Bellevue, Wash. - Seattle U baseball won a tight one over UT Arlington, 5-4, Friday morning at Bannerwood Park. After taking a lead in the 8th, the Redhawks had to pitch out of a jam to secure the win in the series opener vs the Mavericks.
Deadlocked at four heading into the bottom half of the 8th inning, Jackson Lind took matters into his own hand. Lind sent a screaming solo shot over the right field wall, his third homerun of the season, to put the Redhawks out front by one.
Lind's current hot streak now has him batting .341 while slugging an impressive .682. He is also now second on the team in RBI (15) and homeruns.
Now with the lead, Seattle U was 3-outs away from securing the series opener with UT Arlington. Luke Alwood, who came in during the 8th, trotted back out to begin the 9th. After the Mavericks loaded the bases with just 1-out, the Redhawks turned to Cameron Dayton to convert the save. Dayton faced two batters and struck them both out to close the game, 5-4.
"Big swing by Lind to give us the lead," said head coach Donny Harrel. "Really impressive job by Dayton to come in with the bases loaded and get the two big punch outs. Well fought game and hope we can ride the momentum into tomorrow."
For Dayton, it was his second save of the season, while Alwood was credited with his first career win. Peter Chronowski, who started the game, went six innings while giving up five hits and two earned runs with six strikeouts in his no-decision.
The win moves the Redhawks to 6-16 on the season and 4-6 in conference play. It also brings them back to .500 at Bannerwood Park through eight games played. Seattle U will look to win their second straight WAC home series tomorrow, April 1, in game 2 of the 3-game series with UTA. Nestor German will make his seventh start of the season for the Redhawks with first pitch scheduled for 2:00pm PT.
Deadlocked at four heading into the bottom half of the 8th inning, Jackson Lind took matters into his own hand. Lind sent a screaming solo shot over the right field wall, his third homerun of the season, to put the Redhawks out front by one.
Lind's current hot streak now has him batting .341 while slugging an impressive .682. He is also now second on the team in RBI (15) and homeruns.
Now with the lead, Seattle U was 3-outs away from securing the series opener with UT Arlington. Luke Alwood, who came in during the 8th, trotted back out to begin the 9th. After the Mavericks loaded the bases with just 1-out, the Redhawks turned to Cameron Dayton to convert the save. Dayton faced two batters and struck them both out to close the game, 5-4.
"Big swing by Lind to give us the lead," said head coach Donny Harrel. "Really impressive job by Dayton to come in with the bases loaded and get the two big punch outs. Well fought game and hope we can ride the momentum into tomorrow."
For Dayton, it was his second save of the season, while Alwood was credited with his first career win. Peter Chronowski, who started the game, went six innings while giving up five hits and two earned runs with six strikeouts in his no-decision.
Cameron Dayton came in with the bases loaded in the top of the 9th and picked up his second save of the season. Hear from the lefty after our win. #TogetherWeSoar pic.twitter.com/YI4LVSA6mh
— Seattle U Baseball (@SeattleUBase) March 31, 2023
The win moves the Redhawks to 6-16 on the season and 4-6 in conference play. It also brings them back to .500 at Bannerwood Park through eight games played. Seattle U will look to win their second straight WAC home series tomorrow, April 1, in game 2 of the 3-game series with UTA. Nestor German will make his seventh start of the season for the Redhawks with first pitch scheduled for 2:00pm PT.