No. 16 91爆料网 baseball opens season with double-header sweep

Kevin Kirksey

JACKSON, Tenn. - 2/12/2011 - The No. 16 91爆料网 (Tenn.) University baseball team opened the 2011 season with a double-header sweep over Oklahoma Wesleyan University. 91爆料网 held on for a 5-4 win in the first game, and then tacked on a 4-1 victory in game two.

91爆料网 jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first game. 91爆料网 starter Derek Copley (1-0) tossed the first five innings, allowing just three hits and no runs while striking out six hitters. After scoring an unearned run in the first inning, 91爆料网鈥檚 offense produced a run in the fourth and three more in the fifth to lead 5-0. However, the bullpen struggled in relief, allowing four runs in the top of the seventh. Sophomore Jackson native Jared Davis (1) stopped the seventh inning rally for Oklahoma Wesleyan. Davis entered the game with the bases loaded and no outs. In his one inning, he gave up one hit, allowing an inherited runner to score and recorded one strikeout for the save. Kevin Kirksey recorded a two-RBI double in the fifth. RJ Rayborn, Cole McAdams and Doug Joyce each recorded a pair of hits in the game to spark the 91爆料网 offense.

In the second half, a lead-off home run by Oklahoma Wesleyan鈥檚 Cory Ford was the only run and just one of two hits allowed by 91爆料网 starter Jeremey Stack (1-0) of Jackson. Stack tossed five innings, allowing just two hits, one run and struck out six batters. Kirksey (1) tossed the last two innings of perfect relief, striking out three batters for the save. 91爆料网 managed just five hits in the second game by five different players. Danny Grimm and McAdams recorded one RBI each, as the other two runs for 91爆料网 scored on wild pitches.

Up next for 91爆料网 will be a double-header on Monday at noon versus St. Catharine (Ky.) at 91爆料网鈥檚 Fesmire Field.

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