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Winner Spring Hill SPRING H 1-0
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Montevallo MONTEVAL 3-1
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Spring Hill SPRING H
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Montevallo MONTEVAL
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Spring Hill SPRING H 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 5 2
Montevallo MONTEVAL 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 2

W: J. LAHR (1-0) L: Toth, Zach (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Falcons Drop Mid-Week Matchup to Spring Hill, 6-2

MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The University of Montevallo baseball team dropped a mid-week matchup to Spring Hill, 6-2, at Kermit A. Johnson Field at Bob Riesener Stadium, Tuesday.
 
The Falcons were able to put three men on base to start the game and went on to load the bases five total times throughout the contest, but only cashed in once.
 
In the top of the third inning, Spring Hill loaded the bases after a double and a pair of walks before a grand slam put the Badgers ahead 4-0. Montevallo once again were able to put runners on in the bottom of the half-inning but were unable to respond to Spring Hill's output in the top half and left a pair on base.
 
The fourth and fifth innings were scoreless for both sides and the Falcons were unable to take advantage of men on base, leaving two on in the fourth and three in the fifth. In the bottom of the sixth, after loading the bases for the fourth time of the game, a sacrifice fly from Reed Latimer scored Barry Eiseman to cut Spring Hill's lead to three, 4-1.
 
Montevallo loaded the bases again in the bottom of the seventh and added another run on a bases-loaded-walk from Latimer to score Matt Simon, cutting the deficit in half, 4-2.  
 
Spring Hill stunted the Falcons' comeback effort in the top of the eighth when the Badgers plated two on a throwing error. Three-up, three-down innings in the eighth and ninth finalized the 6-2 loss.
 
The loss is the first of the year for the Falcons after starting the year 3-0 on opening-weekend.
 
GAME INFORMATION

Score: Montevallo 2, Spring Hill 6
Records: Montevallo (3-1) | Spring Hill (1-0)
Location: Kermit A. Johnson Field | Montevallo, Ala.

GAME NOTES
  • Both sides recorded five hits in the win but the Badgers plated six runs while UM scored just two.
  • Montevallo left 18 runners on bases including leaving the bases loaded on four occasions.
  • Reed Latimer recorded both RBI for the Falcons – a sacrifice fly and a bases-loaded walk – to finish 1-for-3 on the day.
  • Sam Kuchinski reached base four times with three walks and a hit to finish 1-for-2 from the plate.
  • Barry Eiseman, Luke Mitchell and Will LaFollette each recorded a hit.
  • Griffin Lape and Chris Foster each were sharp out of the pen as Lape recorded three strikeouts and Foster totaled two.
  • The Falcons were walked 12 times, hit-by-pitch twice and reached on errors twice. 
  • Spring Hill is ranked No. 6 in the South Region by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
UP NEXT: Montevallo will host Kentucky State on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. in a double-header.
 
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