COLUMBIA, S.C. — The
Benedict College Tigers held off a ninth-inning rally to beat
Morehouse 9-8 in the first game, then pounded out 17 hits for a 19-3 victory in the second game to sweep a SIAC baseball doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Tiger Field.
Morehouse held a 4-3 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, when the Tigers took the lead with a pair of runs.
Christopher Trujillo Ruiz drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the score, and
Jonathan Olmedo hit a single to center field for the go-ahead run.
The Tigers added four runs in the eighth inning without the benefit of a hit to take a 9-4 lead. With two outs,
Joshua Medina,
Jaquez Akins,
Cameron Haley and
Kenyan Conner Jr. all drew bases-loaded walks.
Morehouse scored four runs in the top of the ninth on a pair of hits and two Benedict errors.
Garvey Chiarolanzio came in relief to get the final two outs to earn the save.
In the second game, Morehouse had a 3-1 lead heading into the bottom of the third inning when the Benedict Tigers scored eight runs. Olmedo had an RBI triple,
Kent Johnson drove home Olmedo with a single, Haley hit a two-run double, and
Milton Herring had an RBI single.
Benedict added four more runs in the fourth inning. Medina had an RBI single, Herring had a sacrifice fly and
Colin Jones had an RBI single.
Medina went 4-for-4 with one RBI, while Conner went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Haley drove in three runs on a two-run double and a bases-loaded walk, while Johnson went 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs.
Lefrederick Wooten went the distance on the mound for his fifth win of the season.
Benedict (14-8 overall and 12-8 in the SIAC) and Morehouse (14-12 overall, 11-7 SIAC) will wrap up their SIAC series with a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Tiger Field.
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
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