MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The No. 13 Montevallo Falcons opened a weekend series against Delta State with a 7-3 loss, Friday, at Kermit A. Johnson Field.
The Falcons fell behind early following home runs in bottom of the first and second innings for the Statesman, to trail 5-0.
UM's bats were quiet until the fifth frame when back-to-back singles from freshmen
Luke Mitchell and
Christian Kallaher and a walk from
Jake Smallwood loaded the bases. A
Khalid Collymore walk scored Mitchell for UM's first run of the game. Delta State's lead was then trimmed to three when
Ben Teel was hit-by-pitch.
DSU quickly answered Montevallo in the top of the sixth and picked up a pair of runs to lead 7-2.
A rally looked promising in the bottom of the eighth as
Sam Kuchinski led off the inning with a solo homer to right that smacked off the scoreboard – his 12
th of the year.
Reed Latimer followed up the solo-shot with a single, but three straight popups ended the inning.
Neither side gave up a run the rest of the way as the Falcons fell to 14-8 in league play and 30-10 overall with the 7-3 loss.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 13/24 Montevallo 3 | Delta State 7
Records: No.13/24 Montevallo 30-10| Delta State 20-19
Location: Montevallo, Ala.
GAME ONE NOTES
- Montevallo totaled eight hits and only scored three runs while DSU complied 10 hits for seven runs.
- The Falcons managed just two extra base hits in the contest – a double from Collymore and a homer from Kuchinski – while DSU registered three doubles, a triple and two homers.
- Kuchinski and Collymore each finished with a team-high two hits.
- Trey Felker turned in three and two-thirds solid innings out of the bullpen. He allowed just one run, two hits, walked two and struck out three.
UP NEXT: Montevallo will host Delta State on Saturday in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. at Kermit A. Johnson Field.
