MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The University of Montevallo baseball team is ready for their second to last midweek of the season as they take on the Shorter Hawks on Tuesday, Apr. 8.
Last Time Out
The Falcons are coming off a double-header sweep of the then ranked No. 12 Delta State Statesmen. After dropping game one, UM bounced back in game two to even the series with two three-run homers off the bat of
Evan Radford. In the series finale, the Falcons got a great five inning start by
Gino Cozzi who was aided by home runs from
Payton Stephenson and
Connor Crowson.
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Montevallo vs. Shorter / Apr. 8 at 5:00 p.m. CT
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Game Notes vs. Shorter
About Montevallo
The Falcons put together their best week of the season as they went 3-1 against teams with winning records. UM defeated GSW in the midweek 20-13. They then took two out of three from the No. 12 ranked Statesmen. Montevallo has now beaten the top four teams in the GSC standings in their regular season series. (Delta State, Valdosta State, West Florida, Mississippi College)
Evan Radford had a heck of a week for the Falcons as he had eight base hits and 11 RBI. Radford posted a 4-for-4 day against GSW where he was on base six times including a homer and four RBI. In game two against DSU, Radford hit two three-run shots to lift the Falcons over the Statesmen. With three homers in the week, he now has an even 10 for the season and has 35 RBI, the second most on the team.
Jacob Pearl continues an impressive freshman campaign with three multi-hit games last week. In his last seven games, Pearl has 12 hits, seven runs scored, four doubles, four RBI and two home runs. He hit his third round tripper of the season against Delta State's Drake Fontenot in game one. Pearl now has homers against Fontenot and Tampa's Skylar Gonzalez, two of the top arms in Division II.
For the second time in program history, a Falcon has 10 saves in a season.
Garrett Sloan makes history as he earned the save in game two against Delta State. He is the first Falcon to reach that many saves since 2006 when Zach Andrews accomplished this feat. Sloan is two saves away from breaking the single-season record and he has moved back into first in all of Division II with his double-digit save total.
Scouting Shorter
The Hawks will come into Tuesday's game with a 21-15 record and 10-11 record inside Conference Carolinas play. They are coming off winning two out of three against Chowan where Shorter won the first two games 16-12 and 7-6. They currently have two wins over ranked teams including No. 14 Grand valley State and No. 8 North Greenville.
The team is led by Tyler Zawacki with a .364 batting average, seven homers and 34 RBI. Zawacki has a four game multi-hit streak and has had nine mutli-RBI games for the Hawks. Shorter has 111 stolen bases this season with the most coming from Ajay Jones who has swiped 32 bags this season.
On the mound, Shorter has a 5.85 staff ERA and has pitched four complete games this season. They have eight arms who have appeared in 10 or more games this season. The Hawks have struck out an even 250 batters and have only allowed 160 free passes which is sixth lowest in the Conference Carolinas.
