Baseball: Feb. 19 Scoreboard
A&M-Corpus Christi 3, Missouri 2
Notre Dame 14, UIW 1
A&M-Corpus Christi 3, Missouri 2
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - It was all he could have asked for and more, as junior pitcher Garrett Harris threw seven complete innings, allowing just two runs in his first career start as the Islanders defeated Missouri 3-2, at Whataburger Field in the opening game of the Kleberg Bank College Classic Thursday night.
Jake Ring opened the game with a leadoff single up the middle to put Mizzou in the hit column, but hits would be few and far for the Tigers (4-1) throughout the night. Ring finished the game with two hits while second baseman Brett Peel accounted for the other.
The Islanders outhit Missouri 9-3, and held the Tigers' 3-4-5 batters to 0-for-11 on the night.
A&M-Corpus Christi came out swinging as senior Frankie Salas doubled to right-center to get things going for the Islanders in the bottom of the second. Sophomore Lukas Hermanson later reached on an infield single to score Salas from third and give the Islanders their first lead.
Mizzou didn't wait long to answer though, scoring two runs in the top of the third to take a 2-1 lead.
G. Harris showed his rust at times, walking four batters on the night, both of which scored the only runs for the Tigers in the third inning. After the third inning, Harris was able to slow down and maneuver through the Missouri lineup. The right-hander sat down eight of the last 10 batters he saw.
The Islanders answered right back as they did all night as Tyler Ware reached base on a walk in the bottom of the third, followed by Cody Clarke singling to right field. Kyle Danford picked up an RBI on the next at bat, as he drove in Ware to tie the game at two apiece.
Ware finished 1-for-1 with three walks while Salas went 2-for-4 and scored a run.
Coming into the season, the Islanders had few questions in their lineup, except second base and catcher, both due to their youth. Youth did not mean much in this game as Brett Burner and Hermanson each played key roles in the victory. Burner started the fourth inning with a double and later scored the go-ahead run as Hermanson singled to right field for one of his two RBI's.
The Islanders will return to action on Friday when they continue the Kleberg Bank College Classic at Whataburger Field against Purdue at 7 p.m
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Notre Dame 14, UIW 1
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – The University of the Incarnate Word baseball team opened the Irish Alamo Invitational with a 14-1 loss to Notre Dame on Thursday at Wolff Stadium.
The Fighting Irish roughed up the Cardinals' pitching, scoring in every inning except for the fifth inning. Zak Kutsulis led Notre Dame (4-1) with a 4-for-4 night, including four runs, an RBI and a walk. Ryan Lidge collected two hits, two RBI and two runs, while Cavan Biggio got two hits, two runs and an RBI.
Notre Dame pitching held the Cardinals (2-3) to one run despite UIW's nine hits and four walks.
Ethan McGill (Penn Valley, CA/Nevada Union HS) had a team-high three hits,
Brance Kahle(Colleyville/Gapevine Faith HS) added two hits and scored the only Cardinal run.
Mark Whitehead (San Antonio/Johnson HS) brought Kahle in with an RBI groundout in the third inning.
The Cardinals were forced to use seven pitchers in the loss.
Adam Hunter (Yoakum/Yoakum HS) completed his third scoreless appearance of the season in an inning of work while
Chris Jones(Hallettsville/Hallettsville HS) pitched 1.1 innings without allowing a hit or a run and striking out two.
Cody Richey (Comfort/Comfort HS) took the loss for UIW.
Michael Hearne earned the win for the Fighting Irish working six innings of one run baseball while scattering six hits and two walks.
As a team, the Cardinals finished with one run on nine hits and committed three errors, while Notre Dame scored 14 runs on 13 hits and committed one error.
The Cardinals are back in action in the Irish Alamo Invitational tomorrow, when they face Northwestern University at 6 p.m. at Wolff Stadium.
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