CONWAY, Ark. – As if a 15-4 start to the 2019 season wasn't good enough, Hendrix added a pair of victories to its overall mark as the Warriors defeated Grinnell 5-0 in seven innings and 8-0 in seven innings to sweep the Pioneers in the three-game weekend-long series from Conway. Sunday, Hendrix's two combined pitchers (
Andrei Stoyanow and
Evan Ingram) tossed a combined 11 innings on the mound while giving up just nine hits while not allowing any runs to the Pioneers and fanning 12 combined batters. With the two wins, Hendrix improves to 4-0 on the week and will wait until Tuesday morning to see if the program cracked the D3baseball.com / NCBWA Top 25 poll for the first time in program history; Hendrix was receiving 11 votes prior to the four non-conference wins this week.
HOW THE WARRIORS SCORED:
GAME 1
- 3rd -
Seth Tucker out at second c to ss, caught stealing;
Sean Dehne stole home, unearned.
- 5th -
Ford Sherrington flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI;
Jorge Leon advanced to third;
Seth Tucker scored.
- 5th - Juan Pable Leon singled to right field, RBI;
Josh Walker advanced to second;
Jorge Leon scored.
- 6th -
Seth Tucker singled to pitcher, bunt, RBI;
Caleb Stark advanced to third;
Andrei Stoyanow scored
- 6th -
Jorge Leon flied out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI;
Seth Tucker advanced to third;
Caleb Stark scored
GAME 2
- 2nd -
Layton Burge singled to left field, RBI;
Andrei Stoyanow scored.
- 3rd -
Ford Sherrington singled to left field, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf, RBI;
Josh Walker advanced to third;
Jorge Leon scored, unearned.
- 4th -
Josh Walker singled to left center, 2 RBI;
Jorge Leon advanced to second;
JR McAuley scored;
Andrei Stoyanow scored
- 6th -
Ford Sherrington doubled to right center, 3 RBI;
Josh Walker scored;
Jorge Leon scored;
JR McAuley scored.
- 6th -
Tanner Cooper singled to center field, RBI;
Juan Pablo Leon advanced to second;
Ford Sherrington scored.
WARRIORS' DECISION(S) ON THE MOUND:
GAME 1
W –
Andrei Stoyanow (3-0); 5.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R/0 ER, 6 K/1 BB
GAME 2
W -
Evan Ingram (2-2); 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R/ 0 ER, 6 K/0 BB
NOTABLE:
GAME 1
- After Tucker robbed Grinnell of at least one run in the top of the first with two outs on a diving snag in right center, Dehne stole home as Tucker stole second to put Hendrix up 1-0 in the bottom half of the second inning.
- The Warriors carded a pair of runs in the fifth inning and sixth inning to take down Grinnell 5-0 in seven innings.
- Stoyanow threw 67 pitches in 5 innings of action to pick up his third win of his young career; the first Warrior to three wins this season.
-
Zach Orlando pitched a hitless sixth inning while
Jacob Wagner pitched a hitless seventh.
- Tucker batted 3-for-4 with a run and a RBI; went 3-for-3 in his last three appearances at the plate.
- Tucker and Stoyanow carded the two lone extra-base hits for Hendrix (both doubles).
GAME 2
- A RBI single in Burge's first at-bat of the season put Hendrix up 1-0 in the second inning.
- After the first of three errors in the game for Grinnell, Jo. Leon came around to score in the third to put Hendrix up 2-0.
- The Warriors added two more runs in the fourth and four in the sixth thanks in large parts to a bases-clearing double by Sherrington.
- Ingram started the game; tossed 73 pitches in the six-inning performance while striking out six batters and allowing just four hits and no runs.
- Stoyanow, Jo. Leon, Walker and Sherrington all tally two-hit performances while Sherrington accounted for a game-high four RBIs.
- Walker went 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs while Jo. Leon went 2-for-2 at the plate as well.
- Hendrix finishes the week with a 4-0 mark; won 8-4 vs Iowa Wesleyan, 3-2 (game 1), 5-0 (game 2), 8-0 (game 3) against Grinnell).
WHO'S NEXT:
- The Warriors hit the road to Marshall, Texas for a pair of games Wednesday against East Texas Baptist University before returning back to Conway for a three-game pivotal series against currently nationally-ranked Birmingham-Southern next Saturday.
