The University of Memphis Tiger split their doubleheader against the University of New Orleans Privateers on Saturday. The Tigers now move to an 11-11 record on the season and the Privateers to 9-10.
The Tigers dropped game one early in the afternoon 6-1 with their only run coming from a RBI by Austin Baskin in the third bringing Alex Fernandes home. They would fail to score the rest of the game while the Privateers scored in the first, second, fourth, seventh and eighth innings.
“We ran into a good arm, and he did a really good job keeping us off balance” said head coach Matt Riser “We had to reset for game two and I thought the guys did a fantastic job of that.”
After a disappointing game on reset is exactly what the Tigers did, winning game two 12-10 in a game where they tripled their hit totals from game one. Both teams would come out scoreless in the first inning which would one of only two scoreless innings by the tigers this game.
The Tigers were able to get on the board first after scoring three run in the second inning headed off by a RBI from Will Macy allowing Pierre Seals to score. Seth Cox would follow with 2 RBI allowing Fernandes and Brennan DuBose to score, already tripling their runs from game one.
They also held the Privateers to no runs until the fourth inning but by then the Tigers had tacked on three more runs. Two runs in the third from a homer by Daunte Stuart and a home stolen by Seals and one run in third from a Baskin home run which was his third in the season. The Privateers scored their first two run in fourth making the score 6-2 at the close of the inning.
In the fifth the Tigers wouldn’t score, but only allowed one run from the Privateers keeping them at bay for the moment. But in the sixth after only allowing one run from the Tigers the Privateers would rally and scored four runs tying the score at 7-7 going into the seventh.
DuBose put the Tigers on the board with a single RBI that scored Seals and the Tigers defense would hold off the Privateers allowing no runs and taking a 8-7 lead headed into the eighth. Tiger scored two runs in the eighth inning a RBI by Jacob Compton and seals giving the Tigers a three run lead.
The Privateers would answer with three runs of their own including another two-run home run by Mitchell Sanford, the same play that tied the game in the sixth now tied the game heading into the ninth.
After two outs defensive replacement Shane Cox would get his first and only at bat in the game and he singled into left field this allow both Baskin and Tyler Heckert to score opening a 10-12 lead late. The Tigers defense came out and held the Privateers to nothing in the ninth after a pick off at first by Dubose and Brayden Sanders stuck out the final out of the game earing his second save of series and fifth on the season.
The Tigers will head to Starkville, Mississippi on Tuesday to face off against the 14-6 Mississippi State for a midweek game at 6 p.m.
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