Friday, March 10
Evansville, Ind.
2 PM ET
Purdue Fort Wayne
2-12
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Austin Peay
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5
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Bryce Martens
Doubleheader Goes to Austin Peay
3/10/2023 10:34:00 PM | Baseball
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – A one-run decision went to Austin Peay in game two on Friday (March 10) in a baseball doubleheader between the Mastodons and Governors.
The two teams will play another doubleheader on Saturday in Evansville. The start has been moved up to noon ET due to the forecast of rain later in the day.
Game One – Austin Peay 9, Purdue Fort Wayne 0
Jaden Brown knocked in three runs for Austin Peay. He plated two in a four-run second inning. Mastodon starter JD Deany (1-2) suffered the loss in 4.0 innings of work. Campbell Holt is 2-0 after getting the win for the Governors.
Jacob Walker and Ben Higgins each had a walk and a single for the 'Dons.
Game Two – Austin Peay 6, Purdue Fort Wayne 5
Purdue Fort Wayne scored the final five runs of the game and nearly erased a six-run deficit. Austin Peay opened the scoring with four in the second and added single runs in the third and fourth innings.
The 'Dons put two on the board in the fifth. Eli Tencza and Luke Miles each knocked in a run. The sixth saw two more runs come around to score for the 'Dons. Higgins and Jarrett Bickel knocked in the runs in the sixth.
The Mastodons' best chance to tie it came in the eighth. Braedon Blackford opened the inning with a solo home run. He now has five home runs this season. It was his second hit of the game after recording a double and scoring in the sixth inning. Down 6-5, Isaiah Hart tripled to right field with one out. The 'Dons had two chances to knock him in but a strikeout and groundout followed to end the threat.
Rex Stills is 0-4 after suffering the loss. Bryce Martens didn't allow a run on two hits in 4.1 innings of work. Jackie Robinson (1-1) earned the win for Austin Peay. Davin Pollard picked up the save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Miles joined Hart and Blackford with two hits in the game.
Austin Peay moves to 5-9. The 'Dons fall to 2-13.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
The two teams will play another doubleheader on Saturday in Evansville. The start has been moved up to noon ET due to the forecast of rain later in the day.
Game One – Austin Peay 9, Purdue Fort Wayne 0
Jaden Brown knocked in three runs for Austin Peay. He plated two in a four-run second inning. Mastodon starter JD Deany (1-2) suffered the loss in 4.0 innings of work. Campbell Holt is 2-0 after getting the win for the Governors.
Jacob Walker and Ben Higgins each had a walk and a single for the 'Dons.
Game Two – Austin Peay 6, Purdue Fort Wayne 5
Purdue Fort Wayne scored the final five runs of the game and nearly erased a six-run deficit. Austin Peay opened the scoring with four in the second and added single runs in the third and fourth innings.
The 'Dons put two on the board in the fifth. Eli Tencza and Luke Miles each knocked in a run. The sixth saw two more runs come around to score for the 'Dons. Higgins and Jarrett Bickel knocked in the runs in the sixth.
The Mastodons' best chance to tie it came in the eighth. Braedon Blackford opened the inning with a solo home run. He now has five home runs this season. It was his second hit of the game after recording a double and scoring in the sixth inning. Down 6-5, Isaiah Hart tripled to right field with one out. The 'Dons had two chances to knock him in but a strikeout and groundout followed to end the threat.
Rex Stills is 0-4 after suffering the loss. Bryce Martens didn't allow a run on two hits in 4.1 innings of work. Jackie Robinson (1-1) earned the win for Austin Peay. Davin Pollard picked up the save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Miles joined Hart and Blackford with two hits in the game.
Austin Peay moves to 5-9. The 'Dons fall to 2-13.
~ Feel The Rumble ~
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: HOLT, Campbell (2-0)
L: Deany, JD (1-2)
Base Running:
SB: Bickel, Jarrett 1
HBP: Nelis, Cade 1
Batting:
2B: MILLER-GREEN, Lyle 1 ; GAZDAR, Jon Jon 1 ; FREEMAN, Gus 1 ; ROBINSON, Michael 1
HR: MARTIN, Garrett 1
RBI: BROWN, Jaden 3 ; MARTIN, Garrett 2 ; BROWN, Harrison 1 ; ROBINSON, Michael 2
SF: BROWN, Harrison 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MARTIN, Garrett 1 ; GRAY, Clayton 1 ; GAZDAR, Jon Jon 2 ; BARKSDALE, Nathan 1 ; FREEMAN, Gus 2 ; ROBINSON, Michael 2
SB: BROWN, Jaden 1 ; BROWN, Harrison 1
CS: MARTIN, Garrett 1 ; MILLER-GREEN, Lyle 1
HBP: GAZDAR, Jon Jon 1 ; FREEMAN, Gus 1
PO: MARTIN, Garrett 1 ; MILLER-GREEN, Lyle 1 ; GAZDAR, Jon Jon 1
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