FINAL SCORE: #3 University of Cincinnati Clermont 6, #6 Wright State Lake Campus 1
RECORDS: UC Clermont (21-20) | Wright State (13-26)
LOCATION: East Field Park in Glens Falls, NY
IN BRIEF: After trailing 1-0 into the third inning, UC Clermont put up a four spot in the bottom of the third. They added two runs in the bottom of the fifth, but that's all they would need as they defeated Wright State 6-1 in the opening round of the 2016 Small College World Series.
HOW THEY SCORED: Wright State opened the scoring in the top of the second. After a Jacob Armstrong walk, Storm Wolter singled putting runners on first and second with no outs. Jared Knous (who pinch ran for Armstrong) scored after two fielder's choice plays for the Lakers.
UC Clermont opened their scoring in the bottom of the third with a solo home run from Jake Murray. Clermont followed that up with three more runs off a single from Anthony Bell, back to back doubles from Spencer Henn and Cody Riley, and a single from Jacob Beinke. The Cougars added two runs in the bottom of the fifth, with an Anthony Bell solo home run and a Beinke double that scored Spencer Henn.
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE: Kyle Miller of UC Clermont pitched five and one thirds inning and struck out six. AJ Sweatland came in to close out the game for the Cougars.
Right fielder, Issac Fitzgerard was 4-4 at the plate and Tristian Becker was 3-2 for the Lakers.
NEXT UP: UC Clermont moves on to face Rochester College tomorrow at 1:30 pm EST. Wright State – Lake Campus is still alive in the tournament and will face the winner of the 11:00 am loser bracket game between Penn State Beaver and Penn State DuBois.
