BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University baseball team won a pair of games against perennial Conference Carolinas power, University of Mount Olive. The offense powered the Tornado to a 10-5 game one win before
Drew Moore tossed a complete game to defeat the Trojans 6-2 in game two.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: King 10, Mount Olive 5; King 6, Mount Olive 2
LOCATION: King Baseball Field; Bristol, Tenn.
RECORDS: King 11-9, 7-5 Conference Carolinas; Mount Olive 16-8, 8-5 Conference Carolinas
SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS
- A pair of hit by pitches and a single from Davis Hall loaded the bases for the Tornado in the first inning.
- Roper then worked a walk to give King the 1-0 lead.
- Both teams left a pair of runners on in the second inning before Jack Casbarro led off the top of the third with a home run, evening the score at one.
- A leadoff hit by pitch, followed by a wild pitch and single gave Mount Olive a 2-1 lead in the fifth inning.
- Following back-to-back walks to start the bottom of the fifth, a Backus single scored one to even the score.
- Renwick followed with a sacrifice fly before a Hilliard single gave King a 4-2 lead.
- King added three more runs on consecutive hit by pitches and an infield single to hold a 7-2 advantage.
- Casbarro came up with a two-run single for the Trojans in the sixth, cutting the Mount Olive deficit to 7-4.
- Mount Olive pulled within 7-5 on another Casbarro run-scoring single in the eighth.
- However, the King offense responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning.
- Roper drove in two with a single before scoring in a Renwick double that gave King a 10-5 advantage.
- The Trojans loaded the bases in the ninth inning, but Nic Blankenship got the final out to earn his fourth save of the season and give King the 10-5 win.
OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Ray Berry (3-1) 5.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 SO
Losing Pitcher: Caleb Irwin (3-1) 4.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 4 SO
Save: Nic Blankenship (4) 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO
GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS
- A leadoff double followed by two groundouts gave Mount Olive a 1-0 lead in the first inning of game two.
- Hunter Stevens was tough on the mound for the Trojans early as he struck out four in the first two innings.
- However, he was removed due to injury in the second inning as the Tornado loaded the bases on a pair of walks and a single.
- King evened the score when Jack Flanagan scored on a wild pitch and took a 2-1 lead on a Zachary Thomas bases loaded walk.
- Mount Olive started the fourth inning with back-to-back singles and a sacrifice bunt before a sacrifice fly evened the score at two.
- King regained the lead in the fifth inning on a Scott single that scored Thomas.
- In the sixth inning, the Tornado added three runs to take a 6-2 lead. The first two runs scored on wild pitches and the third scored on a passed ball.
- Moore then retired the side in order in the seventh inning to give King the 6-2 victory.
OF RECORD
Winning Pitcher: Drew Moore (5-1) 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO
Losing Pitcher: Joseph Barberio (2-3) 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO
FOR THE FOES
- Casbarro led Mount Olive with four hits, one double and one home run. He drove in four and scored three runs.
- Cooper George added three hits and scored one.
UP NEXT
- The series concludes on Sunday with first pitch at 1:00 p.m.
