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BSB | Arkansas-Monticello (4-28-18)
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Winner Southern Arkansas SAU 31-16, 21-11 GAC
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Arkansas-Monticello UAM 30-16, 23-9 GAC
Winner
Southern Arkansas SAU
31-16, 21-11 GAC
11
Final
6
Arkansas-Monticello UAM
30-16, 23-9 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Southern Arkansas SAU 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 11 14 1
Arkansas-Monticello UAM 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 7 1

W: Lawrence, Dillon (4-2) L: Jake Keily (1-2)

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Winner Southern Arkansas SAU 32-16, 22-11 GAC
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Arkansas-Monticello UAM 30-17, 23-10 GAC
Winner
Southern Arkansas SAU
32-16, 22-11 GAC
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Final
5
Arkansas-Monticello UAM
30-17, 23-10 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Southern Arkansas SAU 0 1 1 1 4 6 2 15 14 0
Arkansas-Monticello UAM 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 5 4 3

W: Stroder, Jacob (9-2) L: Peyton Sullivan (4-4)

Game Recap: Baseball | | By: Daniel Gallegos

Muleriders put on offensive display in doubleheader sweep of No. 27 Arkansas-Monticello

MONTICELLO, Ark. – After dropping the series-opener a night ago by a single run, the Southern Arkansas baseball bounced back in en emphatic way and swept past No. 27 Arkansas-Monticello as the Mulerider offense exploded for 26 runs in 28 hits across both ends of Saturday's doubleheader at Weevil Field.  
 
LINE SCORE – GAME 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SAU Muleriders (31-16, 21-11 GAC) 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 11 14 1
#27 UAM Boll Weevils (30-16, 23-9 GAC) 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 7 1
 
PITCHING DECISIONS
W – Dillon Lawrence (4-2)
L – Jake Keily (1-2)
S – None
 
ON THE MOUND – GAME 1
  • Kenneth Tabor got the start for the Muleriders, but was unable to pitch out of the first inning as he struggled in the zone walking five batters in that initial frame. Tabor would eventually be struck with four earned runs, but was taken off the hook later in the game thanks to the Mulerider offense and solid relief pitching behind him.
  • Dillon Lawrence was the first in relief for SAU and he settled things down and took the game to the seventh inning as he logged 5.2 innings. In his time on the mound, Lawrence scattered four hits and one earned run while striking out three.
  • Lawrence's work in relief put him in-line for his fourth win of the season as it was a 7-5 game in favor of SAU when he turned the ball over to Hunter Brantley.
  • Brantley handled the next two innings without allowing a hit and struckout a pair of Boll Weevils.
  • Nick Starr was the final Mulerider reliever to enter the game and he eventually put the finishing touches on a SAU win as he struck out the last two men he faced.  
 
AT THE PLATE – GAME 1
  • After falling behind on the scoreboard 4-0 in the first inning, the Muleriders began to fight back into the game in the top of the second inning when Austin Baker reached on a fielder's choice that scored Mark Fontentot.
  • Two innings later, Jacob Richardson delivered a two-RBI double to make it a 4-3 game.
  • A run by the Boll Weevils in the fifth made it a two-run game, 5-3, but a two-run top of the sixth knotted the game at five-all. In that inning, Jake Tisevich collected a RBI single, while Cortland McPherson drew a bases loaded walk for the second run.
  • The very next inning, Tisevich added two more RBIs to his ledger as he doubled down the left field line, giving SAU their first lead in the game, 7-5.
  • A wild pitch in the top of the eighth scored Dakota Wright for SAU's eighth run of the game.
  • In the ninth, SAU added three more runs of insurance thanks to Zach Muldoon reaching on an error that scored Kane Koenigseder and Richardson. The third run scored on a perfectly place bunt single by Riley Orr.
  • UAM tallied a run in the bottom of the frame on a bases loaded walk, but the one run was all they would score.
  • In that opening game, SAU doubled-up UAM in the hit column, 14-7.
  • Six Muleriders had a hit in the game with four collecting multiple hits. The top three hitters in the order went 8-for-15 as Austin Baker and Jake Tisevich both had three hits, while Richardson added two.
  • At the bottom of the order, Riley Orr was a perfect 4-for-4
 
LINE SCORE GAME - 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
SAU Muleriders (32-16, 22-11) 0 1 1 1 4 6 2 15 14 0
#27 UAM Boll Weevils (30-17, 23-10) 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 5 4 3
 
PITCHING DECISIONS – GAME 2
W – Jacob Stroder (9-2)
L – Peyton Sullivan (4-4)
S – None
 
ON THE MOUND – GAME 2
  • Jacob Stroder was the lone Muleriders needed to pitch in the series finale as registered his second complete game of the year.
  • In his 7.0 innings, Stroder allowed four hits and five runs, but struck out six.
  • His most laborsome inning was the fourth as the Boll Weevils scored four of their five runs on three of their four hits that inning.
  • A solo home run given up in the fifth was the last bit of offense that Stroder allowed of UAM as he retired the next eight batters to end the game.
 
AT THE PLATE
  • As they did in the opener, the Muleriders hammered out 14 hits, but this time their hit total was 10 better than UAM.
  • Of the 14 hits, seven went for extra bases with four leaving the yard altogether.
  • Kane Koenigseder and Riley Orr both doubled, while Cole Boyd tripled in the game.
  • Homering were Jake Tisevich, Cortland McPherson, Dakota Wright and Mark Fontenot.
  • Tisevich and McPherson's home runs were two-run shot and came in the fifth inning and helped the Mulerider to a lead they would not relinquish.
  • Fontenot's home run led off the sixth inning, while Wright's was a grand slam later in the same inning.
  • The grand slam for Wright was his fourth of the season.
 
 
UP NEXT
The Muleriders will now prepare for the Great American Conference Tournament and will enter as the No. 2-seed. Their opening round opponent will be No. 5-seed, Arkansas Tech. First-pitch for that game is slated for 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 5
 
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