BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Birmingham-Southern baseball team dominated Division I team The University of Alabama at Birmingham in the 2nd Annual Rickwood College Classic on Tuesday during their exhibition game to raise money for the Friends of Rickwood. The Panthers led by ten runs after seven innings resulting in a run rule to end the game.
In the top of the first inning,
Noah Best tripled to right field to score the game's first run. The next inning was scoreless but in the top of the third, the Panthers opened the flood gates.
Ty Truett led off the inning with a homerun to right center field to double the BSC lead.
Noah Best then stayed hot and singled to left field to increase the Panther lead to four. In the next at-bat,
Jack Fleming hit a rocket to right field over the wall to make the score 6-0. BSC did not stop there as Wes Diamantis doubled down the right field line to score another run.
Andrew Dutton then hit an RBI single to give the Panthers an 8-0 lead after 3 innings.
BSC's pitching continued to be excellent with
Carter Tyus and
Ricky Harrison allowing no runs to UAB through the first four innings.
Ben Hoover then came in for the Panthers and pitched the fifth and sixth innings. In the top of the sixth inning,
Jackson Webster was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score another run for the Panthers. Then,
Will Lantis tripled to left field to score all three runners on base and stretch the BSC lead to 12-0. In the bottom of the sixth, UAB got on the board with a three-run homer to make the score 12-3.
In the top of the seventh inning,
JT Weisberg doubled down the left field line to score a run and regain the double-digit lead for BSC.
Chase Otten and
Connor Adams pitched a scoreless bottom of the seventh for the Panthers and closed the game out. BSC went on to defeat the UAB Blazers 13-3 in the Rickwood College Classic after seven innings due to the ten-run rule.
Records
Birmingham-Southern 34-9, UAB 14-30
Up next
The Panthers will play in the final weekend of the SAA Baseball Tournament against Millsaps College at Striplin Field in Birmingham, Ala. on Thursday, May 4 at 4:15 p.m.
