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Trojan bats explode in MP
Fairfield baseball team puts up 34 runs in doubleheader sweep
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MT. PLEASANT — From the moment the Fairfield baseball team stepped to the plate on Monday night in Mt. Pleasant, the ball was flying off the bat.
Fairfield scored eight runs in its first at-bat, and 34 overall in a Southeast Conference doubleheader. The Trojans took Game 1, 20-7, and Game 2, 14-8.
“Everybody is lifting each other up,” said Trojan leadoff hitter Dayson Workman. “The dugout is getting excited, and once the first guy gets going, we just keep going.”
Fairfield held as much as a 12-run lead early on. The Trojans were ahead of the Panthers 12-0 midway through the second inning, but Mt. Pleasant cut the lead all the way down to five, at 12-7 by the end of the fourth inning.
The Trojans were able to buckle down and close things out in their next two at-bats. Fairfield scored three in the fifth and five in the sixth to end things one inning early.
“Hitting is contagious,” said Fairfield head coach Josh Allison. “When you start getting a few, they build confidence throughout the lineup.”
Ethan Bisgard went deep in the game, finishing 3-for-4 with a home run and five RBIs. Workman had a huge game as well, going 4-for-5 with three doubles and two RBIs.
Voss Richardson had three hits in the game for the Trojans, and also picked up the win in the circle, giving up seven unearned runs over 4.1 innings. Dain Burkhart, Aiden Westercamp and Archer Kreuter each had two RBIs.
Mt. Pleasant had seven hits in the loss. Grayson Lowery led the way, doing 2-for-4, and Jaymisen Rich finished 1-for-4 with three RBIs.
Panther starting pitcher Zach Newton settled the Trojan offense down temporarily in Game 2. Mt. Pleasant led 3-0 after the first inning, and took a 5-4 advantage after an action-packed third.
Fairfield took advantage of some Panther miscues in the top of the fifth to put up five more runs. Mt. Pleasant responded with two, to cut the Trojan lead to 9-7, but the Panthers couldn’t get any closer.
“If you score 15 runs in a doubleheader, you don’t expect to give up 34,” said Panther head coach Brent Broeker. “I thought we hit the ball well, but our defense was atrocious.”
Dain Burkhart went 4-for-5 with an RBI in Game 2, and also scooped up a win on the mound, giving up eight runs (two earned) over 6.1 innings.
Cason Miller had a triple and three RBIs for the Trojans at the plate. Workman finished 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.
Mt. Pleasant’s J.C. Sitar was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Grayson Lowery went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, and Rich knocked in two more runs.
Fairfield moved to 5-3 overall and 2-0 in SEC player with the win. Mt. Pleasant fell to 2-5 and 0-2.
