JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Spring Hill College baseball team started SIAC play with a 15-4 run-rule victory over Edward Waters at Howard Roey Field on Thursday evening.
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Nick Hunter went 3-for-2 and walked twice in the conference opener while extending his reached base streak to eight games. Spring Hill's 15 runs and five doubles marked season highs for the team.
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The Badgers got to work early, taking a 4-0 lead by the third inning and extending it to 5-0 by the fifth. Edward Waters answered with three runs in the fifth and made it 5-3.
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SHC answered the Tiger rebuttal with a 4-0 run in the sixth inning, taking a 9-3 lead. EWU scored on an error in its half of the sixth inning, before Spring Hill piled on six more runs to get to the final score of 15-4 in seven innings.
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Evan Langston (1-0) pitched 4.2 innings and struck out six batters in his first victory on the mound this season.
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Game Details
Date: Feb. 15
Time: 6 p.m. (EST)
Venue (Location): Howard Roey Field (Jacksonville, Fla.)
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Results
Spring Hill 15, Edward Waters 4
Records: Spring Hill (2-5, 1-0 SIAC), Edward Waters (4-3, 0-1 SIAC)
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Up Next
Spring Hill will finish the conference-opening series against Edward Waters with a doubleheader on Friday.
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