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Claudia Wellman
8
Winner Mount St. Mary's MOUNT 2-0
5
Longwood LWUBASE 0-2
Winner
Mount St. Mary's MOUNT
2-0
8
Final
5
Longwood LWUBASE
0-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mount St. Mary's MOUNT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 13 3
Longwood LWUBASE 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 5 2

W: RIVERA,J (1-0) L: Fisher, Brenton (0-1) S: DAVIS,J (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Longwood Baseball Falls To Mount St. Mary's 8-5

Late Rally Sends Mountaineers Past Lancers

FARMVILLE, Va. – For a second straight day, one big inning proved to be the difference in a tight baseball game between Mount St. Mary's and Longwood. This time, it was the ninth inning. The Mount scored six runs to take the game and the series against the Lancers with one game to play.
 
SCORE
 
                   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     R     H     E
MSM         0     0     0     0     0     0     0     2     6     8     13   3
LWU          0     0     0     0     0     1     2     1     1     5     5     2
 
Top Performers
Hayden Harris: 1-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR, 3 BB
Ryan Miller: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 8 K
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
Early on, starting pitchers ruled the field for the two teams. Ryan Miller twirled six shutout frames in his Lancer debut, and he struck out eight while only giving up three hits and three walks. While Luke Pryor walked seven in 4.2 innings, he didn't allow a hit or run for Mount St. Mary's.
 
Eventually, though, the Lancers took the lead. Hayden Harris swatted a solo home run in the sixth to break open the scoring, and the Lancers took advantage of an error that led to two more runs in the seventh for a 3-0 lead.
 
However, Mount St. Mary's trimmed the lead to 3-2 by taking advantage of a pair of Lancer mistakes with the bases loaded.
 
After Longwood pushed the lead back to two runs on a squeeze play by Corbin McCloud, Mount Saint Mary's ripped off five straight singles for a two-out rally in the top of the ninth. The base knocks led to six runs before Longwood could stop the avalanche down 8-4.
 
Greg Ryan singled in a run in the bottom half of the inning, but the damage was done.
 
Jason Rivera (1-0) earned the win after being the pitcher of record in the eighth for Mount St. Mary's. Jeff Davis came on in relief in the ninth to earn the save.
 
Brenton Fisher (0-1) took the loss for the Lancers.
 
WHAT THEY SAID:
 
"That was a tough one—great job by Mount St. Mary's. Those guys continued to fight and claw down to the last out," said Longwood Head Coach Chad Oxendine. "We played much cleaner baseball today. Ryan Miller pitched an incredible game. We have to continue to get better though. We can't allow the last two games to define our season."
 
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
 
Longwood drew 10 walks in the contest.
 
Hayden Harris hit his first home run of the season and Longwood's third home run in two games.
 
UP NEXT:
 
Longwood and Mount St. Mary's close out the final game of the series on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Buddy Bolding Stadium.
 
#GoWood #HorsePower
 
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