Jose Lopez connects on a pitch vs. Southern Wesleyan.
Photo by: James Benson
Posted: Mar 16, 2018
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. --- No. 13 University of Mount Olive baseball shutout the Warriors of Southern Wesleyan University 12-0 on Friday evening in at Scarborough Field in Mount Olive, N.C.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Mount Olive 12, Southern Wesleyan 0
Records: Mount Olive (16-6-1, 5-2 CC) Southern Wesleyan (12-14, 1-9 CC)
Location: Scarborough Field, Mount Olive, N.C.
How It Happened
Play-by-Play
GAME RUNDOWN
- Mount Olive started the game taking an early lead as Jose Lopez plated the first run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first.
- Drew Ellis' solo home run and Justin Lee's RBI-single in the bottom of the second continued to extend the Trojans lead to 3-0.
- Nate Estes added a solo home run in the bottom of the third to further extend the UMO lead.
- The Trojans continued to attack in the fourth inning adding four runs highlighted by a Justin Carroll's two-run home run to left center as Mount Olive led 8-0 after four complete.
- Southern Wesleyan had no answer for the Trojans and Mount Olive added four more insurance runs and took the first game of the series 12-0.
KEY STATS
- Brighton Hudson (4-1) had another solid performance on the bump for Mount Olive as he went seven complete innings allowing three hits, a walk, and struck out 12 picking up his fourth win of the season.
- Nate Estes led the Trojans with a 2-for-3 three-RBI performance from the plate.
Up Next
The Trojans will remain at Scarborough Field to finish out the three-game series with Southern Wesleyan Saturday with a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.