CONWAY, Ark. - After dropping two games to the No. 8 Washington-St. Louis Bears Saturday, Hendrix faced the Bears one more time Sunday. Kyle Wellman got his first start of the year and third career one; pitching four and two-thirds innings of work but the Bears hung nine runs on the day as WashU. carved the sweep over the Warriors. Hendrix scored one run in the eighth inning and four more in the ninth. The Warriors fall to 3-7 while the Bears improve to 3-0. Seth Tucker accounted for three RBIs on the day while JP Medick added two.
Game Details:
Sunday, Feb. 23 | 10:00 AM
Conway, Ark.
Result: Hendrix 5, Wash.-St. Louis 9
Records:
Warriors (3-7)
Bears (3-0)
Hendrix's Decision(s) on the Mound:
LP: Kyle Wellman (0-1): 4.2 IP, 2 H, 4 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 76 pitches tossed
How The Warriors Scored:
8th - Seth Tucker flied out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI; Tyler Webb scored.
9th - JP Medick doubled to left field, two RBIs; Joshua Rollins advanced to third; Adam Bland scored, unearned; Tom Flisk scored.
9th - Seth Tucker singled to left center, two RBIs; JP Medick scored, unearned; Joshua Rollins scored.
Notables:
- Wellman did not allow any earned runs on the day and struck out two in his third career start.
- In the eighth, Tucker's sacrifice fly scored the first Warrior run of the day as Webb scored.
- In the final inning, the first four Warriors reached on base before Tucker singled with two outs to bring two runs in.-
- Adam Bland drew two walks and scored once Sunday.
- Colin Brown allowed just one hit in the sixth inning while Aaron Plotkin gave up just one hit in the final two innings of work; tossing 19 pitches on the day.
Up Next:
The Warriors will travel to Arkadelphia Tuesday to take on Division II Ouachita at 2 p.m.
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