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University of Montevallo Athletics

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West Ala. WEST ALA 13-15
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Winner Montevallo MONTEVAL 24-4
West Ala. WEST ALA
13-15
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Final
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Montevallo MONTEVAL
24-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
West Ala. WEST ALA 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 11 1
Montevallo MONTEVAL 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 X 10 11 3

W: Pease , JJ (5-0) L: B. Thiels (1-3) S: Phelan, Connor (3)

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Winner West Ala. WEST ALA 14-15
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Montevallo MONTEVAL 24-5
Winner
West Ala. WEST ALA
14-15
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Final
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Montevallo MONTEVAL
24-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
West Ala. WEST ALA 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 8 8 1
Montevallo MONTEVAL 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 7 1

W: J. Smith (6-2) L: Phelan, Connor (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

No. 4/5 Montevallo Splits Twin Bill to UWA, Wins Series 2-1

MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The No.4/5 University of Montevallo baseball team split a twin bill to West Alabama, Saturday.
 
The Falcon bats shined in game one as UM defeated the Tigers 10-6 before falling in game two, 8-4, to snap a seven-game win streak.
 
Montevallo wins the series 2-1 over UWA and moves to 25-4 on the year and 12-3 in Gulf South Conference play.
 
 
 
GAME ONE
 
The scoring began early in game one of the doubleheader as both teams combined for five runs in the first inning. West Alabama plated a pair of runs in the first inning on a two-RBI double. In the bottom of the frame, Montevallo answered the Tigers with three runs of their own. It began with an RBI groundout from Sam Kuchinksi. Next, a Reed Latimer single drove in Ben Teel before a sacrifice fly from Asa Awbrey scored Latimer to give Montevallo a 3-2 lead.
 
UWA quickly evened the score 3-3 in the top of the second with a bases-loaded fielder's choice. Kuchinksi logged his second RBI of the game in the bottom of the frame on a single to center to give UM the lead back, 4-3. Before the inning ended, Latimer added another RBI with a sacrifice fly to push the lead to two, 5-3.
 
JJ Pease earned the start on the mound, settled into the game in the third, and went three up three down before keeping the Tigers at bay in the fourth.
 
The two-run lead disappeared in the fifth when UWA hit a two-run home run to even the score. The Montevallo bats answered the in-state rival in the bottom of the frame with a three-spot. Luke Mitchell drew a walk, setting up an RBI double down the left field line for Jake Smallwood to put UM on top, 6-5. In the ensuing at-bat, Zen Hiatt delivered a pinch-hit homer – a bomb over the scoreboard in right field - his third of the year to make it an 8-5 game.
 
An RBI single for the Tigers in the eighth shortened Montevallo's lead to two in the eighth. Latimer delivered an answer for Montevallo in the bottom of the inning as he knocked in his third and fourth runs of the day on a two-RBI single, pushing the lead to 10-6.
 
Connor Phelan closed out the win on the mound in the ninth as he kept the Tigers off the board and earned his third save of the year.
 
 

GAME ONE INFORMATION
Score: No. 4/No.5 Montevallo 5 | West Alabama 4
Records: No.4/No. 5 Montevallo 24-4 (12-2) | West Alabama 13-15 (9-8)
Location: Kermit A. Johnson Field | Montevallo, Ala.   
 

 GAME ONE NOTES
  • JJ Pease made his seventh start of the year and earned the win to improve to 5-0 overall.
  • Reed Latimer led UM with four RBI in the contest as he finished 2-for-4 from the plate.
  • Ben Teel had a team-high three hits in the win as he went 3-for-4 and scored two runs.
  • Connor Phelan earned his third save of the year as he held UWA off the board in the ninth.
  • Montevallo made three errors in the game and scored ten runs on 11 hits.
  • UWA had one error and scored just six runs on 11 hits.
 
GAME TWO
 
The second game of the doubleheader was a pitchers' duel as both sides were held scoreless through the first four innings. Michael Morse earned the start for UM and pitched four scoreless innings and allowed just two hits.
 
In the fifth, UWA struck first with back-to-back solo home runs to lead 2-0. In a similar fashion to game one and game two, Montevallo answered the Tigers in the bottom of the frame. It began with a leadoff walk for Asa Awbrey before Christian Kallaher and Brandon Moore singles loaded the bases. With the bases loaded, Ben Teel drove a ball deep to right that was dropped by the right fielder resulting in a bases-clearing error, giving UM a 3-2 lead.
 
West Alabama broke the game open in the sixth with a two-RBI single and a grand slam to lead 8-3.
 
Montevallo got one run back in the bottom of the seventh off a Luke Mitchell sacrifice fly but was unable to overcome the deficit, falling 8-4.
 
The Falcons dropped a seven-game win streak with the loss.

GAME TWO INFORMATION
Score: No. 4/No.5 Montevallo 4 | West Alabama 8
Records: No.4/No. 5 Montevallo 24-5 (12-3) | West Alabama 14-15 (10-8)
Location: Kermit A. Johnson Field | Montevallo, Ala.   
 

 GAME ONE NOTES
  • Luke Mitchell finished as the only Falcon with multiple hits in game two. He went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
  • Montevallo scored four runs on eight hits while UWA added eight runs on eight hits.

UP NEXT: Montevallo travels to Spring Hill for a pair of games Tuesday, Mar. 28 and Wednesday, Mar. 29 against Spring Hill in Mobile, Alabama.
 
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