MOBILE, Ala. (April 29, 2022) – The Spring Hill College (SHC) Badgers baseball team rolled to a 4-0 victory over the Miles College Golden Bears in a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) game at historic Stan Galle Field on Friday night.
The Badgers jumped out to an early 3-0 lead over the Golden Bears (23-19; 19-8 SIAC) with a 3-run outburst in the 1
st inning sparked by a pair of RBI-doubles from right fielder
Grayson Williams and left fielder
Luke Sweeney that were followed with a run-scoring single to right by second baseman
Frankie Timphony.
From there, the game became a pitching duel between the starters of
Colin Millar (9-3) of SHC and Kolton Easterwood (7-4) for Miles. Millar benefited from 4-6-3 double play to end the 2
nd inning and a batter's interference call on Miles that erased a stolen base in the 6
th frame before handing the ball over to
Michael Romano to start the 8
th inning.
The Badgers tracked on a run with a one-out sacrifice fly in the 7
th inning, but saw the inning end on an appeal to 2
nd base after a runner missed the bag while returning to 1
st base.
Millar allowed just two hits in 7.0 innings with two walks and five strikeouts while Romano finished the game by facing six batters, including a line-drive unassisted double play at 1
st base by
Micah Morgan and a game-ending strikeout.
Easterwood lasted 5.1 innings with eight hits, three walks and four strikeouts before loading the bases and surrendering the mound to Will Cantey who escaped the jam on one pitch with a 4-6-3 double play.
Williams and Timphony both found two hits and an RBI on the night while Sweeney had a double and a sacrifice fly for two RBI.
The Badgers (32-13; 21-4 SIAC) will close out the 2022 regular season versus the Golden Bears with a noon doubleheader on Saturday. Between games on Saturday, the Badgers will honor their Senior Class teammates with the annual Senior Day ceremony.
