HUNTINGDON, Alabama - The Mount St. Joseph baseball team moved to 2-0 on the season with a 5-3 win over Emory on day two of the Firehouse Classic hosted by Huntingdon College.
The Lions sent junior
Daniel Brayton to the mound to start game the game. In his first action as a Lion, Brayton had a solid start going the front four innings allowing just four hits and three runs.
After a scoreless top of the first inning the Lions got the scoring started in the bottom of the frame.
Jordan Harley got it started with a one-out single up the middle, he would move all the way to third on a failed pickoff attempt.
Andrew Harrison would walk and
Ethan Mason hit a sacrifice fly into deep center field.
In the top of the third inning Emory scored twice to take the lead, but the Mount answered immediately. In the bottom of the frame they scored twice to take the advantage back. Once again it was Harley getting it started reaching on a hit-by-pitch to open the inning. Harrison then hit an RBI double into left field scoring Harley from first.
Tyler Herbers then delivered a two-out RBI single through the right side.
Emory answered with a run in the top of the fourth to tie the score at three. Once again the Lions answered in the bottom of the frame.
Cole Carrigan led off with a base hit, an out later
Anton Mere singled through the right side to put runners on the corners. Mere would then steal second Harley then reached on an error by the Emory short stop with Carrigan and Mere both scoring on the play.
From that point on both bullpens were locked in as neither team scored the rest of the game. For the Lions it was
Kaiden Morris,
Ryan Caulfield and
Evan Webb that combined to throw the next five innings. Over that time they allowed only three hits and struck out four. Morris earned the win out of the bullpen while Webb got the final two outs for the save.
UP NEXT:
The Lions will play host Huntingdon on Sunday in the final day of the Firehouse Classic with first pitch scheduled at 1:00 pm.
