ST. LOUIS – The University of Missouri-St. Louis baseball team swept Alabama Huntsville in its season opening doubleheader 9-4 and 2-0 on Friday afternoon at Charger Park in Huntsville, Ala. The Tritons are 2-0 while the Chargers fall to 2-3.
Game 1 – UMSL 9 Alabama Huntsville 4
UMSL got on the board first with a run in the second inning.
Mitchell Green and
Jordan Aguallo got back-to-back singles with two outs to put runners on the corner for
Justin Simard. The Tritons stole a run as Aguallo got caught in a rundown between first and second and stayed it in long enough to allow Green to score.
The Chargers took the lead with a pair of unearned runs in their half of the third.
UMSL retook the lead scoring three times in the fourth.
Kameron Laskowski led off the inning with a single, went to a second on a balk and advanced to third on a single by
Logan Mantz.
Leighton Keller reached on a fielder's choice to the pitcher as Laskowski scored on a throwing error by Connor Brooks to tie the game. Green put the Tritons back in front with a double to right driving in Mantz and Keller.
UAH cut UMSL's lead in its half of the fourth on a solo home run off the bat of Colin Brewer with one out in the frame. The Chargers tied the game in the fifth on a single by Landon Ezzell that scored Garrett Bodine.
The Tritons retook the lead in the seventh. Jacob Isaacs scored from second on a soft groundout to second off the bat of
Carson Holin to make it 5-4 and then Laskowski singled to center to bring home
Braedon Stoakes.
UMSL broke it open with three runs in the eighth. Simard drove in Keller with a single to left center with one out. After an error by the pitcher loaded the bases, Stoakes brought in
Isaac Powers, running for Green, with a sacrifice fly to right. Holin drove in his second run of the game lining a single over the second baseman's head to bring in Simard. Isaacs also tried to score on the play but was thrown out at home to end the inning.
The Tritons outhit UAH 11-5 in the contest and were led by Green, Laskowski and Simard with two hits apiece. Green and Holin had two RBI each.
Dylan Wobbe picked up the win allowing a run on two hits with five strikeouts in two innings of relief work.
Brady Krile got the final nine outs to pick up the save.
Game 2 – UMSL 2 Alabama Huntsville 0
The nightcap between UMSL and the Chargers was a pitcher's duel as the game was scoreless until the seventh. Aguallo led off the top of the seventh with a single, stole second and scored on
Andrew Buescher's single through the left side of the infield.
The Tritons added an insurance run later in the inning as Stoakes doubled down the right field line to drive in Powers, who was running for Steiner.
Trent Anderson completed the shutout setting down UAH in order in the bottom of the seventh getting a pair of strikeouts and a fly out to right.
The Tritons outhit the Chargers 7-5 in the game and were led by Stoakes with three hits while Aguallo added two hits.
Anderson, pitching in relief of
Nick Torres, tossed the final three innings allowing no runs on two hits with two punchouts and a pair of walks to pick up the win. Torres threw the first four innings allowing just three hits while striking out two but issued four free passes.
UMSL and UAH conclude their four-game series with a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. at Charger Park.
