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Adidas
Adidas
Noah Fitzgerald
S and S Pix
16
Winner Tusculum TU 3-1
10
Young Harris YHC 2-2
Winner
Tusculum TU
3-1
16
Final
10
Young Harris YHC
2-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Tusculum TU 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 16 19 1
Young Harris YHC 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 4 10 13 3

W: Harbor Jefferson (1-0) L: Harris, McLain (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Michael MacEachern
Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Communications

Tusculum outlasts Mountain Lions 16-10 in 11 innings

YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | Tusculum University scored 10 unearned runs in the 11th inning as the Pioneers outlasted Young Harris College 16-10 in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday (Feb. 23) afternoon at Zell B. Miller Field.

The Pioneers improved to 3-1, while the Mountain Lions fell to 2-2.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:
  • All 16 runs scored by the Pioneers were unearned.
  • YHC took a 1-0 lead in the first as Tucker Greer and Noah Fitzgerald led off with back-to-back doubles.
  • Tusculum took a 4-1 lead in the third  after Luis Ezra connected on a grand slam to right.
  • The Mountain Lions pulled with a run at 4-3 after single runs in the fifth and seventh innings. Greer had an RBI double in the fifth, while John Miller stroked an RBI double in the seventh.
  • After Tusculum scored two runs in the top of the ninth to open a 6-3 lead, the Mountain Lions scored three times in the bottom half to tie the game at 6 and send it into extras. Pinch hitter Mark Castle drew and walk before Miller smacked a two-run homer to left field. Greer followed with a solo home run to left field.
  • Ethan Underwood led off the 10th inning for YHC with a double, but was left stranded.
  • Tusculum then exploded for 10 unearned runs in thr 11th as the Pioneers took advantage of Young Harris' fifth error in the game,
  • YHC pushed across four runs in the bottom of the 11th.  Keith Lyle and Kyle Ayers had sacrifice flies for the Mountain Lions, while Underwood drove in a run with single.
  • McLain Harris (0-1) absorbed the loss.
  • Greer led the Mountain Lions with three hits, while Fitzgerald, Underwood and Miller added two each as YHC collected 13 hits.
  • The teams combined to strand 25 runners (Tusculum 15, Young Harris 10).
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