Posted: Mar 02, 2018
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. --- No. 19 University of Mount Olive defeated the Bulldogs of Barton College 16-4 at Nixon Field Friday afternoon in Wilson, N.C.
GAME INFORMATION
Score:
Mount Olive 16, Barton 4
Records: Mount Olive (11-3, 1-0 CC) Barton (7-12, 1-3 CC)
Location: Nixon Field, Mount Olive, N.C.
How It Happened
Play-by-Play
GAME RUNDOWN
- Mount Olive was not able to plate a run until the second inning when Jose Lopez drove in Justin Carroll with an RBI-single for the first run of the game.
- The third inning saw the visiting Trojans explode for six runs as Jon Cosme started the inning with a lead-off single up the middle. Nate Estes then moved Cosme to third with a single to right center.
- Drew Ellis cleared the bases four pitches later to move UMO ahead 3-0.
- A Barton pitching change did not stop the Trojan attack as Carroll singled on the third pitch of his at-bat.
- Mount Olive then made more trouble for the Bulldogs as JT Stone and Lopez both worked out a walk to force a bases-loaded run home and extend the lead to four.
- Trae Sweeting scored the final run of the inning with a sacrifice fly and UMO led 7-0 after two and a half innings.
- UMO added four runs in the top of the fourth highlighted by RBI base hits by Lopez and Gunner Tolston.
- Barton prevented themselves from being shutout as they scored a single run in the bottom of the fifth to decrease the deficit to 11-1 after five.
- Mount Olive countered with two runs in the top of the sixth and Barton answered with a single run in the bottom half.
- The two teams continued to exchange runs over the next two innings with the Trojans holding a 16-4 lead following the final out in the eighth.
- Due to darkness, the game was called following the eighth inning and the Trojans defeated the Bulldogs in game one of the series.
KEY STATS
- Brighton Hudson (2-1) got the win on the mound as he allowed two runs, off five hits in his six innings of work and struck out nine while allowing three walks.
- Gunner Tolston led the Trojans going 4-for-5 with four RBI and a run scored.
- Jose Lopez and Trae Sweeting also contributed three RBI to the Trojans attack.
Up Next
Mount Olive will wrap up the three-game series with Barton College tomorrow with a doubleheader. First pitch is set for 12 p.m. in Wilson, N.C.