Saturday, May 19
RADFORD
2:00 PM
Radford University
28-26-1, 14-10
5
vs
10
Liberty
38-18, 12-12
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Radford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
Photo by: Michael Colligon
LIBERTY SCORES COMEBACK WIN OVER BASEBALL, 10-5
5/19/2012 6:52:00 PM | Baseball
RADFORD, Va. – Liberty scored six runs in the top of the ninth inning in a come-from-behind 10-5 win over Radford in the regular season finale on Saturday afternoon.
The Highlanders (28-26-1, 12-12 Big South) finished in a three-way tie for fourth place in the Big South standings - they are seeded No. 5 for the 2012 Baseball Championships, which begin on Tuesday at High Point.
Trailing 4-1 in the fifth, Radford scored four times, plating all of the runs with two outs, to take a 5-4 lead before the Flames (38-18, 14-10) rallied back in the ninth to win.
Liberty used five hits in the decisive inning and scored five of their runs unearned, as a result of an error to start the inning. Mike Robertson's ground out to first with the bases loaded tied the game at 5-5 and Bryan Aanderud's hit through the left side on the next play gave the Flames the lead.
Jacob Kemmerer, who worked a pair of hitless relief innings in the eighth and ninth, earned the win (4-4).
Abram Williams took the loss (2-4) for Radford.
Aanderud hit a two-run homer (2) in the second inning to give Liberty a 2-0 lead, and later the lead grew to 4-1 on Robertson's ground out to third that scored Zack Haley.
Matt Mack drove in a two-out run in the third to get the Highlanders on the board in the bottom of the third. Radford added on four more two-out runs in the fifth to take the lead. After Mack's two-out single kept the inning going, Radford got a walk and error to load the bases – both Patrick Marshall and Josh Gardiner walked with the bases full to push across a pair of runs and cut Liberty's lead to one, 4-3. Zach Costello singled down the line on the next play to bring two more in, and give the Highlanders their first lead, 5-4.
Mack, Matt Hillsinger and Carl Travers had two hits each. Brett Mollenhauer went 0-for-4 with a walk – his hitting streak ended at 17 games.
The Highlanders (28-26-1, 12-12 Big South) finished in a three-way tie for fourth place in the Big South standings - they are seeded No. 5 for the 2012 Baseball Championships, which begin on Tuesday at High Point.
Trailing 4-1 in the fifth, Radford scored four times, plating all of the runs with two outs, to take a 5-4 lead before the Flames (38-18, 14-10) rallied back in the ninth to win.
Liberty used five hits in the decisive inning and scored five of their runs unearned, as a result of an error to start the inning. Mike Robertson's ground out to first with the bases loaded tied the game at 5-5 and Bryan Aanderud's hit through the left side on the next play gave the Flames the lead.
Jacob Kemmerer, who worked a pair of hitless relief innings in the eighth and ninth, earned the win (4-4).
Abram Williams took the loss (2-4) for Radford.
Aanderud hit a two-run homer (2) in the second inning to give Liberty a 2-0 lead, and later the lead grew to 4-1 on Robertson's ground out to third that scored Zack Haley.
Matt Mack drove in a two-out run in the third to get the Highlanders on the board in the bottom of the third. Radford added on four more two-out runs in the fifth to take the lead. After Mack's two-out single kept the inning going, Radford got a walk and error to load the bases – both Patrick Marshall and Josh Gardiner walked with the bases full to push across a pair of runs and cut Liberty's lead to one, 4-3. Zach Costello singled down the line on the next play to bring two more in, and give the Highlanders their first lead, 5-4.
Mack, Matt Hillsinger and Carl Travers had two hits each. Brett Mollenhauer went 0-for-4 with a walk – his hitting streak ended at 17 games.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: KEMMERER, Jacob (4-4)
L: Williams, Abram (2-4)
Batting:
2B: SYPE, Dalton 1 ; HALEY, Zack 1
HR: AANDERUD, Bryan 1
RBI: ROBERTSON, Michael 2 ; AANDERUD, Bryan 3 ; GRAUER, Danny 1 ; SYPE, Dalton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: PARMLEY, Ian 1 ; SMITH, Andy 1 ; CLOSE, Alex 2 ; AANDERUD, Bryan 2 ; CORDELL, Ryan 1 ; HALEY, Zack 3
SB: PARMLEY, Ian 1 ; CORDELL, Ryan 1
HBP: CLOSE, Alex 1 ; HALEY, Zack 1
Batting:
RBI: Costello, Zach 2 ; Mack, Matt 1 ; Marshall, Patrick 1 ; Gardiner, Josh 1
SH: Sipe, Blake 1 ; Bondi, Phil 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kemp, Jeff 1 ; Mack, Matt 1 ; Burgess, Ryan 1 ; Travers, Carl 1 ; Marshall, Patrick 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
1
AB
5
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
5
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
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