Tigers Fall to Blazers in Extras, 5-4

Saturday, May 11

Birmingham, Ala.

2 P.M.

University of Memphis

21-30, 0

UAB

24-25, 0

Memphis

UAB

Jake Curtis at UAB, May 11, 2024 by Brock Busick

Photo by: Brock Busick

May 11, 2024 | Baseball

Box Score

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Memphis baseball team fought back to tie the game in the ninth and take a 10^th-inning lead before UAB walked off with a two-run home run to defeat the Tigers, 5-4, at Young Memorial Field.

The Tigers fell to 21-30 overall (8-15 AAC) with the loss as the Blazers improved to 24-25 (11-12 AAC) overall.

"Really tough break there," head coach Matt Riser said. "I thought the guys did a really good job of responding from yesterday. We scored early, Seth Garner and Luke Ellis both pitched well and the offense found a way to scratch one late and we manufactured another run in the 10^th to take a lead. At the end of the day, Brayden Sanders is our guy and he's going to be put right back out there tomorrow in the same situation."

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Tigers got on the board first when Brennan DuBose scored on a fielder's choice by Jacob Compton to give him his team-leading 51^st RBI of the season.
• The Blazers tied it up in the bottom of the second inning on a two-out single by Gavin Lewis Jr.
• UAB took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third on a solo home run by Nick Hollifield.
• In the sixth, Pierre Seals doubled to the right-center field gap and drove in Daunte Stuart all the way from first to tie the game at two runs apiece.
• A two-out wild pitch by Tiger pitcher Luke Ellis allowed the Blazers to get a run back in the bottom of the sixth to retake a 3-2 lead.
• Trailing 3-2, Jake Curtis legged out an infield single and stole second base to lead off the inning for the Tigers. Down to their final out, Brennan DuBose lined a single to right-center field to score Curtis and tied the game at 3-3.
• Ellis held the Blazers in check in the ninth to send the game to extra innings.
• In the 10^th, Seth Cox came off the bench to pinch hit and delivered an RBI sac-fly to right field that drove in pinch runner Tyler Heckert and give Memphis a 4-3 lead.
• With one out in the bottom of the 10^th, Lewis Jr. delivered a walk-off, two-run home run to win the game and the series for the Blazers.

NOTABLES
• Garner started and went five full innings allowing just four hits and a pair of runs while working around six walks.
• Ellis threw four solid innings of relief and allowed just one run on four hits while striking out three and walking just one.
• DuBose went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a walk and a run scored.
• Curtis ended the game 2-for-5 with a double and scored a run.
• Seals had a two-hit day with a double and an RBI.
• Stuart singled and scored a run.
• Alex Fernandes and Jacob Compton each tallied a hit.
• Sanders was tagged with the loss on the mound to go to 2-4 on the season.

UP NEXT
• The Tigers are back in action tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. for the series finale at Young Memorial Field.

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