CONWAY, Ark. – After a pair of victories over Big Blue Saturday afternoon, Hendrix (5-1) looked to bring out the brooms Sunday with a third and final game against Millikin (3-0). After trailing 1-0, the Warriors bounced back with a pair of runs in the fourth thanks to a RBI triple by
Andrei Stoyanow.
Sean Dehne and
Tanner Cooper recorded two two-out hits in the ninth inning trialing by a pair of runs to tie the game up before
Rail Gilliam recorded his first walk-off hit in the bottom of the 10th with the bases loaded as Hendrix defeated Millikin for the third time this weekend, 5-4 on Sunday.
HOW THE WARRIORS SCORED:
GAME 1
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4th - Andrei Stoyanow tripled to right field, RBI; Josh Walker scored, unearned.
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4th - Juan Pablo L reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on a fielding error by p; Andrei Stoyanow scored, unearned.
- 9th -
Sean Dehne doubled to right center, RBI;
Seth Tucker scored.
- 9th -
Tanner Cooper pinc singled up the middle on a pinch hit at-bat, RBI;
Sean Dehne scored.
- 10th -
Rail Gilliam singled through the right side, RBI; Juan Pablo L advanced to second;
Andrei Stoyanow advanced to third;
Ford Sherrington scored, unearned.
WARRIORS' DECISION(S) ON THE MOUND:
GAME 1
W –
Taylor Barker (1-0); 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R/0 ER, 3 K/0 BB
NOTABLE:
- After five quality innings of work,
Kyle Wellman allowed just five hits and a run and struck out five Big Blue players.
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Bryce Delay and
Evan Orren tossed one inning each, combining for two strikeouts and zero runs allowed.
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Sean Dehne and Andrew Stoyanow tallied the two lone extra base hits for Hendrix; Stoyanow's coming in the ninth to bring Hendrix within one run in the ninth before Cooper brought home the tying run.
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Ford Sherrington,
Rail Gilliam and
Sean Dehne all registered two hits on the day against Millikin; none coming bigger than Gilliam's walk-off single to right field in the 10th to sweep the weekend series.
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Tanner Cooper,
Andrei Stoyanow,
Rail Gilliam and Seah Dehne all tallied one RBI on the day.
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Zach Orlando, who saw action in both games Saturday, recorded a strikeout in two-third's of an inning.
- Hendrix improves to 5-1 on the season; the best six-game stretch to start the season since the 2002 season.
WHAT WAS SAID:
"Our team showed a lot of heart today," stated a happy Head Coach
Sean McSheffery. "Our pitching staff did a phenomenal job and our hitters stepped up and got it done when it mattered the most; great team win!"
WHO'S NEXT:
The Warriors will travel up the road to take on University of the Ozarks from Clarksville Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
