Cats win series at Charleston

Alex Barr - Picks up first
win over CofC

The Catamount baseball team won their first series over the Charleston Cougars at Patriots Point, taking the rubber game Sunday afternoon from the Cougars by a 10-6 final score.

This will be the final regular season conference series with Charleston as with the Cougars zre moving to the CAA for next season.

The Catamounts exploded for 8 runs in the final two innings of the game, as they entered the eight inning down by a 6-2 score. The Cats tallied seven consecutive hits, including two home runs, in the top of the eighth inning that erased a four-run deficit, then added two more runs in the top of the ninth inning to secure the win.

Catamount starter Jordan Smith, pitched 6.1 innings, and was charged with all six of the Cougar runs, four earned, while striking out six. Reliever Alex Barr picked up the win for the Catamounts, pitching in the seventh and eighth innings and allowed just one hit. The Cougar's Drew Freie  suffered the loss coming into the game at the top of the eighth and could not record an out, allowing four runs on four hits.

The Cats were led by Jacob Hoyle who went 3-for-5 at the plate that included a double and three RBIs. Aaron Attaway posted a solo home run and Tyler White hit a two-run home run, both coming in the eighth inning.


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