WINONA LAKE, Ind. – The Spring Arbor University baseball team earned the series win over Grace College after splitting a pair of games against the Lancers on Saturday.
Spring Arbor picked up two wins to open the series on Friday, and despite losing the first game on Saturday 11-1, the Cougars bounced back with a 6-2 victory in the series finale to clinch the set.
THE BASICS
SCORES: Spring Arbor 1, Grace 11
Spring Arbor 6, Grace 2
LOCATION: Winona Lake, Ind.
RECORDS: Spring Arbor 14-21 (9-15 CL), Grace 12-23 (6-17 CL)
GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
- Grace scored six runs over the first three innings to grab a quick 6-0 lead.
- Spring Arbor got on the scoreboard in the fourth inning when Bryce Richey scored on a sacrifice fly by Ryan Gonzalez.
- The Lancers answered with two runs in the fifth inning before adding two more in the seventh and one in the eighth.
- Connor Dee went 2-for-4 while Richey scored SAU's only run.
GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS
- A solo home run in the bottom of the first inning gave Grace the early advantage again in game two.
- The Lancers led 2-1 after three innings, but SAU tied the score in the fourth inning when Jaeden Rodriguez came around to score on a Grace error.
- RBI singles by Richey and Braydon Gregory in the fifth inning gave the Cougars their first lead of the day.
- Spring Arbor added two more runs in the seventh on RBI hits by Rodriguez and Zach Adams.
- Dee collected three more hits while Richey and Gregory had two each. Rodriguez finished with two RBIs and two runs scored.
- Josh Murphy earned the win on the mound. The southpaw allowed one earned run on three hits over seven innings of work while striking out six.
UP NEXT
Spring Arbor will travel to Mount Vernon, Ohio next weekend for a four-game series against Mount Vernon Nazarene University on Apr. 12-13.
