Game Details:
Friday, March 22, 2024
Abilene, Texas | Walt Driggers Field
Game 1 Result: McMurry University 12, University of the Ozarks 0
Game 2 Result: McMurry University 15, University of the Ozarks 9
Records:
University of the Ozarks (10-10, 5-6 ASC)
McMurry University (11-10, 6-6 ASC)
Game One Overview
Abilene, Texas – McMurry University pounded out 12 hits and starting pitcher Ethan Wendel tossed a two-hitter as the War Hawks took game one Friday 12-0 over the Eagles. McMurry scored twice in the first frame and then opened up the game in the fourth with six runs. The War Hawks would record six hits in the fourth. Later in the sixth, the War Hawks scored four runs on just two hits.
Pitching Decisions:
WP: Ethan Wendel
LP:
Jake Estrada
Game Two Overview
The War Hawks overcame an early 2-1 deficit to post a 15-9 win in game two over the Eagles. McMurry plated six runs in the third inning on four hits. McMurry would add three more runs in the fourth. But the Eagles would trim into the deficit scoring three runs in the fifth and two runs in the sixth. In the fifth,
Langdon Townsend blasted a three-run homer. After the sixth, McMurry led 11-7. The Eagles made it 11-9 in the top of the eighth when
Conner Reed and
Daulton Johnson had RBI. However, the War Hawks got both runs back and more by scoring four times in the bottom half of the inning.
Jake Dempsey had three hits and three runs for the Eagles. Townsend drove in three and scored twice.
Pitching Decisions:
WP: Braydon Durst
LP:
Will Utchman
Up Next:
The Eagles will wrap up the series against McMurry University tomorrow at 1:00 p.m.