CLARKSVILLE, Ark. - The Hendrix College baseball team lost to the University of the Ozarks 9-8 at Lonnie Qualls Field Tuesday afternoon.
The host Eagles (2-2) scored five in the first and three in the third to take an early 8-0 lead. With two outs in the top of the fourth, Warrior (0-4) freshman shortstop
Tanner Cooper was hit by a pitch and scored on a base hit by sophomore catcher
Justin Robison. Ozarks added another run in the bottom of the fourth to go up 9-1.
Hendrix scored three runs in the top of the fifth on a hit, a pair of walks and two hit batters. Junior designated hitter
Harley Faye knocked in
Drew Judson and
Wyatt Hogan with a single up the middle and
JR McAuley scored on a wild pitch to cut the deficit to 9-4.
The Warriors' big inning came in the sixth when they plated four runs. Junior third baseman
Spencer Summers led off by being hit, then stole second. Summers moved to a third on a ground out then Judson was hit. Summers scored on a Hogan double to right center. McAuley followed with a double of his own, allowing Judson to score. Faye drew a walk to load the bases, then Cooper was walked, plating Hogan. After a strikeout for the second out, Robison also walked, making the game 9-8 after McAuley crossed the plate. Reliever Luke Dyer induced a Summers fly out to end the inning.
Dyer handcuffed Hendrix the rest of the game, allowing just two hits and striking out three over the final three innings to earn the save.
Ozarks outhit Hendrix 12-6 for the game.
Hendrix Notes- Judson went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a triple. He was also hit twice.
- Faye and Robison drove in two runs each.
- McAuley scored twice and hit his fifth double in as many games.
- Freshman right fielder
Josh Slezak walked three times.
- Junior starter
Colten Poellinger (0-1) took the loss, allowing three hits, three earned runs and two walks in the first
- Freshman
Taylor Barker threw four scoreless frames, allowing just two hits and a walk with a strikeout. He has thrown six shutout innings this season.
Ozarks Notes- Designated hitter Grady Finley went 4-for-5 with two runs scored.
- Third baseman Casey Jirkovsky was 3-for-4 with four driven in and a double.
- Catcher Zach Jones had two hits and two runs scored.
- Jordan Allred (1-0) earned the win, allowing a hit, four runs, four walks and three strikeouts in 4.1 innings.
Up NextHendrix will play their first home games of the season on Saturday with a double-header against Washington University at 1:30 p.m.
