SSAC News
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 - [Baseball]
April 29, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Despite being out-hit, top-seed Lee managed an 11-5 victory over No. 8-seed Emmanuel in the opening round of the Southern States Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament on Thursday at Golden Park.
The Flames (43-10) will face No. 4-seed Brewton-Parker at 4 p.m. on Friday. The double-elimination tournament will continue for the Lions (10-42) as they face Auburn-Montgomery in an elimination game at 10 a.m. on Friday.
Tournament Website with Stats
The Flames had just four hits through the first six innings of the game before erupting for a late offensive effort that saw the team score six runs on six hits over the final two innings.
Mired in a one-run game, Lee started the late rally with two hits in bottom of the seventh inning. Both Tanner Moore and Junior Rodriguez both hit solo home runs to extend the Flames lead to 7-4. LU added four more runs on four hits in the bottom of the eighth to lead by an 11-4 margin.
Faulkner out-hit Lee 10-4 over the first six innings, but trailed after an early error had allowed Lee to post a four-run first inning and eventually take a 5-0 lead. The Lions battled back and Chris Reynolds' two-RBI double helped EC make it a 5-3 game with three runs in the fifth.
Reynolds, Chris Ivey and Jay Flowers each finished 2-for-4 for Emmanuel, which out-hit Lee 12-10 for the game. Nine different players recorded a hit for the Lions in the game.
Michael Brown started the game with three consecutive hits and finished the day 3-for-5 to lead the Flames' offense. Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and four runs scored, while Moore finished a perfect 2-for-2 at the dish with two RBIs and three runs scored.
Reliever James Rechenbach (5-0) picked up the win for the Flames as he allowed just four hits over the final four and one-third innings. Starter Mitch Griffin (3-4) went six and two-thirds in the losing effort.
The next game of the SSAC is the final game of the opening round as seventh-seed Southern Wesleyan takes on No. 2-seed Faulkner in a game that will start at approximately 7:15 p.m.
COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Despite being out-hit, top-seed Lee managed an 11-5 victory over No. 8-seed Emmanuel in the opening round of the Southern States Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament on Thursday at Golden Park.
The Flames (43-10) will face No. 4-seed Brewton-Parker at 4 p.m. on Friday. The double-elimination tournament will continue for the Lions (10-42) as they face Auburn-Montgomery in an elimination game at 10 a.m. on Friday.
Tournament Website with Stats
The Flames had just four hits through the first six innings of the game before erupting for a late offensive effort that saw the team score six runs on six hits over the final two innings.
Mired in a one-run game, Lee started the late rally with two hits in bottom of the seventh inning. Both Tanner Moore and Junior Rodriguez both hit solo home runs to extend the Flames lead to 7-4. LU added four more runs on four hits in the bottom of the eighth to lead by an 11-4 margin.
Faulkner out-hit Lee 10-4 over the first six innings, but trailed after an early error had allowed Lee to post a four-run first inning and eventually take a 5-0 lead. The Lions battled back and Chris Reynolds' two-RBI double helped EC make it a 5-3 game with three runs in the fifth.
Reynolds, Chris Ivey and Jay Flowers each finished 2-for-4 for Emmanuel, which out-hit Lee 12-10 for the game. Nine different players recorded a hit for the Lions in the game.
Michael Brown started the game with three consecutive hits and finished the day 3-for-5 to lead the Flames' offense. Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and four runs scored, while Moore finished a perfect 2-for-2 at the dish with two RBIs and three runs scored.
Reliever James Rechenbach (5-0) picked up the win for the Flames as he allowed just four hits over the final four and one-third innings. Starter Mitch Griffin (3-4) went six and two-thirds in the losing effort.
The next game of the SSAC is the final game of the opening round as seventh-seed Southern Wesleyan takes on No. 2-seed Faulkner in a game that will start at approximately 7:15 p.m.
...SSAC...
