HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Christian Brothers University baseball team recorded a season-high 13 hits, but it was not enough as Alabama Huntsville hit its way to a 19-9 victory, on Sunday, at Charger Park.
With the win, UAH swept the series over the Bucs.
FINAL SCORE: UAH 19 (15-5, 10-2 GSC) CBU 9 (4-17, 1-11 GSC) (7)
GAME CHANGER:
- The Chargers scored six runs in two different innings.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- The Chargers finished the game with a 19-13 advantage in hits.
- CBU had four extra base hits.
- Five different Bucs recorded multiple hits.
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Garett Reason-Kerkhoff was 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and a double.
Connor McTeer finished 2-for-3 with a 3 RBI double.
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Ben Brocato,
Keagan Voss and
Luke Wewers had two hits apiece.
KEY PLAYS:
- After UAH took a 1-0 lead in the first, Kerkhoff's home run put the Bucs up 3-1.
- The Chargers responded, plating six runs, on five hits, to take a 7-3 lead.
- After both teams scored a run in the third, McTeer's bases clearing double got the Bucs to within 8-7.
- UAH answered again, scoring three in the bottom of the fourth and six in the fifth.
- CBU scored its final runs of the game in the sixth when Wewers had an RBI double and later scored on a wild pitch.
- UAH finished the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
NOTEWORTHY:
- The 13 CBU hits are a season high.
- The nine runs are the second most scored by the Bucs this season.
- Wewers now leads the team with four doubles.
- The home run for Reason-Kerkhoff is the first of his career.
UP NEXT:
The Bucs are scheduled to return to action on Tuesday, March 10 when they host Arkansas Tech. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.