TUSKEGEE, Ala. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) baseball team finished off a 4-game sweep of the Tuskegee University Golden Tigers on Saturday afternoon at Washington Field, taking both ends of a doubleheader by the scores of 10-2 and 5-1.
Chance Shell (2-0) was the winner of Game 1 with 4.0 innings of work and allowing just two hits with a walk and two strikeouts.
Badger 3
rd baseman
Norris McClure picked up two hits including a 3-run triple in the 7
th inning. Center fielder
Joseph Guidry continued to be hot in the leadoff position smacking two hits with a double and two RBI.
Hunter Hudson (0-1) took the loss for the Tigers (4-10) in 4.0 innings with five hits allowed with three walks and no strikeouts.
The second game saw Tuskegee claw out a 1-0 lead with a run in the 4
th frame, but the Badgers exploded for five runs in the 7
th to rally for the win. McClure tied the game with a double to left that plated shortstop
Daniel Rodriguez, but 2
nd baseman
Frankie Timphony proved to be the biggest hero of the day by cranking out a 3-run homer for the lead as well as his first dinger of the year.
Logan Clark (1-0) was the right man at the right time earning the win by sitting down three batters in the 6
th inning while
Michael Novak finished the bottom of the 7
th inning, striking out two batters and walking one. Jalan Daniels (1-2) took the complete-game loss with six hits, two walks and five strikeouts.
The Badgers (11-10) will visit Columbus, Ga. on Wednesday to take on the Columbus State University (CSU) Cougars (14-8) in a doubleheader at 3 p.m. EDT in Burger King Stadium at Ragsdale Field.
