MILLIGAN, Tenn. – The Milligan University Baseball Team (27-13) picked up a 9-6 win against visiting Emory & Henry College (6-16) on Sunday afternoon to claim the weekend series, two games to one.

The Basics
FINAL SCORE – Milligan 9, Emory & Henry 6
LOCATION – Milligan, Tennessee
VENUE – Anglin Field
RECORDS – Emory & Henry (6-16); Pikeville (27-13, 13-5 AAC)

How It Happened
The Wasps opened the scoring in the top of the fourth when sophomore shortstop Kolby Anderson (King William, Va.) drove in a run on a groundout. E&H pushed the margin to 4-0 in the fifth, highlighted by a single to right field by sophomore first baseman McCray Sawyers (Stuart, Va.) and a double down the right-field line by junior left fielder Jackson Lancaster (Keeling, Va.).

Milligan responded to take a 5-4 lead in the bottom half of the fifth as Cade Davis hit a two-run home run, while Eric Rigsby and Josh Lail both had run-scoring doubles. Emory & Henry answered to make it a 5-all contest midway through the sixth as junior designated hitter Eli Milhorn (Bluff City, Tenn.) drove in sophomore third baseman Jared Foley (Sparta, N.C.) with a sacrifice fly.

Three runs by the Buffaloes in the bottom of the sixth made it an 8-5 contest before the Wasps got within two in the seventh when Lancaster scored on a wild pitch. MU capped the scoring in the bottom of the seventh frame on a single to center by Andrew Mathias.

Creed Werker earned the win in relief allowing one unearned run as he struck out five across 2.2 innings of no-hit baseball. Chancery Hall got the save as he pitched the ninth inning. E&H senior Josh Woodard (Culpeper, Va.) took the loss, allowing one earned run on six hits in 1.2 innings pitched.

Up Next
Emory & Henry remains on the road on Tuesday when it visits Concord University at 3:00 p.m.

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