Lipscomb baseball took a 5-1 loss to Stetson Friday, but came out Saturday to take a 3-1 victory for senior night at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen L. Marsh Stadium.
In Friday’s matchup, the Bisons could not get their bats going against the Hatter’s starting pitcher, Mitchell Jordan. Jordan pitched a complete game for Stetson.
Lipscomb scored their only run in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI single from sophomore Hunter Hanks. The Bisons could not string enough base hits together to score more runs.
But things started to look up for senior night on Saturday. The Bisons started the scoring in the bottom of the third with a sacrifice-fly from senior Grant Massey and an RBI single from senior Jonathan Allison.
“This class of seniors has been very special to me,” Lipscomb head coach Jeff Forehand said. “We have been through a lot together.”
Junior redshirt Adam Lee chipped in with a home run in the bottom of the fifth to add to the score for the Bisons.
“Adam has had a great season for us offensively,” Forehand said. “He had a good swing to put a charge on the ball for a homerun.”
Freshman Jeffrey Passantino had a great start on Saturday for the Bisons. Passantino went eight innings and gave the bullpen some rest before the last week of the season. This makes two starts in a row that Passantino has gone eight innings.
“We are beginning to expect this from him all the time,” Forehand said. “He puts our team in a good position to win every time he goes out there on the mound.”
With this win, Passantino moves to 3-1 record on the season.
Sunday afternoon the Bisons returned to the field, but only to take a 9-6 loss to Stetson.
A rally in the ninth inning sent Stetson past Lipscomb to score six times.
The Bisons had 11 hits and three players with multiple base knocks. Lee picked up three hits, while Allison and senior Mike Korte each had two.
Lipscomb will take on Austin Peay on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Dugan Field. This matchup will mark the last home game for the Bisons’ 2015 season.
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