BOWLING GREEN – University of Pikeville was eliminated from the Mid-South Conference Tournament as Georgetown overcame an early deficit to win, 11-7, in an elimination game on Friday.
The Bears, who finished 27-23, had beaten Shawnee State earlier to stay alive with a 9-6 win.
In the finale, Nelson Muniz blasted a home run, doubled, scored a pair of runs and knocked in two while Matt Peterson had four hits, scored twice and drove in one run. Jay Vincent singled, scored and added an RBI. Alec Barba had two hits, including a double, and scored.
Brandon Sewell suffered the loss.
Vincent had a big game in the win over SSU. He belted a home run, singled, scored and collected a pair of RBI. Luke Lubiniecki doubled, scored and drove in one run while Jacob Alverado singled and knocked in three runs. Barba had two hits, scored and batted in two runs.
Dalton Dahley was the winning pitcher
At Bowling Green
(MSC Elimination Game)
SCORE BY INNINGS: -H-E
UP (27-23)….021 031 000 – 7-11-1
GC (29-21)…015 300 02x – 11-16-0
Pitching:
WP – Tom Taplin
LP – Brandon Sewell
Hitting: Nelson Muniz HR, 2b, 2r, 2 RBI; Matt Peterson 4-1b, 2r, 1 RBI; Jay Vincent 1b, 1r, 1 RBI, Alec Barba 2b, 1b, 1r, UPIKE.
At Bowling Green
(MSC Elimination Game)
SCORE BY INNINGS: R-H-E
SSU (14-30)…300 001 002 – 6-10-0
UP (27-22)….030 001 50x – 9- 9-2
Pitching:
WP – Dalton Dahley
LP – Kyle Wisniewski
Hitting: Jay Vincent HR, 1b, 1r, 2 RBI; Luke Lubiniecki 2b, 1r, 1 RBI; Jacob Alverado 1b, 3 RBI; Alec Barba 2-1b, 1r, 2 RBI, UPIKE.