EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.- Little Rock Baseball avoids the sweep and takes sole ownership of first place in the OVC.
Tyler Williams breaks the career home run record with a 2-home run performance pushing his total to 28.
How It Happened
Jake Wright got it all started after getting on base to lead off the game.
Nico Baumbach brought Wright home with an RBI single to put the Trojans on the board.
Jack Cline got the start in today
s game and put up a shutout inning to hold the Trojans' lead.
In the top of the second,
Tyler Williams tied the career home run record at 27 with a solo shot to double the Trojans' lead.
Skyler Trevino then stepped to the plate and hit a solo home run of his own giving him 8 on the year and 23 for his career. Williams and Trevino hit the first back-to-back home runs for Little Rock since 2018. The Cougars responded in the home half of the second with 2 runs to cut the lead to 1.
The third inning is when it really started to click for the Trojans. After 2 quick outs, Little Rock went one to post a 7-run inning which is the most in a single inning this season. it all started with a hustle double from
Ben Harmon. Harmon would then score off an RBI single from
Tyler Williams. Williams would then score off an RBI double from
Skyler Trevino. Trevino was brought home by an RBI double from
Alex Seguine. After a pitching change from SIUE,
Jake Wright stepped to the plate and earned a walk with Seguine advancing to third on a wild pitch. After Wright stole second,
Luke Pectol brought Seguine home with an RBI single. Pectol then advance to second on a balk which scored Wright. Finally,
Nico Baumbach stepped to the plate and sent one past the highway for a 2-run homer to cap off the big inning. The Trojans ended the inning with 7 runs, on 6 hits, with no errors and no one left on base.
After the big inning,
Jack Cline posted and 8-pitch shutout inning with the help of the defense behind him.
The fourth inning was the first inning of the game in which the Trojans did not score. The Cougars answered in the bottom of the fourth with a mini rally of their own scoring 3 runs to cut the lead to 5. In the next half inning,
Luke Pectol sent solo home run far beyond the left field wall to add a run for Little Rock. In the bottom of the fifth, the Cougars plated 2 runs again to cut the lead now 11-7.
In the top of the eighth,
Tyler Williams would make history again by hitting his 28th home run of his career setting a new career home run record in a Little Rock uniform.Â
The Cougars would add 2 runs late in the ninth inning, but it would be too little to surmount the deficit as
Hunter Royal would punchout the final batter of the game.
With the Sunday win, Little Rock now sits at the top of the Ohio Valley Conference with sole possession of first place.Â
Key Players
- Tyler Williams went 4/5 scoring 3 runs with 2 home runs and 3 RBI
- Luke Pectol went 2/4 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI
- Nico Baumbach went 3/5 with a home run, a run scored, and 3 RBI
- Skyler Trevino grabbed 2 hits with a home run and a double and 2 RBI
- Josh Beezley was the pitcher of record going 5.0 innings with 2 strikeouts
- Hunter Royal closed the game and earned his second save of the week with 3 straight outs
