Home Runs Prove Costly in 10-8 Loss to Valparaiso

Sunday, February 20

Memphis, Tenn.

1 P.M.

University of Memphis

2-1

Valparaiso

1-2

Valparaiso

Memphis

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Feb 20, 2022 | Baseball

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – On the windiest day of the first series of the season, with massive gusts out towards centerfield, the Memphis Tigers (2-1) and Valparaiso Beacons (1-2) combined for seven home runs, as the Beacons avoided a sweep with a 10-8 victory.

Memphis: 8, Valparaiso: 10

How it happened:

Memphis struck early against LHP Jake Miller, (W, 1-0), as SS Ben Brooks connected on his first home run of the season, a two-run blast in the first inning
The Beacons quickly got back in the game, as they plated a pair of runs on four hits in the second frame against RHP Carson Stinnett (L, 0-1), while a home run by 3B Kaleb Hannahs to lead off the third put Valparaiso in front
After both starters settled in, the Tigers tied the game in the bottom of the fifth inning, as three straight batters reached with two outs and 1B Jacob Compton leveled the game 3-3 with an RBI single, one of his three hits on the day
Valparaiso responded immediately against Stinnett and RHP Jackson Lyons in the sixth, as the Beacons sent 10 men to the plate in a six-run frame
Stinnett allowed four runs on eight hits over five innings, while Lyons allowed five runs, two earned, on three hits in just 0.2 innings
1B Taylor Howell led off the bottom of the sixth with a home run for Memphis, while CF Zach Wilson pulled the Tigers within four with a two-out RBI double in the eighth
After the Beacons added an insurance run in the ninth, the Tigers got the tying man into the on-deck circle in their last at-bat courtesy of another solo home run from Howell and a two-run home run from LF Ian Bibiloni, but RHP Bobby Nowak (SV, 1) retired Wilson to secure Valparaiso's 10-8 victory

Notables:

Taylor Howell recorded his second career multi-home run game
Jacob Compton had a team-high three hits, his second consecutive multi-hit performance and third straight game with at least one hit

Up Next:

The Tigers will host Central Arkansas Tuesday at 4 p.m. at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field
Next weekend, Memphis will welcome the Brown Bears to town for a three-game set

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