MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The University of Montevallo baseball team scores a program record 33 runs against Miles on Wednesday, Mar. 19 at Kermit A. Johnson Field at Bob Riesener Stadium. With the win, the Falcons improve to 14-13 while the Golden Bears fall to 15-9-1.
 
In the first inning, Falcons starting pitcher, Seth Gurr, set the tone with a quick 1-2-3 inning. Montevallo responded with a 14-run inning including three homers. UM started the inning with seven consecutive batters reaching base.
 
After a lead off walk by Jacob Pearl, Connor Crowson and McGwire Turner were hit by pitches to load the bases with no outs. Evan Radford would drive in the first run of the game with an infield single to third base. The Miles third baseman's throw to first was off line, letting Turner score from second. Logan Harbin hit a double to center to score Crowson. Zen Hiatt and Payton Stephenson followed with RBI singles of their own. Dominic Maldet blasted his first home run of the season with a three-run shot to extend the Falcon lead to 8-0. Montevallo batted around as McGwire Turner would hit his fifth homer of the season with a two-run long ball. After Hiatt hit his second RBI single of the inning, Payton Stephenson went yard for the first time in 2025 with a three-run jack to left.
 
Miles scored their lone run of the ballgame with a two-out RBI single to center in the single inning.
 
In the bottom of the second, McGwire Turner and Connor Crowson would drive in runs with RBI singles to push the UM lead to 16-1. Crowson would earn another RBI with a bases loaded walk in third inning.
 
Zach Wyatt and Sam Patrick would toss scoreless innings in the top of the third and fourth. In the bottom half of the fourth, Montevallo pushed across four consecutive runs with four RBI singles in a row from Kleyn, Cartwright, Turner and Crowson. The Falcons scored their 23^rd run of the game with a double from Carson Wideman with two outs in the inning.
 
Mitchell Rhodes then came on for the Falcons in the fifth inning. Rhodes retired the Golden Bears in order with a strikeout and two fly outs.
 
Zac Carlisle kept the momentum going with his first home run of the 2025 campaign with a solo shot to left center. Riley Thuringer earned an RBI with a bases loaded hit by pitch. After Ian Cartwright scored on a wild pitch, Preston Bedford joined the RBI party as he drove in Turner with a ground out to the Miles second baseman.
 
Easton Kleyn would score the Falcons 28^th, 29^th and 30^th runs of the ballgame with a three-run moonshot over the trees in left field. UM would hit another three-run homer as Riley Thuringer drove home Turner and Cartwright with his third home run of the season.
 
Landen Walker would strikeout three batters in the top of the seventh to secure the run rule and the Falcons 13^th win of the season.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 33 | Miles 1
Records: Montevallo 14-13 (7-8 GSC) | Miles 15-9-1 (10-3 SIAC)
Location: Kermit A. Johnson Field at Bob Riesener Stadium (Montevallo, Ala.)
 
GAME NOTES

• In the game, Montevallo scored a program record 33 runs, drove in a program record 30 RBI and batted .591 in the game, another program record.
• McGwire Turner tied the Montevallo program record for most times on base in a game with seven.
• Dominic Maldet, Payton Stephenson, Zac Carlisle and Easton Kleyn hit their first home runs of 2025.
• Connor Crowson, Riley Thuringer, Easton Kleyn and Payton Stephenson leads the Falcons with four RBI.
• McGwire Turner tied a season-high of four hits, Ian Cartwright went 3-for-3 with an RBI.
• The Falcons were plunked a season-high four times in today's game.
• Montevallo had nine batters with multi-hit efforts.
• UM had 11 players with two or more runs scored.
• The Falcons drew a season-high 13 walks.
• Seth Gurr picked up his first win of the season.
• Gurr, Zach Wyatt, Sam Patrick, Mitchell Rhodes, Mitt Landers and Landen Walker had scoreless outings in today's game.
• Gurr, Wyatt and Rhodes had 1-2-3 innings on the bump.

 
ON DECK
The Falcons will next be in action on Friday, Mar. 21 as they take on Valdosta State in the first game of their three-game GSC series. First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. CT at Billy Grant Field.