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lucas, Brock (3-0)
L: Diffey, Choyce (2-3)
Batting:
2B: McLean, Hunter 1
HR: Fernandez, Andrew 1 ; Bell, Blaze 1
RBI: Fernandez, Andrew 1 ; Danford, Mac 1 ; Bell, Blaze 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rice, Zac 1 ; Fernandez, Andrew 1 ; Bell, Blaze 1
SB: Rice, Zac 1 ; Smith, Will 1
Batting:
HR: Beaman, Jackson 1 ; Daniels, Brock 1
RBI: Beaman, Jackson 1 ; Austin, Trevor 1 ; Daniels, Brock 5 ; Garcia, Matt 3
SH: Curtis, Jeric 1
SF: Daniels, Brock 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Curtis, Jeric 2 ; Beaman, Jackson 3 ; Peer, Kaden 3 ; Austin, Trevor 3 ; Daniels, Brock 2
SB: Curtis, Jeric 1 ; Beaman, Jackson 2 ; Peer, Kaden 1 ; Daniels, Brock 1
HBP: Austin, Trevor 1 ; Corona, Danny 1
Game Leaders
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