16th-Ranked Rams Fall To #12 Tennessee Wesleyan

Game 2:

After the 16th-ranked University of Mobile baseball team dropped an 11-10 slugfest to #12 Tennessee Wesleyan in the opener of Wednesday’s double header, the Rams fell in a more traditional manner in the finale, losing 5-2.

The Rams managed 11 hits, but the pitching duo of Travis McDaniel and Jon Swartout combined to hold Mobile’s potent offense to only a pair of tallies. Daine Solomon provided a RBI double in the 3rd and Brett Barber had a run-scoring hit in the 6th.

In the 6th, a 2-out, 2-run single from Matt Gray gave the Bulldogs some cushion, moving a 2-1 lead to a 4-1 edge. Carlos Romero went 3-for-3 at the plate for the Rams, while Matthew Sparks went 2-for-3.

Mobile drops to 18-5 and next plays this weekend when GCAC foe LSU-Shreveport visits for a 3-game series. The two teams will play one game Friday at 2:00 and then finish with a noon double header Saturday.

Game 1:

MOBILE, Ala—The University of Mobile baseball team lost the opening game of Wednesday’s double dip with #12 Tennessee Wesleyan by a 11-10 score in 10 innings.

The game saw 25 combined hits and 13 players record at least one hit. For the Bulldogs, it was the bottom of their order that keyed the victory. The 7th-place hitter, Robby Hearn finished with 4 RBIs and 9-hole hitter Gary Tucker went 5-for-5 at the plate, with the game-winning RBI double in the top of the 10th.

Even with the 15 Bulldog hits, the Rams held a 9-8 lead heading into the 7th, but the Bulldogs struck back and tied the game to force extras on a Dean McDermond RBI groundout.

Daine Solomon just missed winning the game in the bottom of the 7th as a would-be game-winning long ball curved just foul of the left field foul poll. The 12th-ranked Bulldogs then took the game with Joel Brookens’ sacrifice fly and a RBI double from Tucker.

Brookens got the win with 3 innings of 1-run ball out of the pen.

The Rams opened the game by scoring 3 runs apiece in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th innings to go ahead 9-7. Cliff Downey had a solo shot in the 2nd, David Cramblitt smacked a 2-run bomb in the 3rd and then the Rams used small ball in the 4th with a pair of bunts and sac flies.

Stephen Stork went 2-for-2 with 3 runs scored, Solomon finished 2-for-4 and Cramblitt finished 1-for-5 with 3 RBI. Tucker went 5-for-5 with 3 RBI for the Bulldogs.