{"id":877,"date":"2024-02-17T21:45:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T02:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/?p=877"},"modified":"2024-02-17T21:45:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T02:45:20","slug":"apprentice-splits-twin-bill-versus-mont-alto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/2024\/02\/17\/apprentice-splits-twin-bill-versus-mont-alto\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprentice Splits Twin Bill Versus Mont Alto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HAMPTON, Va. –<\/strong>\u00a0Apprentice opened up a four-game series with Penn State Mont Alto Saturday with a doubleheader sweep, falling in the opener before walking off the day’s finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first game of the day, Mont Alto jumped out to a 6-0 lead through the top half of the fourth inning before the Builders finally scratched a run across on a Matt Phoebus<\/a><\/dfn> RBI double. Trailing 7-1 headed to the bottom of the seventh, Apprentice found two more runs off a Hunter Johnson<\/a><\/dfn> sacrifice fly and a Riggs Ellis<\/a><\/dfn> RBI groundout, but the Lions got out of the inning to win their season opener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the nightcap, the Lions scored a run in the first, but Apprentice (7-2 overall, 2-0 NSAC) answered much quicker, tying the game in the first before taking the lead in the second. The Builders scored a pair off a PSU error in the frame and then followed those up by a\u00a0Nolan Edwards<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0RBI single in the third and another Johnson sacrifice fly in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mont Alto (1-1) responded with three in the fifth and five in the sixth to retake the lead at 9-5, but the Builders got two back in the bottom of the sixth off a\u00a0Riggs Ellis<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0bases-loaded RBI single. Apprentice shut the door in the seventh before plating three in the bottom half, winning the game on a bases loaded walk to finish the day with a split.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Builders and Lions will finish the four-game set tomorrow with a 1 p.m. doubleheader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story courtesy Walker McCrary\/Apprentice Athletics; Image courtesy Kaitlyn Olson\/Apprentice Athletics<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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