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Brendan Reid
Baseball Gets First Win of the Season
2/18/2023 6:19:00 PM | Baseball
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Purdue Fort Wayne baseball team earned their first win of the 2023 season on Saturday (Feb. 18). The Mastodons won game one at Alabama State 4-3 before falling in the nightcap 18-4.
Game One – Mastodons 4, Alabama State 3
Jacob Myer started and finished an out shy of getting the win. He went 4.2, picking up seven strikeouts and allowing one run in the process. Justin Miller fanned one in the ninth to get the save. Brendan Reid picked up the win in relief. He threw 3.1 innings for his first collegiate victory.
The 'Dons went up 3-0 with a three spot in the fourth. Cade Nelis walked to knock in a run and Colton Shirley singled through the left side for an RBI in the inning.
Alabama State scored one in the fifth and one in the sixth to make the score 3-2. The 'Dons extended their lead in the seventh on a Jarrett Bickel double on a 2-0 pitch to score Eli Tencza.
Game Two - Alabama State 18, Mastodons 4
Caileb Johnson had two hits and knocked in two runs for the 'Dons in game two. Jacob Walker earned his first NCAA Division I hit. He also stole a base and was hit by a pitch. Bickel walked twice and scored twice.
Alabama State didn't open up the game until later, scoring 11 runs from the sixth inning on. The 'Dons scored a single run in the first and third innings whlie adding a pair in the fifth.
Randy Flores and Kyler McIntosh each had four hits for Alabama State.
Rex Stills took the loss for the 'Dons. Osvaldo Mendez earned the win for Alabama State.
The 'Dons are now 1-2. Alabama State moves to 2-1. The two clubs will close out the series on Sunday with a single game.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
Game One – Mastodons 4, Alabama State 3
Jacob Myer started and finished an out shy of getting the win. He went 4.2, picking up seven strikeouts and allowing one run in the process. Justin Miller fanned one in the ninth to get the save. Brendan Reid picked up the win in relief. He threw 3.1 innings for his first collegiate victory.
The 'Dons went up 3-0 with a three spot in the fourth. Cade Nelis walked to knock in a run and Colton Shirley singled through the left side for an RBI in the inning.
Alabama State scored one in the fifth and one in the sixth to make the score 3-2. The 'Dons extended their lead in the seventh on a Jarrett Bickel double on a 2-0 pitch to score Eli Tencza.
Game Two - Alabama State 18, Mastodons 4
Caileb Johnson had two hits and knocked in two runs for the 'Dons in game two. Jacob Walker earned his first NCAA Division I hit. He also stole a base and was hit by a pitch. Bickel walked twice and scored twice.
Alabama State didn't open up the game until later, scoring 11 runs from the sixth inning on. The 'Dons scored a single run in the first and third innings whlie adding a pair in the fifth.
Randy Flores and Kyler McIntosh each had four hits for Alabama State.
Rex Stills took the loss for the 'Dons. Osvaldo Mendez earned the win for Alabama State.
The 'Dons are now 1-2. Alabama State moves to 2-1. The two clubs will close out the series on Sunday with a single game.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Reid, Brendan (1-0)
L: Evimael Quiles (0-1)
S: Miller, Justin (1)
Batting:
2B: Bickel, Jarrett 1 ; Tencza, Eli 1
RBI: Bickel, Jarrett 1 ; Shirley, Colton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Thoroman, Grant 1 ; Blackford, Braedon 1 ; Higgins, Ben 1 ; Tencza, Eli 1
Batting:
2B: Jack Hay 1 ; Cristian Lopez 1
HR: Ali Lapread 1
RBI: Jack Hay 1 ; Cristian Lopez 1 ; Ali Lapread 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Randy Flores 1 ; Trenton Jamison 1 ; Ali Lapread 1
SB: Randy Flores 1
CS: Jamal George 1
HBP: Trenton Jamison 1 ; Jamal George 1
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