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University of Montevallo Athletics

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West Ala. WEST ALA 13-13
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Winner Montevallo MONTEVAL 22-4
West Ala. WEST ALA
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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
West Ala. WEST ALA 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0
Montevallo MONTEVAL 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 X 5 10 3

W: Phelan, Connor (2-0) L: J. Felps (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

No. 4/5 Montevallo Rallies For Sixth Straight Win, 5-4, Over UWA

MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The No. 4/No. 5 University of Montevallo baseball team extended its win streak to six with a 5-4 win over West Alabama, Friday, in Montevallo, Alabama.
 
A two-out four-run rally in the fifth and a go-ahead RBI bunt in the eighth proved to be enough to overcome a game in which they made three errors defensively, for the 23rd win of the year.
 
In the bottom of the eighth with the score tied 4-4, Evan Liddie laid down a bunt to push Matt Simon across the plate and give Montevallo its first lead of the game 5-4. The bunt proved to be the winning RBI for Liddie and the Falcons as Connor Phelan kept UWA off the board in the ninth, earning his second win of the season.
 
West Alabama opened the scoring in the first inning when they pushed across a run on a bases-loaded fielder's choice. In the top of the second, the Tigers extended the lead to 3-0 with a pair of unearned runs.
 
The visitors continued to score and keep the Falcons off the board in the top of the fourth when Houston Kitterman hit a solo home run to make it a 4-0 game.
 
Logan Samuels and Jake O'Connell kept the Tigers' bats quiet in the top of the fifth. In the bottom of the frame, UM finally found its way into the scoring column. With two outs, Ben Teel and Sam Kuchinski each drew walks, bringing Reed Latimer to the plate. The Scottsboro, Alabama native then drilled his eighth homer of the year, deep to center, to make it a one-run game, 4-3. In the next at-bat, a double from Asa Awbrey kept the inning alive before a Luke Mitchell double scored the senior and evened the score 4-4.
 
Zach Toth replaced O'Connell and pitched two and a third scoreless, and hitless, innings, while striking out three, to hold the tie.  
 
With two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, Liddie delivered his RBI bunt single to score Simon and put UM on top 5-4. The lead was the first of the game for UM.
 
Connor Phelan finished out the win on the mound, holding off the Tigers, and earned his second win of the year to improve to 2-0.
 
With the win, UM is now 23-4 overall on the season and remains in first place of the Gulf South Conference at 11-2.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 4/No.5 Montevallo 5 | West Alabama 4
Records: No.4/No. 5 Montevallo 23-4 (11-2) | West Alabama 13-14 (9-7
Location: Kermit A. Johnson Field | Montevallo, Ala.   
 

 
  • Montevallo scored five runs on 10 hits in the win while UWA scored four runs off seven hits.
  • All five of UM's runs came with two outs.
  • Montevallo registered an uncharacteristic three errors in the game – a season-high.  
  • Reed Latimer drove in a team-high three runs with his eighth homer of the year and finished 1-for-4.
  • Jake Smallwood and Luke Mitchell each led the Falcons with two hits apiece.
  • Logan Samuels earned the start and struck out a team-high five batters.
  • Zach Toth threw three two thirds scoreless and hitless innings in relief with three K's.
  • Connor Phelan earned the win on the mound to improve to 2-0.
  • The Montevallo bullpen allowed no runs and gave up no hits over the final four and two-thirds innings.

UP NEXT: Montevallo will conclude the series against West Alabama with a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 25.
 
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