MOBILE, Ala. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) Badgers baseball team played its final game of the Novel Coronavirus-shortened 2021 season with a resounding 10-6 victory over the Columbus State University (CSU) Cougars at Hank Aaron Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
SHC grabbed a quick 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 1
st inning after right fielder
Grayson Williams walloped a 2-run shot out of left field.
The Cougars (24-12) scored two runs in the top of the 2
nd inning off a double to left and a wild pitch with a runner on 3
rd base, but SHC answered with a 5-run explosion in the 3
rd frame that was capped by a 3-run homer down the left field line by catcher
Bryce Walker.
SHC used six pitchers as the Cougars tallied 11 hits and two walks with five strikeouts.
Colin Millar (2-0) took the win in 2.0 innings of relief of starter
Michael Novak. Novak pitched 3.0 innings with four hits and a walk allowed with a strikeout while Millar gave up just two hits, no walks, and two strikeouts.
Six Badger batters had multiple hits including center fielder
Joseph Guidry, designated hitter
Mason Bonnaffons, 1
st baseman
Walker Imwalle, and Walker who each collected two safeties as Williams and 3
rd baseman
Norris McClure punched three hits each. McClure legged out a triple in the 3
rd inning and Bonnaffons drove a solo homer out of right center in his last career at-bat in the 8
th inning.
Catcher Robert Brooks of CSU had two doubles while shortstop Isaac Bouton had two hits with a double and 3
rd baseman David Meadows earned three hits with a double and an RBI. Starter Brady Kais (2-2) took the loss in 2.2 innings with seven hits, two walks and three strikeouts. Six Cougar pitchers combined for 16 hits and two walks allowed with five strikeouts.
The Badgers closed out the year with an 18-12 record, winning 14 of their final 16 contests.
