Baseball Splits With Spartanburg

MORRISTOWN, Tennessee - The Walters State baseball team split a home doubleheader Tuesday with No. 3 ranked Spartanburg Methodist, winning the opener, 7-6, before falling in the nightcap, 8-2.

With the split of the twimbill, the Senators are 11-3 on the season.

In the opener, Walters State rallied for a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to erase a 6-5 deficit. Chad Hunter had a RBI single to knot the count at 6-6 before Cody Hawn's sacrifice fly drove in the game-winning run.

Dylan Pratt had two singles in the win for the Senators. Freshman Kyle Koeneman homered while Hawn and Jesse Wierzbicki each doubled. Sophomore reliever David Fracnis (3-1) worked 1 1/3 innings in relief of starter Jack Snodgrass to earn the mound win.

In the second game, the Senators' lone runs came off solo homers from Pratt and Koeneman.

Sophomore Adam Ray (2-1) was tagged with the mound defeat in relief of starter Austin Bridhewater, who allowed three runs on five hits while striking out eight batters in 4 1/3 innings.

The Senators return to the diamond Friday when TJCCAA Eastern Division rival Chattanooga State comes to Morristown for a three-game series. Scheduled start time at Senator Field is 2 p.m.