Tigers Win Series with 13-1 Run-Rule Victory Over Cincinnati

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Tigers Win Series with 13-1 Run-Rule Victory Over Cincinnati

May 15, 2022 | Baseball

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CINCINNATI – In the rubber match of the penultimate conference series of the 2022 season, the Memphis Tigers (23-26, 7-14) scored in five of their seven trips to the plate in a 13-1 run-rule seven inning victory over the Cincinnati Bearcats (21-27, 10-11). Memphis took the lead with a run in the second inning and scored multiple runs in three of the next five frames to earn a road series win.

Memphis: 13, Cincinnati: 1
WP: Connor Shamblin (3-2)
LP: Tristan Weaver (5-6)
SV: N/A

How it happened:

After failing to score with the bases in the first inning, Memphis got back-to-back two-out hits from 2B Braden Webb and RF Blake Daniels, as Daniels' single made it 1-0 Memphis
The Tigers loaded the bases with one out in the second with already one run home in the inning, and Daniels cleared them with a three-run double that put Memphis in front 5-0
Cincinnati got a run back in the third on a bases loaded walk, but Shamblin stranded the bases loaded and kept the Bearcats off the scoreboard for the remainder of his five-inning outing
The first four Memphis hitters in the fourth reached base, as Webb plated a run with a bases loaded walk, Daniels drove in his fifth run of the game with an RBI groundout, while an RBI groundout from SS Ben Brooks made it 9-1 Memphis
The Tigers added a run in the fifth on a solo home run by LF Ian Bibiloni and tacked on three more in the seventh on a two-run double by 1B Chris Swanberg and RBI groundout from C Brennan DuBose, which pushed the lead to double digits at 13-1, the eventual final
After two scoreless innings from LHP Jacob Gilmore, RHP Chase Kessinger faced the minimum over a scoreless seventh that closed out Memphis' 13-1 win

Notables:

Daniels' five RBIs were a season high and matched the most by a Tigers hitter this season
With three RBIs, Swanberg tallied his 12^th multi-RBI game of the season, tied for the most on the team
CF Zach Wilson's four hits matched the most by a Tigers hitter this season

Up Next:

The Tigers will close out the regular season with a Thursday-Saturday series at Tulane, with first pitch of the series opener set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday
After three games in New Orleans, the Tigers will head to Clearwater, Fla. for the AAC Tournament

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