King sweeps past Bluefield State in non-conference twinbill

Staff report

BLUEFIELD — King College claimed a pair of non-conference baseball games from Bluefield State on Tuesday afternoon at June O. Shott Field on the BSC campus by scores of 15-8 and 12-6.

Bluefield State had 14 hits in the first contest and 13 in the second, but was hampered by four errors in each game.

In the first game, the Big Blues closed the scoring gap to 10-7 with six runs in the fifth inning but gave up five runs in the seventh. King had seven extra-base hits in the game and was 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts.

Jason Redden led Bluefield State at the plate, going 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Two RBIs were recorded by Garrett Ferrara, Matt Burdette and Adam Fulford.

King’s Charles Peters batted 4-for-5 with two runs scored and four runs batted in, including a two-run home run in the final inning of game one.

In game two King jumped out to a 6-0 lead. The Tornado was 6-for-7 in stolen base tries. Teton Richburg was 2-for-2 at bat with two walks. He stole two bases, scored four runs and had an RBI.

The Big Blues’ Jason Redden brought T.J. Riggs and Alex Burke across the plate in the fourth with a single. Redden also stole a base. Ferrara batted 3-for-4.

In the game, BSC gave up eight walks, hit two batters, and allowed 12 hits. Michael Alvis started for the Big Blues and went three innings, allowing four runs — three earned, five hits, three walks, three strikeouts and one hit batter.

Trent Waymire earned the win in two relief innings.

Each side left 18 batters stranded in the two-game set.

The Big Blues play divisional foe Ohio Valley Saturday and Sunday for a pair of two-game sets at June O. Shott Field.

At Shott Field/Higginbotham Sportsplex

Game one

King College.......003 070 5 — 15 15 1

Bluefield State....001 060 1 — 8 14 4

Eric Allen, Jacob Snyder (5), Brandon Frye (5) and Matt Morris, Craig Cant (6). Aaron Story, Austin Pratt (5), Adam O’Brien (5), Andrew Shoemaker (7), Justin Whittemore (7) and Todd Graham, T.J. Riggs (6).

WP — Frye. LP — Story. HR — King, Matt Morris, 5th, 1 on; Charles Peters, 7th, 1 on.

Game two

King..........112 242 0 — 12 12 1

BSC...........000 330 0 — 6 13 4

Benny Fuller, Trent Waymire (5), Josh Aldridge (7) and Morris. Michael Alvis, Josh Westmoreland (4), Matt Marshall (5), Jay Thomas (7) and Riggs, Travis Thompson (6).

WP — Waymire. LP — Alvis.cx