The Lipscomb baseball team defeated Tennessee Tech 7-1 on the rainy Tuesday afternoon at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen L. Marsh Stadium.
The Bisons were down 1-0 early, due to a home run by the Golden Eagles’ designated hitter Ryan Flick. This run by Flick was the only one Tennessee Tech got the entire game.
But it didn’t take long for Lipscomb to answer with a run-scoring double by senior Jonathan Allison in the bottom of the third. The tie of 1-1 didn’t break until the bottom of the fifth.
Lipscomb freshman Jeffrey Crisan helped break the tie by getting a sacrifice fly to right field. He was not the only freshman to have a good day at the plate.
Freshman Michael Gigliotti had three runs and said that getting those runs and RBI’s were all about his mindset.
“Bunting to me is religious,” Gigliotti said. “I work on bunting as much as hitting. When you have speed, it is a great tool to get on base and score some runs.”
Gigliotti now has six bunt base hits on the season. Lipscomb head coach Jeff Forehand said that he was proud of Gigliotti’s and the other team member’s contributions, whether it was on the field or at the plate.
Forehand said that everyone on the team making an impact in the game was important.
“This is exciting for everyone to see,” Forehand said. “It is a positive for us because we do have a veteran team.”
Lipscomb had a four run inning in the bottom of the eighth due to a wet ball.
“We took advantage of a mistake with a wet ball,” Forehand said. “The ball gets away from first base after a strikeout and we were able to get four runs.”
Even though the conditions had something to do with the four run inning, Forehand said that the team would take the break.
Lipscomb will travel to Mobile, Alabama to play a three game series this weekend against the Alabama Crimson Tide.
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