CONWAY, Ark. – After falling to the East Texas Baptist University Tigers a couple of times in a mid-week series this week, No. 24 Hendrix faced No. 21 Birmingham-Southern in two games as part of a doubleheader Saturday afternoon. In the first-ever Top 25 showdown from Warrior Field, the Panthers outlasted Hendrix, 3-1, in 11 evenings in the opening game before the Warriors bounced back in game two with a 4-1 victory.
Taylor Barker picked up the loss in the first game while
Kyle Wellman picked up his third victory after throwing one-third of an inning of work to get the win. Hendrix improves to 18-7 on the year with a 5-3 mark in the Southern Athletic Association while BSC goes to 17-7 and 5-3 in conference.
HOW THE WARRIORS SCORED:
GAME 1
- 6th -
Ford Sherrington homered to left field, RBI.
GAME 2
- 1st -
Ford Sherrington reached first on a fielding error by ss, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf, advanced to third;
Tanner Cooper scored, unearned.
- 3rd -
Sean Dehne scored, unearned.
- 4th -
Juan Pablo Leon singled up the middle, RBI, advanced to second;
Ford Sherrington scored.
- 4th -
Layton Burge grounded out to ss, RBI;
Juan Pablo Leon scored.
WARRIORS' DECISION(S) ON THE MOUND:
GAME 1
L –
Taylor Barker (1-1); 3.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R/2 ER, 0 K/0 BB
GAME 2
W –
Kyle Wellman (3-0); 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R/0 ER, 1 K/0 BB
NOTABLE:
GAME 1
- Sherrington launched his first home run of the season in the sixth for the go-ahead RBI until BSC tied the game at 1-all half an inning later.
- BSC recorded three straight two out hits in the 11th inning while the Panthers scored two and took the 3-1 lead and won by that same score.
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Jack Hodgins got his 7th start of the year; tossed seven and two-third innings of action while striking out eight batters and allowed just one earned run in the outing while throwing 116 pitches.
- Barker pitched the final three and one-third innings of work while picking up his first loss of the season.
- The Warriors lose its third straight contest; longest losing streak on the season and lose its first opening game of any conference series this season as well.
GAME 2
- The Panthers tallied a pair of fielding errors on one play in the bottom of the first as Hendrix took the quick 1-0 edge.
- After the BSC catcher threw the ball down to third base, the third basemen threw the ball off a Warrior runner, resulting in Dehne scoring for Hendrix.
- An inning later, Ju. Leon carves up a RBI single back up the middle while Burge scores Ju. Leon on a RBI ground out to the short stop as Hendrix cruised to a 4-1 win over No. 21 BSC.
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Andrei Stoyanow recorded his seventh appearance of the year and fifth start; allowed eight hits in four innings of work while allowing just one run.
- Wellman picked up the win, his third of the year while all three have been picked up with Wellman tossing less than a full inning of baseball.
- Dehne went 2-for-2 at the plate including one run and a lead-off triple to start the bottom half of the fifth inning.
- With the win, Hendrix moves into a tie for second place in the SAA standings (tied with BSC) while Berry owns a one-game lead on the Warriors and Panthers.
WHO'S NEXT:
The Warriors and the Panthers have a rubber match set for 12 p.m. Sunday in the final game of a meaningful, three-game series from Warrior Field in Conway. Watch/listen to the action
here.
