EMORY, VA – After winning game one on Friday afternoon, UVA Wise clinched their third consecutive SAC series victory with a 10-3 win in game two, before dropping the nightcap in extra innings 4-3.
UVA Wise (16-4, 6-3 SAC) finished the weekend in third place in the South Atlantic Conference, just one game back of the top spot in the standings.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Game One (Friday): UVA Wise 9, Emory and Henry 8
Final Game Two: UVA Wise 10, Emory and Henry 3
Final Game Three: UVA Wise 3, Emory and Henry 4 (8 Innings)
Records: UVA Wise (16-4, 6-3 SAC); Emory and Henry (2-15, 1-8 SAC)
Location: Emory, VA | Porterfield-DeVault Field
GAME TWO:
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Justin Snider started on the hill for the Cavaliers and threw 6 innings, scattering seven hits, while allowing just two runs (1 earned), and departing with a 7-2 lead in the 7
th inning, earning him the win on the mound.
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Jacob Boyle got the Cavalier scoring started with a solo homerun in the 1
st inning.
-The Cavs extended their lead to 4-0 in the third as Josh Morgan drove in two with an RBI double before
Jaden Ruehling singled home Morgan. Morgan would add RBI's in the 5
th inning and 8
th inning as he finished the game with four hits and five RBI's.
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Jaden Ruehling drove in two runs in the game one victory on two hits.
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Jeb Hurst added a solo home run in the 8
th inning, his third home run of the season and 16
th run batted in.
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Nash Bingham finished off the Wasps in game one with two scoreless innings of relief allowing just two hits.
GAME THREE
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Houston Sarvis started on the mound for the Cavaliers and earned a no-decision, after throwing 6.2 innings. Sarvis ultimately allowed three earned runs on five hits while striking out six, in a game that was tied four different times and saw four lead changes.
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Jake Smith paced the offense, as he went 4-4 with two solo homeruns, driving in two in the finale. His second home run of the game (4
th of the season) gave the Cavs a 3-2 lead after six innings, only to see the Wasps tie the game with two outs in the 7
th inning.
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DJ Dickson had a two-hit game for the Cavs and scored a run for the Cavs on a
Joshua Morgan sacrifice fly.
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Bo Trantham (4-1) suffered his first loss of the season, allowing a solo home run in the 8
th inning after getting out of a jam in the 7
th inning sending the game to extra innings.
UP NEXT
The UVA Wise Baseball Team will begin a nine game homestand this week as they host the Pioneers of Tusculum in a non-conference mid-week tilt on Tuesday night, before hosting Anderson University for a weekend series.
