MONTEVALLO - The Montevallo baseball team kept their win streak alive with an 11-6 win over Kentucky Wesleyan, Saturday afternoon at Bob Reisner Stadium. With the win the Falcons are now 10-0 for the season while the Panthers slip to 0-4.
The Falcons jumped on the scored board during their first at bat after
Ben Teel sacrificed himself to bring
Khalid Collymore home to make the score 1-0.
Sam Kuchinski stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the third and hit a homerun that allowed himself and
Ben Teel to bring home two more runs for the Falcons.
Khalid Collymore was hit by pitch in the fourth inning, with bases loaded to bring
Riley Cain home for UM's fourth run. In the following at bat
Asa Awbrey went yard for a grand slam to give the Falcons a comfortable 8-0 cushion in the fourth inning.
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Reed Latimer double gave the speedy
Riley Cain a chance to advance three bases for the Falcons ninth run.
Sam Kuchinski notched his second home run of the day with
Ben Teel on base to bring home to more UM runs marking an 11-2 lead over KWC.
Kentucky Wesleyan's Ben Wilcoxson was walked with bases loaded to push a runner up for the Panthers third run. The Panthers found their next run in the top of the ninth after a throwing error gave KWC roo to bump the third base runner to home plate. Kentucky Wesleyan was walked with bases loaded allowing their fifth run to go across home plate. The Panthers followed up with a single to left field that brought in the sixth Kentucky Wesleyan run with two outs on the board. Kentucky Wesleyans comeback efforts after
Danny Glenos threw the final strike of the game to seal the 11-6 win.
UP NEXT: The Falcons will conclude the weekend series against Kentucky Wesleyan on Sunday, February 20th, with first pitch slated for 12:00 PM at Bob Reisner Stadium.