Final Score (Game 1): Lipscomb: 7, North Alabama: 2
Final Score (Game 2): Lipscomb: 13, North Alabama: 2
Location: Florence, AL. (Mike D. Lane Field)
Records: Lipscomb: 15-16 (9-3 ASUN), North Alabama: 6-24 (0-12 ASUN)
Game One
Lipscomb jumped on the Lions early, scoring two runs in the top of the first inning. Mason Lundgrin singled to score the game's first run, and then Austin Kelly send a sacrfice fly ball to the outfield to add their second run.
After a scoreless second frame, the Bisons tacked on another run in the third as Austin Kelly homered for the 11th time this season, leading the team. Lipscomb then capitalized on miscues by the Lions' defense to plate two more runs in the fourth for a 5-0 advantage.
On Lundgrin's third hit of the day, the Bisons extended their lead to 6-0. The Lions scored two runs in the bottom of the eight but none more, as Lipscomb took game one of the doubleheaders 7-2 with an added run on a single from Parks Bouck.
The Bisons finished with 12 hits in the first nine and held North Alabama to six.
Game Two
The Lions struck first in game two, scoring a run in the bottom of the second inning for an early advantage.
Lipscomb had success at the plate, loading the bases in back-to-back innings but got nothing out of it, stranding all six. Eventually, the Bisons broke the game open, scoring four runs in the top of the third.
The sequence started with a walk but Caleb Ketchup and an Alex Vergara single. After they both advanced on an error, Trace Willhoite walked, bringing Austin Kelly to the plate. Kelly doubled to score two, and Jake Berg singled to score another.
Lipscomb added three more runs in the fifth as the heart of the order continued to produce. Trace Willhoite doubled to open the frame, and then Kelly singled to score Willhoite. Parks Bouck plated Kelly on a sacrifice fly to center field. The last run came from Chaz Bertolani, who singled to send home Berg, giving the Bisons a 7-1 advantage.
The Bisons close the series finale out with a massive eight inning with two three-run homers from Alex Vergara and Austin Kelly. Lipscomb earned the three outs they needed in the bottom half to sweep North Alabama and take game three in eight innings.
UP NEXT
The Bisons will return to Ken Dugan Field on Tuesday, April 11, for a midweek rematchup with Tennesee Tech at 6:00 p.m. CT.