Eutectics Sweep Series with Trojans

HANNIBAL, MO. – The Eutectic baseball team closed out the regular season on Tuesday in Hannibal, Mo., by winning both games on Day 2 of the four-game series with the Hannibal-LaGrange Trojans (7-31, 6-30 AMC). UHSP started the day with a lopsided 18-3 win and followed it up with a 10-6 victory. Tuesday's wins follow two solid Day-1 wins against the Trojans in Hannibal on Friday, to complete the Eutectics' American Midwest Conference (AMC) series sweep. The wins put the Eutectics' AMC record at 16-20, improving their chances for a berth in the six-team AMC Championship tournament.

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS:

UHSP def. HLGU, 18-3

• The Eutectic offense exploded for 18 runs off 17 hits and five Trojan errors, tying the UHSP program record for the third-most runs in a game.
• Caden Buxton went 3-for-5, accounting for three of the Eutectics' 10 doubles in the game. The 10 doubles is a new UHSP single-game record. Brandon Gibbs, Holden Campbell, Jacob Grim, Ethan Harrell, Matthew McDonald, Malcolm Merriwether, and Deklan Riggs also contributed to the Eutectic total with doubles in the game.  
• Home runs from Grim, McDonald, and Merriwether combined to tie for the second-most team home runs in a game at three.
• McDonald's five RBIs tied for the third-most in a single game by a Eutectic.
• UHSP's Tristan Calmes pitched 6.2 innings for the win, recording a new personal high of 13 strikeouts. The total is only exceeded by teammate Barrett Lohman's 15 strikeouts against Harris-Stowe on March 1^st.
• HLGU's Andrew Arnce gave up six hits for six earned runs in the first inning for the loss.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS:

UHSP def. HLGU, 10-6

• UHSP maintained the momentum into the second game. Grim blasted a home run to center field for his second of the day, scoring Campbell, and sparking a four-run first inning for the Euts.
• The Trojan offense did find some success, collecting 11 hits for six runs against three Eutectic pitchers, including a home run by Charlie Culp and two doubles from Jackson Maxwell.
• The Eutectics were able to outdo the Trojans at the plate, though, recording 14 hits, including a triple and a double by Jordan Gonzalez, and doubles from Gibbs and Buxton for 10 runs.
• Grim went three innings on the mound, striking out four, and allowing four walks, six hits, and four earned runs to claim the win. Logan Stribling relieved Grim, tallying two strikeouts, two walks, three hits, and one earned run before Campbell closed out the final 1.2 inning with one strikeout, one walk, two hits, and one earned run.
• HLGU starter Cohen Ring pitched two innings, giving up a home run, four balls, six hits, and five earned runs for the loss.

NEXT UP:

The Eutectics' 22-28 record overall and 16-20 Conference record may just be good enough to qualify them for the AMC tournament as the number-six seed. It will all come down to how the Williams Baptist University Eagles (23-20, 14-18 AMC) fare in their final series against third-ranked Mission University (28-16, 21-11 AMC) this Wednesday and Thursday. The Eutectics went 3-1 against the Eagles in Conference play last week. The AMC Championship tournament will take place at Carshield Field in O'Fallon, Mo., April 29-May 2.