MONTICELLO, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team hosted Mississippi College in a non-conference mid-week game on Wednesday afternoon. The Weevils came out with a 13-8 loss to the Choctaws.
Mid-Week, 9 Innings
Arkansas-Monticello: 8, Mississippi College: 13
WP: Jeff Liddell (1-1)
LP:
Zach Boyer (0-1)
SV: None
Scoring Recap:
The Choctaws scored first, plating six runs in the first inning on multiple hits and a home run.
Noah Estrem drove in
Aidan Garrett in the bottom half of the inning on a SAC fly to the right field wall to make it a 5-1 game.
Mississippi College found four more in the third, scoring on a wild pitch, an rbi single and double, and a throwing error.
Estrem collected his second RBI of the day on a ground out to the pitcher, scoring
Camden Tanner for the Weevils' second run of the afternoon.
The Choctaws increased their lead to 12-2, adding a single run in both the fourth and fifth.
Brodie Romero brought two runs across the plate in the bottom of the fifth, scoring Woolf and Tanner on a single up the middle.
Another run in the eighth gave MC a 13-4 lead over UAM.
Deshaun Cordova launched a solo home run to lead off the ninth, and was followed by Estrem's third RBI of the day on a double to right. Romero drove in his third and fourth RBI on a single to center, cutting the Choctaw lead down to 13-8. Unfortunately, the rally would come to an end on a fly ball to right.
The loss on the day drops Arkansas-Monticello to a 9-8, 7-2 GAC record for the 2024 season.
UP NEXT
Arkansas-Monticello is back in action this weekend when they host Harding University in a Conference series. Due to weather, the series has been pushed back to Sunday-Monday. First pitch is set for 1:00 p.m. at Weevils Field.
All live streams and live stats will be available as clickable links on the
UAM Baseball schedule.
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