No. 8 Centenary claims Two Wins Saturday over Baseball
SHREVEPORT, La. – No. 8 Centenary College was too much for the University of Dallas baseball team on Saturday, picking up two wins for a sweep on the day. Dallas hung tough after allowing a five-run first to give the top-10 Gents a 5-1 advantage. However, the Crusaders were only able to scrap the deficit to 6-3. Game two was a 10-0 setback after seven innings in the run-rule finish.
GAME 1 INFORMATION
Team Scores: University of Dallas (3), Centenary College (6)
Team Records: Dallas (8-16, 2-5 SCAC), Centenary (21-3, 7-0 SCAC)
Pitcher of Record: W) Kirk (6-1), L) Hammonds (1-4), S) Amedee (1)
NOTABLE STATISTICS
- Seth Hanson (Apache Junction, Ariz.) earned a pair of hits and had just as many RBI. One of his knocks was the team's lone extra bagger counting for a double.
- Jordan Stickler (Grand Rapids, Mich.) posted a hit and scored two runs. He also walked and stole his team-leading 15th base.
- Nathan Patton (McKinney, Texas) secured the other multiple hit game for UD with his fourth in a row as part of his four-game hitting streak.
- Batters 2 through 6 in the lineup for the Navy and White had all seven base knocks. Brice Cell (Keller, Texas), and Zach San Roman (Miami, Fla.) were the other two players in spots five and six, respectively.
- Ryan Hammonds (Cedar Hill, Texas) was saddled in the setback with six runs (four earned) on seven hits, two walks, and four strikeouts over six innings. Abraham Griesbauer (Troy, Mo.) threw two shutout frames and allowed a hit while striking out one.
- Centenary notched eight hits all for singles. Michael Schimpf and Andrew Russell were the leaders in hits with 2-for-3's each.
- Ian Graham was the only player with more than one RBI and had etched two. Schimpf and Russell each had one.
- Altogether, the Gents amassed seven steals with a pair coming from Cody Crowder and Russell.
- Kirk tossed six innings in the win and allowed three runs on six hits. He walked one and struck out three.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Both teams got on the scoreboard during its first trips to bat. Stickler bunted for a single to first base with one out. Hanson followed with a double to left field and scored Stickler all the way from first to give the Crusaders the edge.
It was the lone one for the road squad, as the conference leader in runs scored (260) responded with a five-spot in the next half of the inning. The first trio of hitters for the Gents reached and Schimpf lifted a sacrifice fly to knot the game back even. Aaron Quintanilla scored next as Crowder stole second and the lead runner broke after the throw down. Chris Zapata walked and then Crowder and Zapata pulled a double steal to set up a two-RBI single to right by Graham. A sacrifice bunt back to the pitcher got in the fifth and final run of that game-deciding inning.
In the third, Dallas got another run with the same two players involved. This time Stickler walked with two outs and stole second. Hanson continued to build his team lead in runs driven in with a single to left.
The Gents got that run back in the next half of the inning.
The final run of the contest occurred three innings later as another two-out rally got started this time on a single by Patton to center field. Cell came through with a single to left next and then Patton moved within 90 feet of scoring on a wild pitch. San Roman delivered a single to left field, but the Crusaders only mustered one left on in the remaining three turns to bat after stranding runners on the corners in the sixth.
Hunter Amedee contained the final three innings with a hit and walk happening but otherwise no runs in the save. He added two strikeouts.
GAME 2 INFORMATION
Team Scores: University of Dallas (0), Centenary College (10) (F/7 innings)
Team Records: Dallas (8-17, 2-6 SCAC), Centenary (22-3, 8-0 SCAC)
Pitcher of Record: W) Devillier (7-0) L) Voss (2-4)
NOTABLE STATISTICS
- Stickler extended his hitting streak to five straight games and has one in all eight conference matchups. The outfielder led Dallas with a 2-for-3.
- Hanson also got another hit to give him one in the past three contests.
- Colby Davenport (Crockett, Texas) and Nicolas Hovde (Waco, Texas) rounded out UD's five hits.
- Conrad Voss (Corona, Calif.) was saddled after a two-inning start. He allowed seven runs on eight hits. Blake Palmer (Coppell, Texas) allowed a pair on four hits over three innings. The duo combined for five walks while both struck out two.
- Centenary muscled 13 hits en route to a double-digit mark in the runs column. Five were extra base hits with Zapata knocking two-of-three team doubles. Graham had the other.
- Quintanilla and Schimpf each legged a triple. Zane Wilkinson led all hitters with three and was one-of-two Gents to score twice. Graham was the other.
- Matthew Devillier tossed a five-hit shutout over the shortened seven inning complete game.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Centenary won its eighth straight conference meeting to stay unblemished and have now won 15 straight after scoring through the first three innings. Seven came in the third frame to highlight a big triumph.
In the bottom of the first, Wilkinson singled through the left side to start the home turn in game two. He was sacrificed to second and then advanced to third on the second out on a grounder to first. Schimpf laced a triple down the right field line to break the scoreless tie. A double steal in the second inning put the Gents up 2-0.
Dallas had gotten three hits, one-per-inning, through the first two frames, but did not advance them past first.
A seven-run, six-hit third pulled the Maroon and White away for good as Schimpf started with a walk. He scored on a Zapata double to right field. The first six batters reached on the home dugout, with half coming via a hit. Palmer relieved Voss and allowed three more consecutive hits with a Quintanilla triple sandwiched between the singles. A double play by Schimp ended the big inning, but Dallas trailed 9-0. Centenary tagged the last run needed to make it a run-rule via Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) policies in the sixth.
UP NEXT
Dallas and Centenary conclude the series with a single matchup tomorrow at 1 p.m.