GAME 1 INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 6, Lee 2
Records: Montevallo (18-24 overall, 14-11 in GSC) | Lee (21-23 overall, 10-13 in GSC)
Location: Olympic Field (Cleveland, Tennessee)
MONTEVALLO HIGHLIGHTS
- Freshman Ben Teel finished 2-for-4 at the plate with a home run and a double while driving in two runs and scoring two runs in the win in the first game of the doubleheader, which helped the Falcons clinch a spot in the Gulf South Conference Tournament for the second year in a row.
- Junior Sebastian Samuels went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double and scored one run.
- Junior Ryan Brooks finished 2-for-4 at the plate with a double.
- Junior Davis Lott went 2-for-4 at the plate while driving in one run and scoring one run.
- Freshman Ty Wooton finished 1-for-4 at the plate while driving in two runs and scoring one run.
- Junior Jake Morris went 1-for-4 at the plate.
- Senior Jason Cryar scored one run.
- Senior Chrit Rudkin (4-5) earned the win after allowing two earned runs on eight hits with four strikeouts and three walks in 7 2/3 innings on the mound.
- Junior Chandler Ingram recorded one strikeout while allowing just one hit in 1 1/3 innings in relief on his way to his second save of the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Lee took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on a RBI sacrifice fly by Alan Smith.
- The Falcons plated four runs in the top of the fourth inning following a RBI single by junior Davis Lott, a RBI double by freshman Ben Teel and a two-run single by freshman Ty Wooton to take a 4-1 lead.
- Montevallo extended its lead to 5-1 in the top of the sixth inning following a solo home run by Teel.
- The Flames trimmed the deficit to 5-2 on a RBI single by Thomas Zazzaro in the bottom of the seventh inning.
- The Falcons scored their final run when Wooton scored on a throwing error by the Flames in the top of the ninth inning.
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GAME 2 INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 11, Lee 2
Records: Montevallo (19-24 overall, 15-11 in GSC) | Lee (21-24 overall, 10-14 in GSC)
Location: Olympic Field (Cleveland, Tennessee)
MONTEVALLO HIGHLIGHTS
- Junior Sebastian Samuels finished 1-for-4 at the plate with a grand slam homer while driving in four runs and scoring one run.
- Junior Jake Morris went 2-for-3 at the plate and scored a pair of runs.
- Freshman Ben Teel finished 1-for-2 at the plate with a home run while driving in one run and scoring two runs.
- Junior Davis Lott went 1-for-4 at the plate with a homer while driving in one run and scoring one run.
- Senior Khari Anderson finished 1-for-2 at the plate while driving in one run and scoring two runs.
- Seniors Jason Cryar and Tyler Krabbe drove in two runs and scored one run each.
- Junior John Benevolent scored one run in the victory.
- Junior Chandler Ingram (4-0) pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts and earned the win in relief.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Falcons took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning when freshman Ben Teel scored on a bases-loaded walk issued to senior Jason Cryar.
- Lee tied the game at 1-1 following a solo home run by Miguel Pimentel in the bottom of the fourth inning.
- Montevallo pushed eight runs across in the top of the fifth inning, highlighted with a grand slam by junior Sebastian Samuels and solo home runs by junior Davis Lott and Teel in succession, which gave the Falcons a 9-1 advantage.
- The Flames trimmed the Falcons' lead to 9-2 on a RBI single by Parker Stahlman in the bottom of the fifth inning.
- The Falcons plated two runs in the top of the sixth inning, the first on a RBI sacrifice fly by Cryar and the second when senior Khari Anderson reached on an error by the Flames, to push their lead to 11-2.
UP NEXT
The Falcons and the Flames will wrap up the three-game Gulf South Conference series Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. Eastern/12 p.m. Central in Cleveland, Tennessee.
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