TUSKEGEE, Ala. – In a midweek matchup on the road in Tuskegee, Alabama, the University of Montevallo baseball team defeated the Golden Tigers 11-1 in seven innings to move to 6-1 overall on the year.
Wednesday's contest was the first true road game of the year for Head Coach
Chandler Rose's 2023 squad who are on a three-game win streak.
Montevallo opened the scoring early on Wednesday afternoon at Washington Field when
Sam Kuchinski blasted his first homer of the season and scored
Barry Eiseman to give Montevallo a 2-0 advantage.
The Falcons' pitching staff held Tuskegee scoreless in the first two frames before the offense added a trio of runs in the third. An infield single from
Reed Latimer loaded the bases before Eiseman scored on a passed ball. An ensuing RBI ground-out from
Asa Awbrey plated Kuchinski and a bases loaded walk from
Evan Liddie scored Latimer to cap the inning and put UM ahead 5-0.
Pitching continued to be dominant for the falcons as
Chris Foster entered out the pen in the fourth, faced three batters and struck out the side.
Montevallo's best scoring frame came in the fifth when the side plated six runs. To begin, a bases-loaded wild pitch scored Awbrey before a bases-loaded walk from
Aiden Cloud scored
Alex Langford. With the bases still loaded,
Khalid Collymore was hit-by-pitch to score Christian Kahaller. Next,
Zen Hiatt singled to left field, driving in
Will Pratt. Cloud came home on the play when an error was made by the Golden Tigers' catcher. Another wild-pitch pushed Hiatt to second and scored Collymore to round out the scoring as Montevallo led 11-0.
Both sides were held scoreless until the bottom of the ninth when Tuskegee scored its lone run on a bases-loaded walk.
After giving up a hit to the home side in the first inning, UM's bullpen held Tuskegee without a hit until the final frame and struckout 11.
INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 11, Tuskegee 1 (7 inn)
Records: Montevallo (6-1) | Tuskegee (1-4)
Location: Washington Field | Tuskegee, Ala.
Duration: 2:45
GAME NOTES
- Montevallo scored 11 runs on eight hits in the contest and recorded three extra-base hits.
- Senior Sam Kuchinski shined at the plate and finished 2-for-2 with a home run, two RBI, two runs scored and a walk.
- Barry Eiseman finished 1-for-1 at the plate, recorded a double and scored a pair of runs to go along with a walk.
- Christian Kahaller had the second double for UM and finished 1-for-2 from the plate with a walk and run scored.
- Khalid Collymore, Zen Hiatt, Asa Awbrey, Evan Liddie and Aiden Cloud each added one RBI in the win.
- On the mound, the Montevallo pitching staff held Tuskegee to three hits and just one run while striking out 11 batters. UM held the Golden Tigers without a hit from the second inning until the seventh.
- Christ Foster earned his first win of the season after striking out three straight batters in the fourth.
- Josh Alpough struck out the side out of the pen in the fifth and Jake O'Connell added two K's in the sixth, both in their first appearances of the season.
UP NEXT: Montevallo will host Walsh in a three-game series beginning on Saturday, Feb. 18 in a doubleheader at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. in Montevallo, Alabama. The series was originally scheduled to start on Friday, Feb. 17 but was pushed back due to weather.
