2019 Landon Langston
Joseph Romans

Baseball

LIONS FALL 7-6 TO OWLS IN NINTH INNING

Baseball

LIONS FALL 7-6 TO OWLS IN NINTH INNING

Box Score KENNESAW, Ga. – Kennesaw State scored a run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to take a 7-6 ASUN Conference baseball win over North Alabama.
 
UNA had tied the game at 6-6 with two runs in the eighth but the Owls managed to load the bases in their final at bat and claimed the win with a game-winning RBI-single from Tyler Tolve.
 
With the loss, North Alabama drops to 3-18 overall and 0-2 in the ASUN. It was the Lions sixth straight loss overall.
 
UNA took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Davis Elliott singled, Ben Kiefer walked and Elliott scored ith on the back end of a double steal. Landon Langston then tripled in Kiefer for a 2-0 lead.
 
Kennesaw State scored a run in the first and took a 4-2 lead with three more runs in the third.
 
North Alabama got a run back in the fourth when Reid Homan doubled and scored on a Harris Kain double.
 
The Lions tied the game in the fifth as Colt Chrestman singled and scored on a Tate Mathis sacrifice to make it 4-4.
 
Kennesaw State regained the lead with single runs in the fifth and seventh innings before UNA tied the game in the eighth. Mathis was hit-by-pitch and Kiefer singled. Langston drove in a run on a fielder's choice and Peyton Sockwell singled in the tying tun.
 
Keegan Foge (0-1) took the loss for UNA, pitching two and a third innings and allowing one run on four hits.
 
The series with Kennesaw State concludes with a game on Sunday.  
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Davis Elliott

#10 Davis Elliott

INF/OF
6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
Reid Homan

#7 Reid Homan

3B
6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
Harris Kain

#17 Harris Kain

3B/1B
6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
Tate Mathis

#35 Tate Mathis

OF
6' 0"
Redshirt Junior
L/L
Peyton Sockwell

#19 Peyton Sockwell

SS
6' 2"
Senior
R/R
Ben Kiefer

#4 Ben Kiefer

C
6' 1"
Junior
R/R
Colt Chrestman

#5 Colt Chrestman

OF
6' 2"
Junior
R/R
Keegan Foge

#12 Keegan Foge

RHP
6' 4"
Junior
R/R
Landon Langston

#26 Landon Langston

C
5' 10"
Freshman
S/R

Players Mentioned

Davis Elliott

#10 Davis Elliott

6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
INF/OF
Reid Homan

#7 Reid Homan

6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
3B
Harris Kain

#17 Harris Kain

6' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
R/R
3B/1B
Tate Mathis

#35 Tate Mathis

6' 0"
Redshirt Junior
L/L
OF
Peyton Sockwell

#19 Peyton Sockwell

6' 2"
Senior
R/R
SS
Ben Kiefer

#4 Ben Kiefer

6' 1"
Junior
R/R
C
Colt Chrestman

#5 Colt Chrestman

6' 2"
Junior
R/R
OF
Keegan Foge

#12 Keegan Foge

6' 4"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Landon Langston

#26 Landon Langston

5' 10"
Freshman
S/R
C