UT Martin Falls At North Alabama

Tuesday, April 29

Florence, Ala.

5 p.m.

UT Martin

16-27

North Alabama

16-26

UT Martin

North Alabama

UT Martin Falls At North Alabama

4/29/2025 8:00:00 PM | Baseball

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FLORENCE, Ala.- The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball team battled in a pitcher's duel but fell in the midweek contest 3-1 to North Alabama at Mike D. Lane Field.

Jalen Fithian (double, walk) led the Skyhawks (16-27) with two base hits while Jonah Katsaboulas (run scored, base hit), Cameron Greene (base hit) and Jordan Hudson (RBI) contributed to the offense.

JP Nunn (four innings pitched, no runs allowed, four strikeouts) made his first career start while Austin Gast (1-1), Kaleb Baskin (two innings pitched, no runs allowed, no walks, one strikeout) and Brock Arender (one inning pitched, two strikeouts) also spent time on the mound.

Nunn began his outing with a 1-2-3 first inning on a pop out, punchout and flyout to centerfield. The righty stranded two runners after a 5-4-3 double play to hold the Lions (16-26) scoreless in the second. With two runners on to start the third, Nunn settled in and recorded three straight outs from a sacrifice bunt, strikeout and flyout.

The 6-5 freshman finished off the longest outing of his young collegiate career with back-to-back strikeouts and a pop out to strand two. North Alabama plated two runs in the fifth to claim the lead.

Baskin came in for the sixth and induced a groundout and strikeout with Fithian earning an outfield assist to end the frame. The right-hander Baskin worked a flawless seventh inning on two flyouts and a groundout to third.

UT Martin cut the Lions lead down to one when Hudson brought in Katsaboulas on a fielder's choice to make it 2-1. North Alabama got an insurance run in the home half of the eighth and closed out a Skyhawk rally attempt in the ninth.

UT Martin will host Southern Indiana for a three-game set beginning on Friday, May 2 at 5 p.m.