CARROLLTON, Ga. – The 17th-ranked
University of West Alabama baseball team
secured the #2 seed from the Gulf South
Conference East Division, as the Tigers
(42-9, 13-5 GSC) swept West Georgia on
Sunday afternoon, 11-9 and 19-4.
The Red
and White led 6-0 after four innings and put
the contest away in the fifth with 12 runs,
the most this season in a single inning for
the Tigers. UWA added one more in the sixth
to complete the sweep
The
Wolves (28-23, 4-14 GSC) put three runs on
the board in the fifth inning off
back-to-back homeruns by A.J. Renfrow and
Nolan Childers. UWG applied one more in the
sixth.
Matt
Hill (5-1) picked up the win, surrendering
three runs on seven hits with six
strikeouts. Cole Thornton and Josh Varner
each pitched an inning in relief.
UWA
jumped on the scoreboard in game two of the
day, when Tres Avans singled up the middle
to score Rob Dahlberg, who reached on a
double to left center. The Red and White
added three more off a three-run homerun by
Chris Ransburgh, as he pushed Matt Busbee
and Clint Moody across the dish. The Tigers
continued to add to their lead in the fourth
inning, as Jake DeRoy doubled to right
center, scoring Ransburgh and Nick Wheeler.
UWA led
7-2 after 2 ½ innings due to two, two-run
homeruns in the top of the third by Wheeler
and Ransburgh. The Tigers first run of the
contest came, as Ransburgh doubled to right
field, plating Brent Bumgarner and Busbee.
Avans hit a shot under the glove of the
third baseman to score Dahlberg for the
first run of the top of the third.
UWG got
its first two runs in the bottom of the
third before the game was haulted due to
lightning. The Tigers plated two more in the
top of the fifth before the Wolves tallied
seven runs in the final two innings to cut
the lead to 11-9.
Brandon
Dill (9-0) earned the win with five innings
pitched, allowing two runs on four hits.
Charley Kelley and Brian Burgess each
pitched an inning in relief.
West Alabama returns to
action on Wednesday, April 30, as the Tigers
travel to Stillman College to conclude the
regular season. First pitch of the
doubleheader is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
