Eagles Season Comes to an End With Loss to Hornets in AMC Tournament

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Williams Baptist baseball team saw its season come to an end after a 10-9 loss to the Harris-Stowe Hornets on Tuesday afternoon in the first round of the AMC Tournament. 

The Eagles jumped out to a 1-0 lead after the top of the first when Trent Pobst (SR/Scott City, MO) scored on Brody Ninemire (SR/Viola, AR)'s RBI sac fly. The Hornets responded with three runs in the first and two runs in the second to take a 5-1 lead. The Eagles got a run back in the top of the third when Ninemire hit a solo shot over the left field wall to make it 5-2. Unfortunately for the Eagles, the Hornets would score three runs in the bottom half of the third to extend their lead to 8-2. 

The Eagles took advantage of three errors by the Hornets in the fifth inning to chip away at the Hornets' lead. Nick Allred (SO/Portageville, Mo.) got things going when he reached base on a wild throw by the shortstop. Then Palmer Campbell (SO/New Madrid, MO) hit a RBI double to center field that scored Allred. Jarron Brantley (FR/Jonesboro, AR) hit a RBI single to right to score Campbell, and then Brantley advanced to second on a wild throw by the first baseman. Brady Smith (SO/Cave City, Ark.) reached base on a wild throw by the third baseman and the Brantley came around to score on the batted ball. This made it 8-5. 

The Eagles continued to chip away at the Hornets' lead in the sixth. Pobst led things off with an infield single and then Dezmond Cordova (FR/Little Rock, Ark.) was hit by a pitch to give the Eagles two on with no outs. Ninemire grounded out and advanced the runners to second and third. Pobst then scored on a wild pitch and Cordova advanced to third. Allred was hit by a pitch to give the Eagles runners on the corners with one out. Then they executed a double steal that saw Cordova come home and Allred move to second. The Hornets' lead was cut to 8-7. 

In the bottom half of sixth, the Hornets added another run to give themselves a two run lead, but the Eagles weren't done yet. In the top of the seventh, with two outs, back-to-back-to-back singles by Sam Philley (SO/Oak Grove, LA), Pobst, and Cordova scored a run. Then Pobst scored on an error by the catcher to tie the game at 9. 

The Hornets retook the lead in the bottom of the eighth, and that left the Eagles down to their final three outs, which they didn't do much with. They had two fly outs and a pop out to end the game and their season. 

Pobst went 3-5 in the game, while Ninemire led the team with two RBIs. 

Brennan White (SR/Fredericktown, MO) got the start and pitched 1.1 innings. He gave up five runs off five hits, walked one, and struck out one. Brady Sterns (FR/Paragould, AR) pitched 0.2 innings of relief and gave up three runs off one hit and walked one. Alex O'Brien (FR/Marion, Ark.) pitched 3.1 innings of relief and gave up one run off two hits, walked two and struck out three. Chase Hutson (JR/Paragould, Ark.) pitched 2.1 innings of relief and was given the loss. He gave up one run off three hits, walked one and struck out two. Heath Taylor (JR/Wynne, Ark.) pitched 0.1 inning of relief.