Baseball splits opening games at Stillman College
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - After the defending Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular season champion Wiley University baseball team's offense was subdued in a 4-1 series-opening loss, it came to life in an 18-4 victory in the second game against Stillman College Friday at Tiger Field.
The Wildcats (10-6, 4-1 HBCUAC) move to 4-6 on the road. It's their sixth game scoring in double-digits. In the opener, they only got two hits off Stillman's ace Griff Minor - a single by Jacob Perez in the fourth and one by Adrian Cindo in the seventh. Perez got Wiley on the board when he singled, advanced to third on an error and came home on Del Villar's ground ball to first.
Keyon Guillory held Stillman scoreless in the first three innings but got tagged for four runs on four hits in the fourth. He finished the game with eight hits, five walks and struck out six.
Wiley flipped the switch in Game 2, scoring 18 runs on 19 hits. It torched Stillman for eight runs on eight hits in the second inning. With one out, Smauri Abram singled to short and Anthony Castaneda singled through the left side. Abel Rodriguez laid down a sacrifice bunt and an error brought home Abram and Ryan Clark, who courtesy-ran for Castaneda. Eddie Garza scored Rodriguez with a single. Ryan Ready and Del Villar hit RBI singles. Armand Daigre drove in two with a double and scored on a wild pitch.
After allowing two runs, the Wildcats responded with four. Garza walked with one out, stole second and advanced to third on a passed ball. Perez walked and Ready brought both of them home with a single through the right side. A double by Del Villar set up a sacrifice fly for Jhan Carlos Javier. Daigre hit an RBI single.
Ready went 4-for-4 with a double, scored four runs and drove in three. Daigre went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a run and four RBI. Abram went 3-for-5 with a triple, two runs and three RBI. Del Villar went 3-for-4 with three runs and a RBI. Garza recorded two hits, stole two bases and drove in two runs. Javier went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI. Eight Wildcats recorded hits and scored runs and seven recorded RBI.
Isaac Burciaga picked up his third win, holding the Tigers to three runs on five hits, walked four and struck out five. Juan Pena pitched the final two innings and allowed a run on a hit and struck out one.
The Wildcats will wrap the series at 1 p.m. Saturday.
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About Wiley University Athletics
Wiley University sponsors 12 varsity sports, women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field and baseball. It competes in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) and the Continental Athletic Conference for men's and women's soccer.
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