The Lipscomb Bisons (14-12, 3-3 ASUN) swept Kennesaw State with a 13-2 victory at Ken Dugan Field Sunday.
The game got off to a hot start for Lipscomb, as the Bisons hit four RBIs to take a quick 4-0 lead in the second inning. First baseman Cade Sorrells started the scoring spree by hitting a single that allowed a runner to advance to third base and then score on the next at-bat.
But the scoring did not stop there. Third baseman Zeke Dodson launched a home run over the left field wall to start off the bottom of the third inning, and the Bisons added four more runs in the fifth, three in the sixth and one in the eighth.
Senior pitcher Joshua Colon earned his first win of the season, throwing four of Lipscomb’s seven scoreless innings. Kennesaw State rotated through pitchers Jake McLinskey, Monty Horn and Devenir McCray by the end the fifth.
Sorrells (3-for-5), Haddon Adams (3-for-4), Brian Moore (2-for-3) and Chris Bashlor (2-for-3) all had multiple hits for the Bisons. Terrence Norman (2-for-5) and Alex Carballo (2-for-5) had multiple hits for the Owls.
Lipscomb’s defense played well, employing a bend-but-don’t-break strategy. The Owls had the bases loaded, but the Bisons were able to get the outs they needed to escape the inning without much damage.
By the middle of end of the fifth inning, the Owls had stranded more than 10 runners on base and Lipscomb led 5-1.
On Friday, the Bisons beat the Owls 6-3 for their first ASUN win of the year.
Scoring came in the form of a series of RBI in the first, third, and fourth innings and was started by a Dodson hit that allowed Adams to score. Sorrells only reached base once in three at-bats, but he had three of those RBI.
Pitcher Robbie Knox was able to close out the final two innings, allowing three hits and striking out three.
The Bisons had four players with multiple hits in the game.
In game two on Saturday, Kennesaw State’s Jaylen Smith scored the first run of the game in the second inning, but Lipscomb responded with a Maddux Houghton sacrifice fly. The fifth inning saw both teams score once as well.
Lipscomb took the lead in the bottom of the seventh off another Houghton RBI. Kennesaw State made things interesting with a run scored in the top of the eighth, but Lipscomb was able to score again to ensure the game ended in a victory.
Starting pitching was important for the Bisons in game two. Sophomore Noah Thompson struck out seven batters in six innings pitched, his longest outing of the season.
Lipscomb hosts Austin Peay Tuesday at 6 p.m. before traveling to Florida Gulf Coast next weekend for its ASUN series.
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