Kodak, Tenn.----The fifth-seeded Wingate University Bulldogs got another strong start from freshman left-hander
Adam Tulloch Saturday afternoon, downing the seventh-seeded Anderson University Trojans on day three of the 2019 South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament at Smokies Stadium. Wingate advances to day four of the SAC Tournament, improving to 32-17 overall while the Trojans are eliminated from the tournament, falling to 20-31 on the season.
KEY STATS
- Wingate out-hit Anderson 10-4
- Each team had two extra-base hits; the 'Dogs had the lone homer
- Both teams left nine on base
- The Trojans committed two of the three errors
- WU pitching had 12 strikeouts and five walks; AU had six strikeouts and five walks
KEY BULLDOGS
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Tanner Forry had a homer and three RBI to lead the Wingate offense
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Tyler Schneider was two-for-four with three RBI
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Jed Bryant went two-for-three with a double, RBI and run scored
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McCann Mellett added three hits, an RBI and a run scored
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Zach Little contributed a stolen base and two runs scored
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Ricky Clark and
Justin Guy each collected a hit and run scored
- Tulloch tossed 5 1/3 shutout innings with nine strikeouts
FIFTH INNING
- Clark led off the frame with a single, while a walk and hit batsman loaded the bases
- Schneider's two-run single gave the 'Dogs a 2-0 lead
SEVENTH INNING
- Guy led off the inning with a single
- Little was hit by a pitch, then stole second
- Mellett's RBI single plated Guy to give WU a three-run lead
- Bryant's RBI double drove home Little to make it 4-0
- An error in the bottom of the frame allowed Anderson to get on the board
EIGHTH INNING
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Brandon Odachowski's RBI groundout plated
Dillon Carpenter to get AU within two
NINTH INNING
- Mellett and Bryant started the inning with back-to-back singles
- Schneider's RBI bunt single gave the 'Dogs a 5-2 lead
- Forry followed with his 10th homer of the year, a three-run shot to make it 8-2
WRAPUP
- Tulloch got the win to move to 6-2 on the year
- He allowed two hits in 5 1/3 shutout innings, striking out nine and walking five
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Sawyer Lee had a strikeout in two-thirds shutout frames
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Tommy McCollum also had a shutout inning of work
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Lane Wildman had a strikeout in a 1-2-3 ninth inning
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John McMicking took the loss, falling to 1-7
- He allowed two runs on three hits in five innings, striking out three and walking four
UP NEXT
- Wingate is back in action Sunday in another elimination game
- The 'Dogs will face the loser of the LMU-Catawba game at 3:45 p.m.