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BASE
Hailey Wilkinson
6
West Ga. UWG 6-17, 3-2 ASUN
10
Winner Stetson STET 10-14, 2-3 ASUN
West Ga. UWG
6-17, 3-2 ASUN
6
Final
10
Stetson STET
10-14, 2-3 ASUN
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
West Ga. UWG 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 12 1
Stetson STET 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 X 10 13 1

W: Haywood, Lathan (1-0) L: Ridley, Luke (1-1) S: Lepine, Andrew (3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Danny Talbert

UWG Baseball Falls in Series Finale

DELAND, Fla. - West Georgia baseball was overpowered by Stetson University 10-6 in Sunday's road series finale.

UWG (6-18, 3-3 ASUN) battled hard in game three, but could not keep pace with the Hatters (11-14, 3-3 ASUN) in a back-and-forth battle that saw big scoring swings. SU claimed a 2-1 series win with today's victory. 

"Today was disappointing. We came out, we scored first, but then we gave up four in a fourth, and it kind of just deflated the tone," said head coach Jeff Smith. "It's a long, long season and we have a lot left. I look forward to getting back and competing next week."

Similar to game two, the series finale opened with the Wolves scoring first. In the opening frame, Blake Bradford reached on a fielder's choice and drove in a run to put UWG up 1-0.

Unlike yesterday's game, it did not take long for the Hatters to respond. In the bottom of the first frame, a sacrifice fly to right field allowed a Hatter to reach home to lock the game at 1-1. With two base runners on, SU pushed its advantage to 4-1 with a home run over the center field fence. 

Before the Hatters knew what hit them, the Wolves strung together a three-run swing to knot the game at 4-4 over the next two frames. Gabe Wuerth kicked off the UWG counterattack when he was walked with the bases loaded in the second. In the following frame, West Georgia added three more runs thanks to an RBI base hit courtesy of Fano Cruz and an RBI ground out from Landon Weidner. 

In the bottom of the third, the momentum swung back the other way. With the Hatters now taking advantage of a base loaded situation, SU scored three runs thanks to a hit by pitch and a single to left that brought a pair of Hatters home. Heading into the fourth, UWG trailed 7-4. 

Following a scoreless fourth frame, UWG cut the hosts' lead to 7-5 after Bradford reached home on Mason Cooper's fielder's choice at-bat.

SU would respond an inning later with a two-run RBI single to center field, pushing out to a 9-5 lead.

Stetson added another score in the eighth to extend its lead to 10-5.

UWG answered with an RBI double in the ninth by Bradford, but would run out of chances before staging the comeback. Wolves fell 10-6.

The Wolves return to Cole Field to host Mercer this Tuesday. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.

NOTABLE NUMBERS
-UWG now sits at 1-1 in ASUN series this season. 
-Starting pitcher Luke Ridley struck out three batters and conceded six runs in his two frames on the mound. He was tagged with the loss, bringing his record to 1-1 on the season. 
-Pitching in two frames, Grant Edwards was the only Wolf to prevent Stetson from scoring.
-Coming off a five-hit game, Patrick McCullough recorded his tenth multi-hit performance of the season today, finishing with three hits.

Talking about his performances from this weekend, Smith said, "He's (Patrick McCullough) doing what he needs to do hitting the ball. He's doing a good job of putting balls in play and making things happen, that's why we keep him in the middle."

-Bradford finished the day with three hits and Cooper recorded two to round out the group players with more than one hit.
-Stetson now leads UWG 7-2 in the all-time series. 


 
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