The Lipscomb baseball team wrapped up Easter weekend with a series against Mississippi Valley State, winning all three games — 7-1,11-1, 16-3.
With these three wins, Lipscomb moves to 15-9 on the season.
In the first game, the Bisons won 7-1. The big hit for Lipscomb came on a two-run, inside the park homerun by sophomore Michael Gigliotti. Starting pitcher and senior Cody Glenn pitched a complete game for the Bisons to take his record to 2-0 on the season.
In the second game, the Bisons scored 11 runs to take the game 11-1. The game was shortened to seven innings by the coaches’ mutual agreement. It ended with a three-run homerun by Gigliotti.
“I think Gigliotti would love to trade the homeruns for all the baseballs he hit on the nose,” said Lipscomb head coach Jeff Forehand. “That is the funny part about this game.”
For the three games, Lipscomb’s starting pitchers had two complete games and an eight inning performance by sophomore Brady Puckett, who also had a career high 11 strikeouts.
“The plan is that you always want to rest your bullpen as much as possible,” Forehand said. “You want to have the relief pitchers only come in when they have to.”
The Bisons dominated the Delta Devils in the last game 16-3. In the sixth inning the Bisons scored five runs. The biggest hit of the game came from senior Adam Lee, who hit a grand slam homerun.
Sophomore Lee Solomon also had the school record for stolen bases in a game with five.
“Coach Coon and Lee work on that a lot during practice,” Forehand said. “Lee looks for every opportunity to steal a bag. I am happy that he was able to break the record.”
Lipscomb will take on UT-Martin at 6 p.m. Tuesday night at Ken Dugan Field.
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