Lipscomb may have beaten Kennesaw State in an extra inning 4-3 victory Friday night, but the Owls answered back in the final two games of the series at Ken Dugan Field in Stephen L. Marsh Stadium.
The first game of the series came with a walk-off win for the Bisons courtesy of senior Josh Lee. Lee hit the walk-off double in the bottom of the tenth inning.
Freshman Jeffrey Crisan had an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth, and senior Jonathan Allison had two RBI’s in the bottom of the first and third. Lipscomb was hoping to carry the momentum from the first game into the rest of the series.
In the second game on Saturday afternoon, the Owls answered back, defeating the Bisons 4-3.
Senior Mike Korte had two RBI’s in the second and seventh innings. KSU had three runs scored in the fifth due to RBI’s by Alex Liquori and Grant Williams.
An error by Lipscomb second baseman Korte also contributed to the Owl’s scoring. Liquori had an RBI single in the top of the eighth for the Owls.
Junior Chucky Vazquez tried to get something going for Lipscomb in the bottom of the ninth by hitting a solo home run, but Lipscomb could not tack on any more runs. The Bisons were looking for a better result in the final game on Sunday.
The final game of the series resulted in a 12-5 Owls victory. KSU scored runs in the first, second, fourth, sixth, and eighth innings.
The most productive inning for the Owls came in the top of the fourth, where they scored four runs. The Owl’s biggest hit came from a two run RBI double from Corey Greeson, the center fielder.
Lipscomb was able to score five runs on Sunday. Allison hit into a fielder’s choice to get Lipscomb’s first run in the bottom of the third.
Senior Tyson Ashcraft also had an RBI single in that same inning. Vazquez hit his third home run of the year in the bottom of the eighth, and in the bottom of the ninth, senior Adam Lee hit his fifth home run of the year for the Bisons.
Allison finished the scoring in the bottom of the ninth, with an RBI double.
The Bisons will return to action to take on Middle Tennessee on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Ken Dugan Field in Stephen L. Marsh Stadium.
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