Baseball Plundered By Buccaneers After Late Scoring Spree

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. – The Rust College baseball program led the NCAA Division II's Christian Brothers Buccaneers at 2-1 entering the third frame but the visitors from Memphis went on to put up nine unanswered through the middle of the seventh to put the ballgame away by a final of 15-5.

The Basics: 

• Score

  • Christian Brothers – 15

  • Rust – 5

• Records

  • Rust (8-23, 4-5 Gulf Coast)

  • Christian Brothers (13-19, 5-13 Gulf South)

• Location

  • Holly Springs, Mississippi – Bearcat Field

• Series History (Since 2005)

  • Christian Brothers Leads 1-0 (0%)

• Winning Streak (Since 2005)

  • Christian Brothers (W1) | Rust's Last Win: N/A

Rust Top Performers:

• Devin Tallington had a great showing at the dish, being the only Bearcat with multiple hits (2-of-3, .667), the club's only extra-base hit (double), an RBI, a walk, and a run scored.

• Augustus Latting knocked home a pair on his only hit, a single into the gap between right and center during a three-run seventh, in which he then scored on Kyrent Cole's sacrifice fly two batters later.

• Devin Thigpen was the one student-athlete out of the four that tried to steal a base, doing so after his single over two at-bats.

• Craig Randolph gave up one run in his inning of relief, but it came as a result of a RC error so it was unearned.

Next:

• Little Rock, Arkansas is next for a three-game Easter weekend Gulf Coast clash at Philander Smith on Friday (12/3 p.m.) and Saturday (12 p.m.).

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