The Emory University baseball team used another big inning on
Sunday, this time a five-run seventh, to complete the three-game
sweep of Hendrix College, winning 8-4 at Chappell Park.
The victory was the fourth-straight for the Eagles and their sixth
win in their last seven games, as Emory improved to 21-10 overall
on the season. Hendrix fell below .500 to 13-14 on the
campaign with the loss.
Starting pitcher Caleb Long pitched seven innings
for Emory, allowing four runs on eight hits and two walks, while
striking out seven batters. The sophomore improved to 5-0 on
the season through five appearances, and ended the game with a 2.08
earned run average.
After Long matched scoreless inning with Hendrix starter Will
Harris through the first two and a half frames, Emory broke through
against the freshman in the bottom of the third. The Eagles
loaded the bases with one out, and sophomore Daniel
Iturrey drove in two runs with a single. Emory added
a third run in the inning when Brandon Hannon
scored on a wild pitch.
However, Harris would regain his composure, getting out of the
inning with the bases loaded, and keeping Emory off the board over
the next three innings.
Meanwhile, the Warriors would begin their comeback in the top of
the fourth, scoring two runs, and had the potential to add more in
the inning, if not for Hannon’s seventh outfield assist of
the season, as the freshman threw out a runner at the plate for the
second out of the inning. Trailing 3-2 heading into the
fifth, Hendrix scored two more runs on a two-out single up the
middle from Kyle Raskin, taking a 4-3 lead over the Eagles.
Emory would continue to trail by a run until the bottom of the
seventh. With one out and runners on the corners,
Jonathan Reilly doubled in both runners to give
the Eagles a 5-4 lead. Emory added on to the lead with RBI
singles from Patrick Riebsame and Jay
Page, and a sacrifice fly from Gabe
Shivers.
Long would leave the game with the lead after seven innings to earn
the victory. Freshman Matt McMahon pitched
two scoreless innings to close out the game for Emory.
Iturrey and Reilly each had two RBIs during the game for Emory,
while Hannon and Andrew Cohn each added two hit
performances at the plate.
The Eagles will now look ahead to a key regional matchup on
Tuesday, as Emory will travel to Maryville College (Tenn.) for a
4:00 PM EST game.