Rams
fall 5-2 in 13 innings
MOBILE, Ala. -- Jake Smith hit a two-out, two-run
triple in the top of the 13th inning to break open a 2-2 tie
and lift the sixth-ranked William Carey College Crusaders to a 5-2 victory
over the University of Mobile (18-23) in 13 innings Friday afternoon on
the University of Mobile campus in Mobile, Ala.
The Rams loaded up the bases in the bottom of the
twelfth inning with just one out but grounded into a double play ending
the threat.
John Price (7-2) started the game for the Rams going
seven innings and allowing just one earned run on seven hits. Chris
Copeland (1-5) started the top of the eighth inning and went four solid
innings allowing just four hits and no runs while striking out three.
Mobile jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning
before the visiting Crusaders answered with a run of their own in the top
half of the second inning.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Mobile again
retook the lead after Tim Watson (3-for-5, 2B, 3B) led the inning off with
a triple and Jud McWain promptly followed with an RBI double. However,
again the Crusaders would come back in the top of the sixth inning to tie
the game at 2-2.
Ron McMillan (1-1) took the loss, allowing three runs
(two earned) on two hits and walking one batter in one inning of work.
The two teams will return to the field tomorrow,
Saturday, April 24 when they meet in the first game of a doubleheader at 1
p.m.
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