ALC Baseball rallies, take down Miami-Hamilton, 7-5

Hamilton, OH: The Alice Lloyd College Eagles (12-7) baseball team returned to the diamond on March 10^th to battle the homestanding Miami Hamilton Harriers (8-6) in a nine-inning contest. The hosts jumped out to a early lead, only to see the Bluegrass bombers battle back in the mid-innings to snatch the victory, 7-5.

March 10th

Alice Lloyd-7: Miami Hamilton-5

The Ohio squad jumped out to a 3-0 lead, only to see the Eagles rally for the win.

The scoring opened in the third when Hamilton plated a pair of runs with a double, 2-0. Then, in the next inning, they added to their lead, aided by an Eagle error (3-0).

In the fifth, the Pippa Passes posse began to eat into the deficit. With a runner on base, Cole Bishop (C) laced a double in the gap to break the ice, 3-1. This would lead to a stretch of solid innings.

In the sixth, a Colton Lovelace (SS) sacrifice fly would make the score 3-2. This was followed by back-to-back RBI doubles, courtesy of Kyle Johnson (CF) and Diego Rodriguez (2B). The sudden turn of events gave the Caney Creekers a 4-3 edge.

In the seventh, Jaden Huff (LF) slapped a single to give his crew a 5-3 advantage. This would be important because MH would smack a 2-run homer in the bottom of the inning to knot the contest up (5-5).

However, In the eighth, ALC's Loveless singled, then raced home when Johnson connected for a triple to propel his buddies to a 6-5 lead. Finally,, in the ninth, after Bishop singled to reach base, Loveless lined another well-place single to drive in the insurance run, 7-5.

Now down to their final opportunity, the Harriers were retired in order, sending the Kentucky kids back home with the nice victory.

At the plate, Johnson and Bishop each rapped 3 hits while Lovelace and Huff each delivered 2. Johnson came up big, smashing 1 triple and 2 doubles. He also tied Loveless, as both knocked in 2 RBI's.

Quentin Williams started on the mound and allowed 3 earned runs on 4 hits in 3.2 innings of work.  He stuck out 3. Braydon Norris relieved for 1.1 innings, allowing 1 hit and 0 runs. He was followed by Elijah Breeding who tossed 2 innings, and gave up  3 hits and 3 runs with 2K's.

RJ Broome tossed the eighth and retired 3 straight batters to earn the win. Anakin Floyd then retired 3 straight Harriers in the ninth to earn the save, whiffing 1.

The victors took the hitting battle, 13-8 and won despite committing more errors, 2-1.