GAME INFORMATION
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Score:Â Auburn-Montgomery 3, Montevallo 10
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Records:Â Auburn-Montgomery 13-18 (4-12) | Montevallo 23-11 (10-6)
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Location:Â Kermit A. Johnson Field (Montevallo, Ala)
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MONTEVALLO HIGHLIGHTS
- Six Falcons recorded multiple hits in the game with five of those six going 2-of-4 from the plate.
- Jared Nixon was 3-of-4 from the dish and drove in two RBI late in the game.
- Caleb Ledbetter and Chad Wagner each had two RBI in the game for the Falcons.
- Justin Whitley pitched seven shutout innings and struck out 10 batters. In his outing, Whitley allowed five hits and walked only two batters.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
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- After giving up a pair of runs in the opening frame to get down 2-0 early to the Warhawks, Montevallo came back in the bottom of the inning with a trio of runs to take a 3-0 lead. Collin Dupree, Jason Cryar, and Caleb Ledbetter all scored in the inning for the Falcons.
- Montevallo broke the game open in the bottom of the fourth inning when they scored five runs in the inning to take an 8-2 lead.
- AUM got a run back in the top of the eighth inning to make it an 8-3 ball game.
- A two-RBI single by Jared Nixon in the bottom of the eighth inning pushed the Falcons' lead to 10-3.
UP NEXT
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The Falcons and the Warhawks will wrap up the series tomorrow with a doubleheader that starts at 1:00 p.m.
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