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| Recap, photo courtesy of TWU |
Dan Fry led off the first inning for the Bulldogs, making his way to base via a hit by pitch to give TWU a scoring opportunity. A groundout and stolen base got Fry to third base, giving the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead when he scored on Alex Flock's groundout. Tennessee Wesleyan tacked on a few more runs in the second inning.
Shamoy Christopher led off the inning with a walk, and was replaced with pinch-runner Malik Stephens. The pinch-runner was not on base for long when Braden Mosley came to the plate and took the first pitch he saw yard to give the Bulldogs a 3-0 advantage. It was looking like that was all the damage which would be done as the next two batters struck out but Jhosmel Rodriquez extended the inning with his single. Rodriquez made it all the way to home plate from first off the Fry's triple, giving TWU a four-run advantage after their half of the second inning. The bottom half of the second inning saw Martin Methodist scored six runs to move ahead 6-4.
The lead changed back to Tennessee Wesleyan's favor in the third inning. A single by Aloysius Cruz followed by a double from Christopher put both runners in scoring position. Like he did in the second inning, Mosley cleared the bases with his second home run of the game, giving the Bulldogs a 7-6 lead. A double by Chase Fullington kept the scoring chances alive as Max Draijer came to the plate. Draijer made the most of his plate appearance, hitting a single up the middle to score the final run of the inning in Fullington.
In his next opportunity at the plate in the fifth inning, Draijer put another run on the board when he sent a ball over the left field wall to make the score 9-6. Rodriquez, who was pinch-ran for with Corey Wynant, and Fry put runners on base with their singles. The bases became loaded when Reichenborn used patience at the plate to earn a walk and unloaded when Flock hit a sacrifice fly to score Wynant, advancing Fry to third. Sequential stolen bases by Reichenborn and Fry put the 11th run of the game up for TWU with Fry scoring, giving the Bulldogs a five-run advantage. By the end of the fifth inning though, it was only a three-run lead for Tennessee Wesleyan as the Redhawks scored two runs in the bottom half.
A scoreless sixth inning led way to a seventh-inning which featured three runs. Only one run went for the Bulldogs, coming off a bomb over the left field wall by Reichenborn. The other two runs added to the score of Martin Methodist, giving TWU only a two-run advantage to kick off the eighth inning.
The lead moved back out to three in the eighth inning. Draijer set the change in motion with a hit by pitch, advancing to second on a Wynant-caused error. With the bases loaded after Fry's single, a hit by pitch on Cruz forced Draijer to trot to home plate, giving the team an insurance run. Steady pitching and the defense kept the Redhawks off the board for the remainder of the game, giving the Bulldogs a 13-10 win in the slugfest.
Mosley, Draijer, and Fry all had three hits in the game. Two of Mosley's hits were home runs resulting in five RBIs. Flock and Draijer each had two RBIs while Fry, Reichenborn, and Cruz contributed one RBI each. Juan Mateo got the win on the mound while Irving Martin came in for the save. Gavin Roberson provided five strikeouts in relief.
Tennessee Wesleyan (20-4, 3-2 AAC) hops back into conference play in their top 15 matchup against #14 Bryan College. The rivals will begin a three-game series on Friday with a single-game, beginning at 5:00 PM in Dayton, Tenn.
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