CLEVELAND, TN. – The University of Montevallo baseball team is swept by the Lee Flames on Mar. 29 at Larry Carpenter Stadium at Olympic Field. The Falcons are now 17-17 and 9-12 inside the Gulf South. Lee improves to 20-14 and 12-9 in the GSC.
GAME ONE
Lee jumped ahead of the Falcons with two runs in the bottom of the first. The Flames took the lead on a double down the let field line. After the runner advanced on the throw home, the Flames picked up a second run on an RBI ground out.
With one out in the second inning,
Luke Mitchell took the first pitch to work himself into a 1-0 count. He blasted the next pitch over the left field wall for his first homer of 2025.
Matthew Bullard did a nice job in the bottom half to throw a zero on the board as he only allowed one base runner in the inning with a two out single. Bullard got every out via foul out.
After both teams went scoreless in the fourth, Montevallo tied the game with
Connor Crowson's 11
th home run of the season, the Falcons second homer of the game that came in a 1-0 count. The Flames took the lead in the bottom half as they scored two runs on a two out single through the left side of the infield.
The Falcons would knot things up in the sixth.
Jacob Pearl led off the inning with his second homer of the year. With two down,
Evan Radford on second and
Luke Mitchell on first,
Payton Stephenson lined a ball to left field to score Radford.
Lee immediately took the lead back with a three-run bottom of the sixth. A single up the middle scored two with one out and with two down, they scored the third run on an infield single.
UM came within two as
McGwire Turner singled to right to score
Easton Kleyn but the Lee bullpen was able to hold on to the 7-5 lead.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 5 | Lee 7
Records: Montevallo 17-16 (9-11 GSC) | Lee 19-14 (11-9 GSC)
Location: Larry Carpenter Stadium at Olympic Field (Cleveland, TN)
GAME TWO
For the third consecutive game, Lee gained the lead first as they blasted a homer to left. They added a second run in the third inning with an RBI triple to double their lead to 2-0.
Montevallo loaded the bases to start the fourth.
Evan Radford had a lead-off double,
Luke Mitchell singled and
Payton Stephenson reached on catcher's interference.
Logan Harbin picked up an RBI on a sacrifice fly to score Radford.
Daniel Irizarry singled with two outs, but Mitchell was gunned out at home.
Lee added insurance in the sixth with a single up the middle to push the lead to 3-1.
The Flames retired the Falcons in order in the seventh with three ground outs to end the ballgame and to earn the sweep.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 1 | Lee 3
Records: Montevallo 17-17 (9-12 GSC) | Lee 20-14 (12-9 GSC)
Location: Larry Carpenter Stadium at Olympic Field (Cleveland, TN)
GAME NOTES
- With three homers in game one today (Luke Mitchell, Connor Crowson, Jacob Pearl), this is now the fifth time the Falcons have hit three or more home runs in a game this season.
- Mitchell, Pearl and McGwire Turner all had two hits in game one.
- Mason Creacy had a nice outing in relief as he went three innings, struck out two and only allowed three hits and one earned run.
- Lee had an excellent approach at the plate in game one as they only struck out three times which is tied for the Falcons lowest strikeout total in a game this season.
- Logan Harbin drove in the Falcons lone run of game two with a sacrifice fly.
- Evan Radford and Jacob Pearl collected doubles in game two.
- Gino Cozzi pitched a solid outing as he only surrendered two earned runs in four innings of work. With three strikeouts, Cozzi is now third in Montevallo's program history in career strikeouts.
- Garrett Sloan pitched the final two innings and allowed one earned run while he struck out three.
- Lee did not allow an earned run in game two.
ON DECK
With the road trip wrapped up, the Falcons will now return home as they welcome in the Georgia Southwestern Hurricanes on Tuesday, April 1. First pitch scheduled for 5:00 p.m. CT at Kermit A. Johnson Field at Bob Riesener Stadium.
