PENSACOLA, Fla. – The University of Montevallo baseball team dropped game one of the NCAA South Region tournament, 10-3, to No. 6 seed Barry, Thursday.
In a game that was delayed four nearly six hours, the Falcons fell behind early on as Barry plated a run in the first inning. After a three-up, three-down opening frame for UM, the Bucs plated a pair of runs to lead 3-0.
Montevallo plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the second, making it a one-run game, when
Asa Awbrey scored on an
Evan Liddie sacrifice fly and
Reed Latimer slid into home on a wild pitch.
Barry added five more runs over the next two innings to jump in front 8-2.
Brooks Cooner entered from the bullpen in the fifth and held Barry off the board for the next two and two-thirds innings.
A sacrifice fly from
Khalid Collymore in the seventh allowed
Jake Smallwood to score and plated the third run for UM.
Barry added two more the rest of the way to defeat the Falcons 10-3.
"Disappointed with our energy and effort the whole game," said Head Coach
Chandler Rose. "But there is still a big weekend left and we have to respond well.
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GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 3 Montevallo 10 |
No. 6 Barry 3
Records: Montevallo 38-15 (21-9 GSC) | Barry 33-17 (16-14 SSC)
Location: Jim Spooner Field | West Florida
GAME NOTES
- Montevallo plated three runs on four hits in the loss while Barry had 10 runs on 14 hits.
- Luke Mitchell had a team-high two hits in the contest as he finished 2-of-4 from the plate with a double.
- The Falcons left eight men on board in the regional opener.
- Brooks Cooner threw two and two-thirds scoreless innings with a pair of K's.
UP NEXT: The Falcons will take on the loser between No. 2 seed West Florida and No. 7 seed Florida Southern in a win-or-go-home game on Friday, May 19, at 1 p.m.
