MONTICELLO, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball hosted Southwestern Oklahoma State University Friday afternoon for the first two games of their conference series. The Weevils came out game one with an 8-7 walk-off win over the Bulldogs, followed by a 3-2 walk-off win in extras of game two.
Game 1, 9 Innings
Arkansas-Monticello: 8, Southwestern Oklahoma: 7
WP:
C.
Kyle Roop (2-0)
LP: A. Page (3-1)
SV: None
Scoring Recap:
The Bulldogs scored first in game one, seeing the lead off hitter take the second pitch of the game over the center field wall.
UAM responded with four runs over the next three innings.
DeShaun Cordova drove in the first on a single to left, followed by a two run bomb from
Camden Tanner, and a solo shot from
Aidan Garrett to take a 4-1 lead as the fourth came to a close.
SWOSU found a second run in the top of the sixth, but were matched in the bottom of the inning as Tanner drove in a run on a SAC fly.
Tanner launched his second home run of the ball game in the eighth, pushing Monticello to a 7-2 lead.
Southwestern Oklahoma put up five runs in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 7-7.
Parker Dorrance walked it off in the bottom of the inning on a double to right center.
Game 2, 8 Innings
Arkansas-Monticello: 3, Southwestern Oklahoma: 2
WP:
Trey Miller (1-1)
LP: A Page (3-2)
SV: None
Scoring Recap:
Camden Tanner kicked off the second with an RBI single in the third to give UAM the lead.
Parker Dorrance launched a solo home run in the fourth to push the Weevil lead to 2-0.
A 2-RBI single in the sixth for SWOSU tied the game up.
Chaz Poppy walked off the game in extra innings on a shot off the right center wall to give UAM a 3-2 win.
The weekend series win pushes Arkansas-Monticello to a 24-18, 20-9 GAC record for the 2024 season.
GAME DAY SPONSOR
UAM Athletics would like to give a massive shout out to Friday afternoon's game day sponsor, Citizen's Bank! Thank you for your continued support of UAM Athletics!
UP NEXT
Arkansas-Monticello is back in action Saturday, Apr. 20 as they look to finish out their conference series with Southwestern Oklahoma State University. First pitch is set for 12:00 p.m.
All live streams and live stats will be available as clickable links on the
UAM Baseball schedule.
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