No. 1 Walters State defeats Southwest Virginia in seven innings
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JOHNSON CITY, TN – No.1 Walters State won their 24th game in-a-row on Tuesday afternoon at ETSU, taking down Southwest Virginia 14-0 in seven innings.
With the win, Walters State improved to 44-3 overall.
Jacques Gillespie-Taylor got the start on the mound for the Senators and threw a clean inning before making way for Joey Mitchell in the second. Mitchell picked up the win to improve to 4-0 on the season with three scoreless innings. He struck out five.
Landon Crumbley relieved Mitchell in the fifth and pitched the final three innings, striking out six and allowing just one hit. He picked up his third save of the season.
At the plate, Caleb McNeely, Colby Backus, Noah Gent and Cole McCallum each had two hits to lead the way. Gent drove in three runs as well while McNeely and Caleb Marmo both homered.
Following a scoreless first inning, the Senators got on the board in the top of the second with three two-out runs. Dalton McLain started the rally with a single and stolen base, moving to third on an errant throw. Declan Wiesner then singled home McLain to make it 1-0. McNeely was the next batter and crushed a two-run homer over the ETSU scoreboard, his 19th of the season.
Walters State added one more run in the third as Backus walked to start the inning and Gent drove him in with a double. It was 6-0 after the fifth as the Senators added three more runs on a Gent single that scored two and a Nick Block bases-loaded walk.
Following another two-out run in the fifth on a Backus single that scored McNeely, the Senators put it away with six more runs in the seventh. McCallum started the scoring off with an RBI single before Nick Dagnello scored two on a base hit that made it 11-0. The final three runs came across as Marmo hit his first home run of the season, a three-run shot that made it 14-0.
Up Next:
Walters State will be back in action on Friday as they begin a three-game series at home against No. 12 Dyersburg. Friday's nine-inning game is set to begin at 2 p.m.
Rob Harvey
Walters State Community College
Sports Information Director
Cell: (423) 779-8880
Email: sportsinfo@ws.edu
Website: www.ws.edu/athletics