April 10, 2011
For immediate release:

Huntingdon College
News Release

Hawks Take the GSAC Series with, 10-2, Win over Maryville

MONTGOMERY, Ala --- Huntingdon College’s baseball team dominated Maryville College, 10-2, in Sunday’s victory at Posey Field. The Hawks took the series, 2-1, after limiting the Scots to only two runs in the final game. Boxscore

Senior Sam Griffin (3-2) picked up his third victory after allowing two runs on eight hits with two strikeouts. Junior Caleb Cofield came in relief pitching three innings striking out 7-of-the-9 batters he faced securing Huntingdon’s 18^th win of the season on Sunday.

The Hawks’ offense had the Scots’ number recording 10 runs on 15 hits, while sophomore Caleb Astin (3-for-4) led Huntingdon with three hits on the day. In the win, freshman Joseph Odom and sophomore Evan Agnew each blasted home-runs against the Scots.

Huntingdon opened the series finale with four runs, 4-0, in the bottom of the 1^st inning against the Scots on Sunday. The Hawks’ scored their first run on senior Ryan Harrison’s sacrifice fly to right field driving in senior Stephen Bishop. Odom crushed a three run homer, his team-high fourth of the season, over the left field wall for Huntingdon’s four run advantage, 4-0.

In the bottom of the 3^rd inning, sophomore Evan Agnew recorded his first home-run of the season including a two run blast over the right field wall extending Huntingdon’s margin to six, 6-0.

Maryville’s Mikee Moore’s two run home-run proved to be the Scots’ only offensive highlight of the day cutting Huntingdon’s lead to four, 6-2, in the top of the 4^th inning.

Bishop led off the bottom of the 4^th inning with a double to the left field wall before sophomore Keegan Lambeth’s fly out in right field moved Bishop over to third base. Huntingdon picked up their seventh run of the game, 7-2, when senior Drew Harrell singled to left field driving in Lambeth from third base. Odom drove in his fourth-RBI of the game on a ground out to shortstop scoring Harrell from third base, 8-2, with two outs.

Maryville (22-9, 4-2 GSAC) loaded the bases with no outs for Huntingdon in the bottom of the 6^th inning before Agnew drew an RBI-walk, 9-2. Senior Greg Clayton’s sacrifice fly to left field with two outs drove in sophomore Caleb Astin from third, 10-2, giving the Hawks an eight run victory.

Huntingdon gave Maryville's Johnny Lingo (5-1) his first loss of the season after allowing six runs on ten hits in 3 1/3 innings on Sunday.

The Hawks (18-11, 3-3 GSAC) travel to LaGrange, Georgia for a three game GSAC series against LaGrange College beginning on Friday, Apr. 15, at 7 p.m. Eastern.