MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Alabama State University captured a 10-0 win before falling 7-2 in the nightcap of a doubleheader with
Yale University on Saturday at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
FINAL 1: Alabama State 9 | Yale 0
FINAL 2: Alabama State x | Yale x
Location: Montgomery, Ala. | Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex
Records: Alabama State 5-5 | Yale 1-2
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HOW IT HAPPENED (GM 1)
- Corey King hit a three-run home run with Jamal George and Trenton Jamison aboard to stake the Hornets to a 3-0 lead in the second.
- Jamison singled up to score two runs and give the Hornets a. 5-0 lead in the third.
- Jack Hay singled in Kyler McIntosh to push the lead to 7-0.
- The Hornets added a run in the fifth on a Jamal George sac-fly to take an 8-0 lead.
- Ian Matos doubled and scored on a wild pitch to push the lead to 9-0 in the sixth.
- Matos doubled and scored on a Hay single to end the game due to the NCAA mercy-rule
ON THE MOUND (GM 1)
- Omar Melendez (2-0) fanned seven Bulldogs while yielding no runs on seven hits to get the complete game win.
- Jimmy Chatfield (0-1) gave up six runs on five hits with a strikeout to take the loss.
INSIDE THE BOX (GM 1)
- Kyler McIntosh had three hits, including a double.
- Ian Matos had three doubles and walked twice.
- King went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBI in game one.
- Hay drove in two runs and had two hits.
- Sloan collected two hits that included a double and one RBI.
HOW IT HAPPENED (GM 2)
- Colton Shaw hit a two-run home run and two runs crossed on throwing errors to take an early 4-0 lead.
- George singled home a run and Hay drew a bases-loaded walk to cut the Yale lead to 4-2 in the fifth.
- Chatfield and. Swank drove in runs during a two-run eighth to extend the Yale lead to 7-2.
ON THE MOUND (GM 2)
- Osvaldo Mendez (1-1) struck out six and allowed four runs, two earned, on five hits as the pitcher of record for the Hornets.
- Yale starter Reid Easterly (2-0) tossed 5.0 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and striking out five to earn the win
- Mark Capell (1) recorded the save slowing no runs on no hits with five strikeouts to get the save.
INSIDE THE BOX (GM 2)
UP NEXT: Alabama State and Yale wrap up the three-game set with a single game on Sunday at 11 a.m.