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Falcons Take Series Over UAH with Pair of Extra-Inning Wins

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Montevallo baseball earned a pair of wins in Huntsville, Alabama, Saturday, in extra-innings fashion.
 
The Falcons topped UAH 9-6 with three runs in the 10th inning and extended its win streak to six games with a 7-6 win in eight innings in game two.

GAME 1  INFORMATION
 
Score: Montevallo 9 | UAH 6 (10 Inn.)
Records: Montevallo 18-10 (8-4) | Alabama-Huntsville 16-13 (4-8)
Location: Huntsville, Ala.
 
Three runs in the 10th inning lifted the Falcons to a 9-6 extra-inning win over UAH, on Saturday, in game one of the series.
 
UAH struck first in the second inning and added another run in the third to lead, 2-0. In the top of the fourth, a two-run homer by Ethan Huddleston tied the score 2-2.
 
After UAH regained the lead 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth, Zen Hiatt evened the score for UM with a solo homer.
 
An RBI double by Huddleston scored a run and put the Falcons on top 4-3. An ensuing error by the Chargers allowed two runs to score for Montevallo, pushing the lead to 6-3.
 
In the bottom of the ninth, UAH scored three runs to tie and force extras.
 
Huddleston added his fourth RBI of the day in the 10th as he put the Falcons ahead 7-6 with a single.  In a pinch-hit at bad, freshman Peyton Stephenson delivered an RBI single to push the lead to 8-6. A sacrifice fly for Hiatt closed out the scoring in the frame and gave UM a 9-6 lead going into the bottom of the 10th.
 
Connor Phelan closed the 10th out for the Falcons and earned his third save of the year.
 
GAME NOTES
  • Ethan Huddleston led the Falcons at the plate as he finished 3-for-5 with four RBI.
  • Logan Harbin added three hits and went 3-for-5 from the plate.
  • Chris Foster earned his third win on the mound and moved to 3-1 on the year.
  • Connor Phelan picked up his third save of the season.
  • Montevallo scored nine runs on 11 hits while UAH added six runs on 12 hits.


GAME 2  INFORMATION
 
Score: Montevallo 7 | UAH 6
Records: Montevallo 18-10 (9-4) | Alabama-Huntsville 15-14 (4-9)
Location: Huntsville, Ala.
Much like game one, UAH struck first in game two, to lead 1-0. Montevallo quickly answered back in the top of the second with an RBI single from Brandon Moore and a Evan Kirk sacrifice fly to lead 2-1.
In the bottom of the fifth, UAH's offense added three runs to lead Montevallo 5-2
The Montevallo offense responded in the next inning with four runs to go ahead 6-5. RBI singles from Evan Liddie and Ethan Huddleston led to the four-run frame.
 
With a 6-5 lead in the sixth, UAH scraped across a run, and once again the game extended into extra innings after a scoreless seventh.
In the eighth inning, Connor Crowson opened the frame with an RBI single to put the Falcons on top, 7-6.
Dawson Hargrove earned the win on the mound in the eighth as he struck out his third batter.
 
GAME NOTES
  • Connor Crowson had a monster game as he went 4-for-5  with two RBI, including the go-ahead run in the eighth.
  • Dawson Hargrove threw two and one-third innings and struck out three to earn his first win of the year.
 
UP NEXT

Montevallo will return for game three of the series on Sunday, Mar. 24, at 12 p.m.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Chris  Foster

#31 Chris Foster

RHP
6' 2"
Senior
R/R
Zen  Hiatt

#26 Zen Hiatt

INF
6' 5"
Junior
L/R
Evan  Liddie

#2 Evan Liddie

INF
6' 0"
Graduate Student
L/R
Brandon Moore

#10 Brandon Moore

INF
6' 0"
Senior
R/R
Connor Phelan

#15 Connor Phelan

RHP
5' 10"
Senior
R/R
Evan Kirk

#42 Evan Kirk

C
Redshirt Junior
Connor Crowson

#28 Connor Crowson

INF
6' 0"
Junior
R/R
Logan  Harbin

#24 Logan Harbin

INF/OF
6' 2"
Junior
R/R
Dawson Hargrove

#32 Dawson Hargrove

RHP
6' 3"
Junior
L/R
Ethan Huddleston

#5 Ethan Huddleston

INF
5' 11"
Redshirt Junior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Chris  Foster

#31 Chris Foster

6' 2"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Zen  Hiatt

#26 Zen Hiatt

6' 5"
Junior
L/R
INF
Evan  Liddie

#2 Evan Liddie

6' 0"
Graduate Student
L/R
INF
Brandon Moore

#10 Brandon Moore

6' 0"
Senior
R/R
INF
Connor Phelan

#15 Connor Phelan

5' 10"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Evan Kirk

#42 Evan Kirk

Redshirt Junior
C
Connor Crowson

#28 Connor Crowson

6' 0"
Junior
R/R
INF
Logan  Harbin

#24 Logan Harbin

6' 2"
Junior
R/R
INF/OF
Dawson Hargrove

#32 Dawson Hargrove

6' 3"
Junior
L/R
RHP
Ethan Huddleston

#5 Ethan Huddleston

5' 11"
Redshirt Junior
R/R
INF