HENDERSON — Finishing their first Mid-South Conference series of the season, the (RV) Freed-Hareman University Lions had a big first inning to lead them to a 10-1 victory, winning the series over the Georgetown Tigers two games to one.
The Lions (16-6, 2-1 MSC) drove in four runs in the bottom half of the first inning including a set of doubles from
Brooks Jones and
JJ Pruneau.
FHU extended their lead over Georgetown (8-14, 1-2 MSC) in the third inning thanks to a two-run smash from
Brooks Jones. Three more Lion runs would cross in the seventh inning to give FHU the big win.
Brooks Jones was 4-for-5 in the game where he drove in nearly half of FHU's 10 runs with a four-RBI day.
Jackson Hines got the start where he tossed four innings, but the win went to
Grayson Waller (3-1) who punched out six Tigers in five hitless innings of relief.
Scoring Summary
Top 1
Back-to-back singles to lead off the game gave the Tigers the opportunity to score the first run of the day.
FHU 0, GC 1
Bottom 1
Trace Anderson led off with a single before
Drake Blackwood drew a walk to put a pair of runners on board.
Brooks Jones and
JJ Pruneau smacked back-to-back RBI doubles with Pruneau's driving a pair of runs home. Brennan Peterson would later drive in the fourth run of the frame.
FHU 4, GC 1
Bottom 3
Blackwood drew a leadoff walk, but did not stay on base long as
Brooks Jones followed with a two-run blast to right to extend FHU's lead.
FHU 6, GC 1
Bottom 7
After three scoreless innings, Jones led off with a double before swiping third.
Hunter Ryan would drive Jones home before
Chase Eakes would smack an RBI double to plate Peterson.
FHU 9, GC 1
Bottom 8
Jones drove hom the final run of the game with a single to plate
Landon Scott.
FHU 10, GC 1
