HARROGATE, Tenn. – Kentucky State Baseball scores a season high of 11 runs in 12-11 loss to Lincoln Memorial in Harrogate, Tennessee.
In the fifth and sixth inning the Thorobreds scored seven of their eleven runs, led by an inside the park grand slam by
Antonio Chambers.
Scoring Plays
At the top of the 1st inning,
Kelton Saylor singled to Centerfield, advancing Dominic Lawson to second and sending
Jared Pierce across home plate.
Lincoln Memorial scored seven runs in the second inning, giving them a 7-1 advantage to close out the 2nd inning.
Roby Schank doubled in a line drive to left field, sending both Saylor and Lawson across home plate, closing the Railsplitters lead 3-7 at the top of the third.
The Railspitters matched the Thorobreds scoring two runs at the bottom of the third to gain a 9-3 lead.
Famble singled to right field, advancing Schank to second,
Adren Thompson to third, allowing Saylor to score.
Antonio Chambers was walked on a bases-loaded advancing Famble to second, Schank to third, and Thompson to home plate. Pierce hit a sacrifice fly out to the right field, advancing Chambers to second, Famble to third, and Schank home. Kentucky State scored three runs in the fifth inning that closed on the Railsplitters lead 6-9.
With the bases loaded at the top of the sixth, Chambers would bring
Collier Higgs, Famble and Saylor across home plate, adding four runs and giving Kentucky State a 10-9 lead.
A homerun by Thompson added the final run for Thorobreds, giving them a two-run 11-9 lead.
Lincoln Memorial scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to win the game 12-11.
Dugout Thoughts
Head Coach Robert Henry was highly pleased with his team's fight and performance at Lincoln Memorial, "Today's game is one where we need to separate the results from the performance. We played really well behind a great relief pitching performance by Mike Pedraza, but gave a very good team too many opportunities to score, and they finally capitalized. It was good to see us put together a lot of quality at-bats, and we showed heart and grit in coming back from being down 7-1 to take the lead, but we need to play better in certain situations to achieve the goals we've set for ourselves. ", Henry said.
