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Joey Humphrey
5
Mount Olive UMO 16-7
6
Winner Belmont Abbey BAC 18-8
Mount Olive UMO
16-7
5
Final
6
Belmont Abbey BAC
18-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mount Olive UMO 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 8 1
Belmont Abbey BAC 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 9 0

W: Craddock, Jake (2-2) L: Peacock (1-1)

19
Winner Mount Olive UMO 17-7
6
Belmont Abbey BAC 18-9
Winner
Mount Olive UMO
17-7
19
Final
6
Belmont Abbey BAC
18-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mount Olive UMO 3 1 0 3 1 5 0 6 0 19 21 1
Belmont Abbey BAC 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 6 9 4

W: Gause (2-0) L: Aehlert, Nic (3-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Abbey Splits Doubleheader with Mount Olive to Take Series

BELMONT, N.C. – The Belmont Abbey baseball team finished off a three-game series against Mount Olive with a doubleheader split Saturday afternoon at Abbey Yard.
 
The Crusaders took the opener 6-5 with a second-straight walk-off win before falling in the nightcap 19-6 to the Trojans.
 
Belmont Abbey finishes the series with an 18-9 overall record and is 6-9 in Conference Carolinas. Mount Olive is now 17-7 overall and 7-5 in the league.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME 1
  • Alex Sniffen got off to a strong start by recording four strikeouts over the first two innings. He finished his start by pitching 5.2 innings and striking out eight.
  • Patrick Taylor and Joe Whitaker both hit singles to lead off the game for The Abbey. Taylor scored on a double play groundout later in the inning.
  • The Crusaders scored three runs in the second highlighted by a two-run single by Taylor.
  • The Trojans got within two runs in the fifth and had the tying run on third in the sixth before Myles Hedgecock kept the Trojans off the board by forcing a groundout to end the inning.
  • Mount Olive rallied to take a 5-4 lead entering the bottom of the seventh.
  • The Crusaders' rally started with Ben Ferguson and Connor Tucker both drawing walks.
  • Scotty Reeves came in to run for Ferguson and scored on a Trojans fielding error.
  • That set the stage for Joey Humphrey to win with a walk-off by reaching on a fielder's choice with Tucker scoring the winning run.
  • Justin Herrera made his first start with Belmont Abbey as the designated hitter.
GAME 2
  • The Trojans took the lead with four runs in the first two innings and broke it open with a five-run fifth inning and a six-run eighth inning.
  • Joey Humphrey drove in the first run of the nightcap with an RBI single.
  • Ferguson added a second run driven in with an RBI single in the fifth.
  • Aengus Adams earned his first career run batted in after drawing a walk with the bases loaded in the eighth inning.
  • Belmont Abbey scored four runs in the frame thanks to Adams, an RBI single from Taylor and two runs scoring on a Mount Olive error.
  • Whitaker led The Abbey with a pair of hits, including a triple.
 
UP NEXT
  • Belmont Abbey continues the homestand with a contest against Limestone at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Abbey Yard.
  • The Crusaders defeated the Saints 7-4 back on February 7 in Gaffney, South Carolina.
  • The Abbey resumes Conference Carolinas play with a three-game home series against Francis Marion at 5 p.m. Friday.
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