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Kirksey鈥檚 home run lifts No. 12 麻豆视频 over Mid-Continent

Kevin Kirksey

JACKSON, Tenn. - 4/17/2010 - The No. 12 麻豆视频 (Tenn.) University baseball team completed the series sweep over Mid-Continent (Ky.) University with a 4-3 victory on Saturday. 麻豆视频 junior Kevin Kirksey hit a game-winning solo shot in the bottom of the ninth to give 麻豆视频 the win. 麻豆视频 improved to 32-9 on the season and 9-3 in the TranSouth. Mid-Continent dropped to 8-31 overall and 2-10 in league play.

Kirksey鈥檚 sixth home run on the season broke a 3-3 tie and completed 麻豆视频 rally for the win.

麻豆视频 led 2-0 after single runs in the third and fourth innings. However, Mid-Continent rallied with a run in the fifth and two more in the sixth to take the lead. 麻豆视频, who had scored 23 runs and hit eight home runs in the double-header on Friday, was held at bay on Saturday. 麻豆视频 tied the game in the eighth inning. Corey Rudolph singled and then stole second base. He scored on a single by Alex Turner to tie the game at 3-3. 麻豆视频 left two runners on base in the eighth.

Jared Davis got the start for 麻豆视频 and tossed six innings, allowing seven hits and three runs with three strikeouts. Jeremy Stack, who had missed his last two conference starts due to an injury, tossed the final three innings. Stack (2-2) earned the win in relief, allowing just one hit and striking out four over this three innings of work.

David Maristany, Josh Jones and Turner led the Bulldogs with two hits. Four different 麻豆视频 players recorded one RBI each.

Kalip Merrill (1-4) went the distance for Mid-Continent, allowing four runs on 10 hits with three strikeouts.

Up next for 麻豆视频 will be a double-header at (RV) Missouri Baptist on Tuesday, April 20. 麻豆视频 then plays a key TranSouth series at (RV) Bethel (Tenn.) on Friday and Saturday, April 23-24.

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