Barons Slip in 5-4 Game vs (RV) William Carey

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Brewton-Parker opened its series at (RV) William Carey on Thursday night with a single nine-inning contest in Hattiesburg, Miss.

The Barons (16-22, 10-6 SSAC) dropped the series opener to the Crusaders (24-15, 11-8 SSAC) in heartbreaking fashion as William Carey came from behind to win, 5-4.

How It Happened

After a scoreless two innings to open the game, the Barons found themselves up two runs in the third inning. Brewton-Parker was fortunate enough to find two free bases from Crusader errors while also collecting walks for Ethan Frasca as well as Taz Worrell, a single from Mackenzie McDowell, and a fielder’s choice for Tony Rudolph. Both McDowell and Frasca scored for the Barons.

The fourth and fifth innings ended with scoreless results before Brewton-Parker added two runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 4-0 lead. Zachary Wilson picked up a leadoff walk before Eduardo Castillo doubled to centerfield. After a pair of strikeouts, Frasca knocked down a two-RBI single to bring home the two baserunners.

In the bottom half of the inning, William Carey produced three hits and four runs to level the score at a 4-4. The Crusaders connected for a leadoff double and reached base with a batter getting hit by a pitch. WCU scored on a sacrifice fly as well as a three-run homer to right field to even the score.

BPC managed to find just one base hit for the remainder of the game which was in the seventh inning. Unfortunately, the Crusaders produced an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning. WCU held on to win 5-4 in comeback fashion.

Inside the Statistics

The Crusaders narrowly outhit the Barons, 8-7.
Matt Collins led BPC with two hits while Frasca led with two RBIs.
Caleb Gepfer, Frasca, McDowell, and Wilson all scored runs.
Defensively, Wilson recorded 10 putouts while Castillo recorded eight.
Two pitchers appeared on the mound for BPC.
Austin Visocchi earned the start, throwing for 5.1 innings. He allowed five hits and two earned runs while striking out four batters.
Matt Hager finished the final 2.2 innings, giving up three hits and three earned runs while striking out four batters as well.(Courtesy of BPC)