Eagles Defeat Pioneers 5-3 to Open Season
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Crowley's Ridge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
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Williams Baptist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. - The Williams Baptist baseball team opened up the 2021 season with a 5-3 win over the Crowley's Ridge Pioneers.
The Pioneers took the lead in the top of the third, but the Eagles battled back and got a run of their own in the bottom half of the third after Palmer Campbell (SO/New Madrid, MO) hit a lead-off double and was brought around to score after a sac fly by Hayden Helvey (SR/Ironton, MO) and an RBI single from Nick Allred (SO/Portageville, Mo.).
The Eagles added another run in the bottom of the fifth after Trent Pobst (SR/Scott City, MO) hit a lead-off double, stole third, and then came around to score after a wild throw by the Pioneers' catcher. In the bottom of the sixth, Pobst hit a 3-run homerun over the center field wall to score Blake Simmons (FR/Charleston, MO) and Campbell.
The Pioneers were able to tack on a run in the eighth and ninth innings, but Brady Sterns (FR/Paragould, AR) was able to come in in relief and keep the Pioneers from doing any more damage.
Pobst was 2-5 with three RBI, while Allred was 1-4 with one RBI, and Helvey was 2-2.
Brennan White (SR/Fredericktown, MO) pitched 7.0 innings, giving up one run off three hits, striking out six and walking one. Kender Carroll (SO/Bentonville, AR) pitched 1.0 inning, giving up one run off one hit, striking out two and walking two. Sterns pitched 1.0 inning, giving up one run, striking out one and walking two.
Up Next
Eagles baseball is next in action on Feb. 23 at Harding University in Searcy, Ark. First pitch is scheduled for 12 p.m.