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Gabe Williams vs Miles
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8
Morris College MCBSB 2-3
10
Winner Clark Atlanta BSB CAUBB24 5-19
Morris College MCBSB
2-3
8
Final
10
Clark Atlanta BSB CAUBB24
5-19
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Morris College MCBSB 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 8 10 1
Clark Atlanta BSB CAUBB24 1 0 0 2 4 3 X 10 12 2

W: Newman, Isaiah (2-1) L: G. Morel (0-1) S: Cruz, Terry (1)

7
Morris College MCBSB 2-4
16
Winner Clark Atlanta BSB CAUBB24 6-19
Morris College MCBSB
2-4
7
Final
16
Clark Atlanta BSB CAUBB24
6-19
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Morris College MCBSB 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 7 3 1
Clark Atlanta BSB CAUBB24 1 7 0 1 7 0 X 16 7 2

W: Jones, Jason (1-1) L: F. Smith (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Justin Mordecai, Director of Athletic Communications

Baseball Downs Morris College in Tuesday Doubleheader

Panthers excel in non-conference action

ATLANTA, Ga. – The Clark Atlanta Panthers baseball team picked up two crucial wins over Morris College on Tuesday afternoon. The Panthers took game one 10-8 in an outstanding comeback effort followed by a 16-7 blowout win in game two to close out the day.

GAME ONE

Gabe Williams secured CAU's first score of the day after reaching home on a wild pitch to knot the score at one apiece in the first frame. The Panthers fell behind 5-1 going into the fourth inning, but Williams poised to mount a comeback homered to right field to bring in two runs and shrink the margin to 5-3. Clark Atlanta battled back to tie the score at six in the fifth inning after Demetrius McCants singled to bring Mario Cuevas in for a run, Alijah Robinson singled to bring in McCants, and Aderrius Barron doubled to score Robinson and give CAU a 7-6 advantage.

Morris College jumped back in front 8-7 in the sixth frame after a score on a passed ball and an RBI single.

In the bottom of the sixth, Mario Cuevas smashed a home run to right field to even the score at eight apiece. To secure the win, Robinson singled to score two runs and give Clark Atlanta a 10-8 lead headed into the seventh inning.

Isaiah Newman picked up his second win of the season on the mound after pitching four inning with two strikeouts and only two earned runs allowed.

GAME TWO

Game two of Tuesday's doubleheader was all Clark Atlanta as the Panthers jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the second inning. Khalil Manuel belted a 4-RBI home run to left to spring CAU out to the 8-0 advantage.

The Panthers continued to lay it on after Mario Cuevas doubled to left field to score Gabe Williams and put CAU ahead 9-2 in the fourth frame. Just moments later, Aderrius Barron whacked his first home run of the season, scoring three runners in the process to stretch the Panthers advantage to 10 runs (12-2).

Christian Holmes opened the fifth inning with an RBI single to score Justin Johnson, followed by a home run from Mario Cuevas which scored three more runs for the Panthers to mount a 16-2 advantage.

Morris Collegetacked on five more runs to end the game, but the comeback effort was stifled by great defense from the Panthers. 

Jason Jones earned his first win of the season on the mound with two strikeouts in one inning pitched for the Panthers.

UP NEXT

Clark Atlanta baseball looks to push their win streak to three games this weekend as they head to Mobile, Alabama for a conference series against the Spring Hill Badgers on Friday, March 22 at 4 p.m.
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