Eagles Fall to Spartans in AMC Tournament
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Williams Baptist (AR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
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Missouri Baptist | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
O'FALLON, Mo. (4/30/23) – The Williams Baptist University baseball team fell in the quarterfinal round of the American Midwest Conference Tournament to Missouri Baptist by the final score of 12-2.
The Eagles (28-19, 9-12 AMC) advanced to a quarterfinal matchup with top-seeded Missouri Baptist following a 6-3 win over William Woods earlier in the day.
MBU jumped on the Eagles pitching early, plating four runs in the bottom of the first inning.
Williams was held scoreless until the top of the sixth inning when Seth Jones drove in Lawson Aaron on a single to left field.
Skylar Morrison went yard in the top of the seventh for the Eagles second run of the ballgame, but WBU was unable to keep MBU off the board, falling 12-2 in eight innings.
WBU will move down to the loser's bracket in the AMC Tournament. The team will face Hannibal-LaGrange tomorrow at 10 AM from CarShield Field in O'Fallon, Mo.