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Davidson comes from behind to top Mountain Hawks
2/19/2022 11:47:00 PM | Baseball
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For the second consecutive night, it was a first-year putting in the work at the plate as Rafe Perich went 3-for-4 with a double and a walk to lead the offense while senior first baseman Casey Rother went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and both Andrew Nole and Andrew Kohl had an RBI hit as well.
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Junior right-hander Carlos Torres made his first career start for the Mountain Hawks, going 3.1 innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits with five strikeouts and two walks. Senior lefty Matt Stamford (0-1), who was charged with the loss, threw 2.2 innings, allowing six earned runs on five hits with three strikeouts and three walks. Ryan Deom, Marcus Danchision and Najir Glenn combined to throw the final two innings of the ballgame, allowing a combined two earned runs between the three of them.
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Lehigh got on the board first in the top of the first inning on a sacrifice fly from Adam Retzbach, which scored Jake Whitlinger to take an early 1-0 lead. A two-RBI single from Casey Rother in the third inning plated both Perich and Tyler Young to extend the Lehigh lead to 3-0.
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The Mountain Hawks tacked on their third run of the third inning on an RBI single for Andrew Nole, which scored Rother to give Lehigh a 4-0 lead.
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Davidson scored two runs in the third inning to cut the Lehigh lead in half and broke the game open in the in the sixth inning on a bases-clearing, three-run double to left field, followed by another RBI double to make it 8-4. The Wildcats scored two more times to take a commanding 10-4 lead.
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Lehigh scratched and clawed back in the ninth, when Retzbach was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and one out to bring a run across. Kohl walked with the bases loaded and one out to make it 10-6 and then Riley Davis was retired on the 4-3 putout to end the game.
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Davidson was led by a couple of three-hit performances from both John Hosmer and Jacob Hinderleider, while Ryan Kutz (1-0) earned the win after throwing five shutout innings, allowing just three hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Bennett Flynn earned the save, throwing a 2/3 inning, without allowing a hit, with one walk and a strikeout.
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The Mountain Hawks take on Davidson in the rubber-match of the three-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m. from Wilson Field.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: KUTZ, Ryan (1-0)
L: Stamford, Matt (0-1)
S: FLYNN, Bennett (1)
Batting:
2B: Perich, Rafe 1
RBI: Rother, Casey 2 ; Retzbach, Adam 2 ; Nole, Andrew 1 ; Kohl, Andrew 1
SH: Davis, Riley 1
SF: Retzbach, Adam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Whitlinger, Jake 1 ; Perich, Rafe 2 ; Rother, Casey 1 ; Young, Tyler 2
HBP: Whitlinger, Jake 1 ; Rother, Casey 2 ; Retzbach, Adam 1
Batting:
2B: CARICO, Michael 1 ; CANDELARIA, Trevor 1 ; WILSON, Ryan 1 ; HOSMER, John 2 ; DOUGLAS, Tyler 1 ; BROWDER, Garrett 1
3B: HINDERLEIDER, Jacob 1
RBI: CARICO, Michael 1 ; WILSON, Ryan 1 ; HOSMER, John 3 ; DOUGLAS, Tyler 1 ; NOLAN, Parker 1 ; BROWDER, Garrett 2
SH: HINDERLEIDER, Jacob 1
SF: BROWDER, Garrett 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CARICO, Michael 1 ; CANDELARIA, Trevor 2 ; WILSON, Ryan 2 ; HOSMER, John 1 ; HINDERLEIDER, Jacob 3 ; BROWDER, Garrett 1
SB: WILSON, Ryan 1 ; WILHOIT, Jake 1
CS: CANDELARIA, Trevor 1 ; HOSMER, John 1
HBP: CARICO, Michael 1 ; CANDELARIA, Trevor 1 ; WILSON, Ryan 1 ; DOUGLAS, Tyler 1
