Four-Run Ninth Propels Tigers to 7-3 Win Over Cincinnati

Saturday, May 14

Cincinnati, Ohio

1 P.M.

University of Memphis

22-26, 6-14

Cincinnati

21-26, 10-10

Memphis

Cincinnati

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Four-Run Ninth Propels Tigers to 7-3 Win Over Cincinnati

May 14, 2022 | Baseball

Box Score

CINCINNATI – With the game tied 3-3 entering the ninth inning Saturday, the Memphis Tigers (22-26, 6-14) scored four times in the game's final frame in a 7-3 win over the Cincinnati Bearcats (21-26, 10-10). Memphis scored three of its four runs in the ninth with two outs as the Tigers snapped their five-game losing streak.

Memphis: 7, Cincinnati: 3
WP: Blake Wimberley (6-3)
LP: Max Bergmann (0-3)
SV: N/A

How it happened:

Memphis struck first, as the Tigers got back-to-back doubles from C Brennan DuBose and 2B Braden Webb off of LHP Connor Linn (ND) and led 1-0 after 2.5 innings
The Bearcats tied the game in the fourth on LF Griffin Merritt's conference-leading 17^th home run of the season, a solo blast that led off the fourth against LHP Dalton Fowler (ND)
Later in the fourth, 2B Wyatt Stapp and RF Paul Komistek connected on back-to-back RBI singles, as Cincinnati led 3-1 after four frames
The Tigers rallied with two outs in the fifth, as Webb connected with his second hit of the game, while LF Ian Bibiloni tied the game with a two-run home run, his fifth home run of the season
The score remained 3-3 until the top of the ninth, when the Bearcats needed three different pitchers to get through the frame
Bergmann started the ninth and gave up singles to two of the first three batters that he faced, which caused Cincinnati to go back to the bullpen and bring in RHP Garrett Harver
Harver walked Bibiloni, which loaded the bases with one out, while RF Blake Daniels put Memphis in front 4-3 with a sacrifice fly
SS Ben Brooks made it 5-3 Memphis with a two-out RBI single, while DH Jacob Compton followed with a two-run double that made it 7-3 Memphis, the eventual final
In relief of Fowler, Wimberley allowed just two hits over four scoreless innings as he closed out the Memphis win

Notables:

Compton (2-4) recorded his third consecutive multi-hit game and team-leading 18^th of the season, while Brooks (2-4) notched his 17^th multi-hit game of the season
Compton added his team-leading 12^th multi-RBI game of the season, while Webb (3-4) tallied his first multi-hit game of 2022

Up Next:

Memphis will wrap up the series vs. the Bearcats Sunday with first pitch set for 11 a.m.
The Tigers will conclude the regular season with a three-game series at Tulane Thursday-Saturday

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