MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The University of Montevallo baseball team is set for their Gulf South Conference series against the Lee Flames on Friday, Mar. 28 and Saturday, Mar. 29.
Last Time Out
Montevallo defeated Emmanuel in their midweek, 8-2, where six pitchers combined for nine innings, four hits, two earned runs, two walks and seven strikeouts.
Connor Crowson recorded his second four-hit performance of the season as he had two doubles and two singles.
Dominic Maldet hit his second home run of the season as he was on base four times.
Series Notes vs. Lee
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Montevallo vs. Lee / Mar. 27 at 4:00 p.m. CT
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Montevallo vs. Lee / Mar. 28 at 12:00 p.m. CT
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Montevallo vs. Lee / Mar. 28 at 3:00 p.m. CT
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About Montevallo
The Falcons will roll out
Adiel Melendez,
Matthew Bullard and
Gino Cozzi against the Flames on the bump. Cozzi is nearing elite company in Montevallo history as he is one strikeout away from 3rd in career strikeouts in program history. He is also seven outs away from becoming the 6th pitcher in program history to throw 200 or more innings. Cozzi is tied with Melendez for 6th in the GSC for lowest number of earned runs allowed at 12. He is coming off his 4th outing of the season where he has given up one earned run or less.
Against Emmanuel,
Payton Stephenson hit the Falcons their first triple 30 games into the 2025 season. Stephenson has had a great month of March as he has scored 14 runs and knocked 14 hits. He has driven in eight RBI this month including a four RBI effort against Miles on Mar. 19. Freshman
Jacob Pearl has three consecutive games where he's scored two runs. Like Stephenson, Pearl has been hot in March as he has 16 hits, 10 runs scored, four doubles and seven RBI. He currently has the Falcons longest on base streak with 14 consecutive games.
Logan Medsker has been a steady force in the Falcon bullpen this year. He has ungodly numbers including a .67 WHIP, only one walk in 12 innings, six outings without allowing a hit, eight outings without an earned run and nine outings without a walk.
Scouting Lee
The Flames of Lee have been hot as they've won four games in a row. In their previous GSC series, they swept Christian Brothers. In their midweek they exploded for 16 runs on 19 hits in their win against Tusculum. At home in Cleveland, TN, Lee is 12-6.
Luke Collier leads the Flames with a .415 batting average. Collier adds 17 extra base hits and has driven in 23 RBI. He has 16 multi-hit games and has five multi-RBI games. J.J Williams has the most homers for the Flames with seven and is tied for the team-high in RBI with 29. Williams currently has a 23-game hitting streak and has the most multi-RBI games for Lee with nine.
Cooper Casteel leads the Flames on the mound with a 2.40 ERA in 45 innings pitched. Casteel has five consecutive starts with six or more innings pitched. Last week against Christian Brothers, he struck out a season-high of seven strikeouts. Ty Cobb has 10 appearances this season out of the bullpen and he's struck out 21 batters in 26.2 innings. He's only allowed seven earned runs and five walks.
