ATLANTA, Ga. - After sweeping Saturday's doubleheader against Oglethorpe and winning its sixth Southern Athletic Association series in as many tries, Hendrix eyed its second SAA series sweep of the season Sunday. Unfortunately, Oglethorpe hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Petrels took the final game, 11-10 in Atlanta, Ga. With the loss, Hendrix falls to 26-11 on the season with a 13-5 mark in SAA action while Oglethorpe improves to 10-26 and a 6-12 mark in SAA play.
HOW THE WARRIORS SCORED:
GAME 1
- 2nd -
Seth Tucker singled to right center, 2 RBI;
Rail Gilliam scored;
Andrei Stoyanow scored.
- 2nd -
Jorge Leon singled through the left side, RBI;
Seth Tucker scored, unearned.
- 3rd - Juan Pable Leon advanced to third;
Ford Sherrington scored on a wild pitch.
- 3rd -
Josh Walker doubled to right center, RBI; Juan Pable Leon scored.
- 5th - Juan Pable Leon singled to right center, advanced to second on a fielding error by cf;
Ford Sherrington scored.
- 7th - Juan Pable Leon doubled down the lf line, advanced to third on the throw, RBI;
Ford Sherrington scored.
- 7th -
Rail Gilliam singled to center field, RBI;
Andrei Stoyanow advanced to second; Juan Pable Leon scored.
- 8th - Juan Pable Leon singled to center field, RBI;
Tanner Cooper advanced to third;
Jorge Leon scored.
- 8th -
Tanner Cooper scored on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt.
WARRIORS' DECISION(S) ON THE MOUND:
GAME 1
L -
Jacob Wagner (0-1); 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R/1 ER, 0 K/0 BB
NOTABLE:
GAME 1
- Trailing by a pair of runs, a two-RBI single by Tucker scored Gilliam and Stoyanow as Hendrix tied the game up quickly.
- A single by Jo. Leon on batter later allowed for Hendrix to obtain the lead, 3-2, in the second frame.
- After scoring two runs in the third inning and one in the fifth, the Warriors trailed 8-6 after six innings.
- Hendrix's first four batters of the seventh inning reached base as the Warriors quickly tied the game up at 8-8.
- The Petrels scored two more runs in the seventh before Hendrix tied it with two in the eighth but a walk-off home run in the ninth allowed for Oglethorpe to steal the 11-10 home victory.
- After batting 4-for-5 in the first game Saturday, Ju. Leon batted 4-for-5 again with a pair of runs and a pair of RBIs.
- Tucker collected two RBIs as well after batting 1-for-3 with a run scored.
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Evan Ingram started the game; tossing five and one-third innings of work while striking out five.
- With three SAA games left, Hendrix currently sits in first place in the standings; one game up on Berry and Birmingham-Southern College.
WHO'S NEXT:
Hendrix gears up for a huge home series finale against Rhodes. First pitch of the first game is set for Friday at 6 p.m.
