Brewton-Parker Baseball Battles Middle Georgia

Courtesy of BPC

The Brewton-Parker College Barons Baseball team took on Middle Georgia College in a three-game series last week.

Game 1

Brewton-Parker Baseball returned home to Mount Vernon to host Middle Georgia on Friday afternoon for a single nine-inning contest. The Barons (1-4) knocked the Knights (0-1) in a 12-2 victory, forcing the seven-inning run-rule with the 10-run deficit.

Middle Georgia opened the game with a home run and a sacrifice flyout for a pair of scores in the opening inning and was followed by a Brewton-Parker response that produced a big bottom half by plastering five runs to the scoreboard.

The Barons pieced together four hits to bring home five runs. Tate Worrell connected on a bunt to load the bases after a pair of opening walks. Kennard Dawson singled to bring home the first run before Michael Son notched an RBI base hit as well. Worrell was brought in on a balk before Drew DeMasi and Jacob Mantooth both produced RBI ground outs.

In the bottom of the second, Carson Kirby hit a laser over the right field wall to give BPC a 6-2 advantage. Brandon Lawrence connected on a double that went deep down the left field line but was caught out at third trying to extend the play. BPC tallied one more base hit from Worrell before closing the inning.

After a few scoreless innings, Middle Georgia put a pair of runners on the bases but were unable to score before the Barons added three more runs to the tally in the bottom of the fifth to extend the lead to seven. Worrell began with a single as Dawson followed with a two-run shot over the left field wall for an 8-2 lead. Jack Morris added another to the board with an RBI single to left field to give BPC a 9-2 advantage, heading to the sixth inning.

MGA produced another two-hit, scoreless inning in the top of the sixth before BPC put the game well out of reach in the bottom half of the inning, scoring three more runs. After a batter was hit by a pitch and a walk to open, Worrell batted in a run before BPC added a score on a wild pitch. The Barons utilized another wild pitch to move the score to 122. BPC managed to sneak out of a scoreless, threehit seventh inning from the Knights to hold on to the 10-run advantage to secure the run-rule victory.

Brewton-Parker held an 11-9 hit advantage and also controlled a 10-2 RBI margin. Worrell went 4-for-4 on the day with three runs and an RBI and was followed by Dawson and Morris with a pair of hits each. Dawson led the game with three RBIs and knocked a homer alongside Kirby. Alex Muns (1-0) earned the start and picked up his first win, pitching 6.1 innings and striking out six batters while walking two and giving up a pair of earned runs. Dakota Davis cleaned up the game with 0.2 innings worth of work, recording two strikeouts.

Saturday

Bre w t o n – Pa r k e r Baseball hit the road for a short trip to Cochran, Ga., to take on Middle Georgia in the final two games of the weekend series on Saturday afternoon. The Barons (2-5) split the doubleheader against the Knights (1-2) in a 3-2 game one loss and a 7-3 game two victory at Stuckey Field.

Game 2

Carson Kirby was looking to get the bats hot early for the Barons, opening with a double down the left field line and advancing to third on an error to put BPC in a great scoring opportunity. Unfortunately, Brewton-Parker followed with three straight strikeouts to close the inning and to leave Kirby stranded.

Middle Georgia put together a pair of hits and took advantage of two errors, a pair of stolen bases, and a walk to score three runs for an early advantage. The bats were cold for Brewton-Parker for most of the game until the sixth inning when Drew DeMasi notched an RBI single to center field to post a run. BPC was also gifted a run via an error to cut the deficit to one.

Jack Morris and Kendell Wade connected for base hits, but the Barons left the pair of runners stranded to close out the top half of the seventh to drop the scheduled seven-inning contest, 3- 2.

Both teams notched four hits apiece and gave up a pair of errors as well. Four Barons notched hits with Kirby recording a double and a sacrifice hit as well. Brandon Lawrence stole two bases Kennard Dawson and J. Reid Phillips stole a bag each. Brandon Russell pitched 5.1 innings and received his first loss of the season, striking out five batters and walking three. Ryan Dopson closed the game, pitching the final two at-bats.

Game 3

The Barons flipped the script in the second game, securing a solid 7-3 victory over the Knights by starting with a three-hit second inning to open the game. After a leadoff walk, Michael Son tripled to bring in Dawson before DeMasi singled. Son managed to score on a double play from Morris, which was followed by a base hit from Jacob Mantooth to close out the inning with a 2-0 lead in favor of BPC.

Bre w t o n – Pa r k e r added to the tally in the top of the third, scoring four runs on three hits to move to a 6-0 lead. Kirby was hit by a pitch to start and Lawrence was walked to put a pair of runners on the bags before Tate Worrell connected for an RBI double.

Dawson followed up with an RBI single while Son trailed with an RBI double for the 5-0 advantage. BPC moved to a six-run lead with a sacrifice fly from DeMasi, but also left a trio of runners on the bases to close the inning.

MGA finally responded with an RBI single in the bottom of the third to gain a run back and added another in the fifth with a solo homer to cut the deficit to four runs. The Barons added one final run to the total in the top of the sixth, connecting for three hits in the process.

Lawrence and Dawson produced base hits and were followed up by an RBI single from Son for the 7-2 lead. Brewton- Parker did a great job to close out the final three innings, holding the five-run cushion to secure the weekend series 2- 1.

BPC held an 11-6 edge in hits and was led by Son’s three hits and three RBIs. Son produced a double and a triple as well. Worrell, Dawson, and Mantooth all produced two hits each. Brewton-Parker gave up three errors. Ty Cook (10) earned the win, tossing 5.2 innings and striking out 10 batters in the process. Four other arms made appearances on the mound with Carlos Rodriguez closing the final inning and notching two strikeouts.

Bre w t o n – Pa r k e r hosts Rio Grande (Ohio) for a four-game homestand this weekend, starting on Friday at 3:00 p.m.