Scots overtake Cougars at Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Four triples and two home runs powered the Lyon College Scots to an 8-1 win over the Columbia College Cougars Sunday in American Midwest Conference action in Columbia.
The Scots (17-11) got a home run each from Alan West and Aaron Hurd. West also had a triple. Troy Strack tripled twice and C.C. Burrup tripled.
In the first inning, West tripled to right field to score Hurd for a 1-0 lead. The Scots scored again in the top of the fifth when Hurd homered and West hit a solo home run for a 3-0 lead.
Strack tripled to right centerfield to score Burrup and Logan Doody in the top of the sixth to give Lyon College a 5-0 lead.
Strack tripled again in the top of the eighth to right field that brought in Evan Hylek for a 6-0 Scots lead.
In the top of the ninth, Burrup tripled to left-center to bring in Alec White and Kaden Doan for an 8-0 Lyon College lead.
Scots split doubleheader against Cougars
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Lyon College Scots (16-11) baseball team split an American Midwest Conference doubleheader on Saturday afternoon 19-10 and 7-2 against host the Columbia College Cougars (18-4).
In the first game, Lyon College scored three times in the top of the first inning. Joe Weatherford singled to right field to bring in Troy Strack. Aaron Hurd stole second and Weatherford scored on an error by the Cougars catcher. Alec White doubled to center field and scored Hurd.
The Scots added two more runs in the top of the third inning when Alan West doubled to center field to bring in Weatherford, Tristan Buschow was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring in Hurd for a 5-0 lead.
Columbia College scored one run in the bottom of the third inning, but Lyon College answered with a seven-run fourth inning.
West reached first on an error and Hurd scored. Logan Doody reached on an error that brought in White and West. Haydn Finley singled in Doody and Hakeem Yatim. Weatherford walked to bring in Zach Ellis and Hurd was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring in Derek Underwood for a 12-1 Scots lead.
The Cougars scored three times in the bottom of the fourth, but Lyon College added another run in the top of the fifth. Doody singled in White to make it 13-4.
After Columbia scored two more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, C.C. Burrup tripled to right-center to score Hurd and Underwood singled to right-center to bring in Burrup for a 15-6 lead.
Columbia added two more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Lyon College answered in the top of the seventh with four more runs to go up 19-8.
In the second game, Columbia jumped out to a 7-0 lead through the first three innings.
Lyon College got on the scoreboard in the top of the fourth inning when Buschow hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Underwood and Strack singled to center to score Ellis to make it 7-2.
The Scots will play at Bethel University in Tennessee in a doubleheader on Tuesday, March 22, beginning at noon.
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