GM 12: Albany State downs Kentucky State 14-1 (Box Score)The Albany State Golden Rams advanced to the championship round of the 2014 SIAC Baseball Championship with a 14-1 win over the Kentucky State Thorobreds late Friday night at historic Eagle Stadium.
ASU held KSU (15-38) to four singles and an unearned, sixth-inning run in the contest. Kentucky State struggled offensively, but also committed five errors in the contest.
Albany State (29-16) scored two runs in the first inning on RBI at-bats before added a run in the second. The third inning saw ASU tally four runs before adding solo runs in the fourth and sixth innings. ASU sealed the game with a five-run seventh inning.
Ryan Latner, Robert Latner and Jeromy Arrington each had two hits for the Golden Rams while Marcus Jackson went 2-for-3 for the Thorobreds.
Clifford Peterson worked seven innings, walking three and striking out five for the ASU win. Josh Dunn (2-8) was saddled with the loss - going six innings and striking out four.
GM 11: Tuskegee Advances to Championship Game with 12-8 Win (Box Score)
OZARK, Alabama (April 25, 2014) – The Tuskegee Golden Tiger baseball team found the right time to snap a five-game losing skid against the Stillman Tigers as the Maroon and White punched their ticket to the 2014 SIAC Baseball Championship with a 12-8 win.
The game was emotionally uplifting for the Golden Tigers, as Stillman eliminated them last season, beating them twice as Tigers from Tuscaloosa won the 2013 tournament title.
Tuskegee (19-19) took advantage of multiple scoring opportunities and speed on the base paths as they finished with 16 hits in the contest.
Tuskegee scored first, plating four runs in the top of the first inning. William Buford opened the scoring with a single that scored Cameron Duncan. Tuskegee 1B Gene Moody then blasted a three-run shot over the left field fence that scored Buford and Cash Oliver.
Stillman (27-17) answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Nick Baldelli-Boggs doubled to score 2014 SIAC Player of the Year Fernando Tanaka before Boggs scored on a Brad Sevenish single.
Tuskegee added three more runs in the second and two in the fourth innings pushing the lead to 9-2 after four innings of play.
The teams would trade single runs in the fifth and six innings before Stillman attempted a late rally.
Paul Winterbottom would single in Anthony Delgado and Dustin Dunn in the bottom of the eighth to cut the lead to 11-6. Tuskegee would respond in the top of the ninth when Travais Hylton singled to right field scoring Danny Barnes. Stillman would tally two more runs off the bat of Jose Alicea – a double that scored Boggs and Tanaka. However, the rally would end there.
For Tuskegee, Barnes finished 4-for-5 with three runs scored while Buford went 3-for-5 with three runs driven in. Hylton, Duncan, Oliver and Moody each had two hits in the game.
For Stillman, Tanaka, Boggs and Dunn each had two hits for the Tigers.
John Bryant (5-6) worked six innings, walking three and striking out one for the win. Stillman's Tyler Simmons (4-5) suffered the loss allowing three walks while striking out three.
Tuskegee advances to the tournament final while Stillman will face the winner of the Albany State / Kentucky State contest.
GM 10: Albany State stays alive with 12-9 win over Miles (Box Score)
The Albany State Golden Rams continued in their quest for a SIAC Tournament Championship with a 12-9 win over the Miles Golden Bears. Albany State pushes its record to 28-16 and will face Kentucky State in an elimination contest later tonight. Miles ends its season with an 18-21 record.
ASU began the scoring early in the contest, pushing four runs across the plate in the opening inning and two more in the second. After Miles scored in the top of the second inning, the Rams scored again in the third as Albany State built a 7-1 lead after three innings of play.
Neither team would change the scoreboard in the fourth and fifth inning, but both teams would add three runs in the sixth inning, changing the score to 10-4 after six innings of action.
In the top of the seventh inning, Miles scored five runs on five hits as they cut the deficit to 10-9. Albany State responded a run in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings for the final tally.
In the game, Gregory Pollet, Gary Mason, Aaron Williams, Jimmy Brown and Kevin Harris each had two hits for Miles. Jacob Campbell led Albany State going 4-for-5 with four runs scored and four runs batted in. Reise McDaniel went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and Ryan Latner finished the game going2-for-3 with a run scored.
Allen Fender (3-3) worked six innings striking out two and walking three for the win. Justin Landgale (3-3) worked 7.2 innings allowing three walks in the game.
GM 9: Baseball Holds off Late Inning Paine Rally for 12-11 Victory (Box Score)
OZARK, Ala. – The Kentucky State baseball team kept its hopes of an SIAC Championship alive by holding off a furious late-inning rally to hold on for the 12-11 win over the Paine College Lions Friday, April 25, at the historic Eagle Stadium.
Kyle Clark (3-for-5, 2 RBI) and senior Mike Swayne (2-for-4, 2 RBI) led the way for the Thorobreds who move to 16-36 overall with their second win at the SIAC Championship. Paine, eliminated after their second loss of the tournament, ends their season at 14-27.
Kentucky State quickly jumped in front of Paine, building a seemingly comfortable 7-0 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth inning. The Lions, who mustered just two hits and no runs through five innings, came alive offensively in the final fours innings, stringing together eight hits for 11 runs.
After the Lions put three runs on the scoreboard in the sixth and two in the seventh, Paine trailed Kentucky State by just two at 7-5.
The Thorobreds regrouped in the top of the eighth inning, scoring five runs to push their lead to 12-5. With the bases loaded Clark hit a single that brought home Darius Hughes. The next batter, Alexander Davie, proceeded to smash a 3-RBI double into the right centerfield gap to give the Thorobreds some insurance runs.
It turned out that KSU needed all of those runs. Paine, the home team on the scoreboard, scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth and went into the bottom of the ninth and final inning trailing 12-9.
Lion centerfielder Joseph Graves led off for the Lions and reached safely on an error by KSU shortstop Austin Railey. The Thorobreds struggled defensively all day, committing six errors as a unit in Thursday's game.
With just one out, Paine loaded the bases before KSU relief pitcher Josh Dunn walked two straight batters, cutting the Thorobreds lead to just one, 12-11. Kentucky State Head Coach Rob Henry decided to stick with Dunn and it paid off as the next Paine batter grounded into a double play to end the contest.
The Thorobreds connected on 16 hits as a team against Paine, the second most in a single game this season. Six KSU starters recorded two or more hits in the game and eight recorded at least one.
Kentucky State starter Josh O'Reel (2-3) earned the win for the Thorobreds after 7.1 innings on the mound. O'Reel, who is primarily the third baseman for KSU, allowed 10 hits and six earned runs while striking out two and walking three.
PC starter Brandon Jackson (2-4) allowed 11 hits and seven earned runs in 4.1 innings of work. Summers struck out three and walked one.
SATURDAY'S CONTESTS
GM 13: Stillman versus Albany State - 12 p.m.
GM 14: Tuskegee versus Game 13 winner - 3 p.m.
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