Liberty LIBERTY 22-29, 11-10 CUSA

DBU DBU 38-12, 15-6 CUSA

Liberty LIBERTY

22-29, 11-10 CUSA

Final

May. 11, 2024

DBU DBU

38-12, 15-6 CUSA

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Liberty LIBERTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
DBU DBU	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	X	5	8	0

W: Jenkins, Jerrod (5-0) L: HUDSON, Todd (1-4)

Summary
Box Score

Eddie Kelly

Game Recap: Baseball | 5/11/2024 8:55:00 PM

DBU Finishes Off Sweep of Liberty in 5-1 Win Over Flames

THE RUNDOWN
DBU Baseball claimed a 5-1 win in game two of a doubleheader against Liberty on Saturday at Horner Ballpark to earn a series sweep in the Patriots' final home CUSA series. DBU's Jerrod Jenkins held the Flames scoreless over 5.2 innings to earn his fifth win of the year.

The Patriots used RBI doubles in back-to-back innings to climb out to an early lead. Alex Pendergast and Chayton Krauss each lined shots into the left center field gap to put the Patriots up 2-0. Ethan Mann extended DBU's lead in the fifth when he shot an RBI single off the glove of Liberty's second baseman, which allowed Chayton Krauss to score from second on a great baserunning play.

A pair of solo home runs helped put this game out of reach for DBU. Grant Jay blasted his 17th home run of the season into the DBU bullpen in the sixth to push the Patriots lead 4-0. Game one's hero Tom Poole continued his hot hitting in the seventh when he drove another home run to right to make it 5-0 DBU.

Liberty managed to scratch across one run in the eighth thanks to a solo home run by Kane Kepley, but that was the only run the Flames would get against a DBU pitching staff that had a solid day. James Ellwanger, Jerrod Jenkins, Nick Wilson, River Ridings, and Conner Mackay combined to hold the Flames to just one run on five hits as DBU completed their sixth series sweep of the season.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
· Jerrod Jenkins improved to 5-0 on the season after he threw 5.2 shutout innings, allowing just two hits.
· Tom Poole hit his second home run of the doubleheader to finish off a week in which he slugged four home runs in as many games.
· DBU has won their 15th conference game of the season and is now in first place in the Conference USA standings.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
25 - DBU finishes its 2024 home schedule with 25 wins in 30 games.
38 - Grant Jay hit his 38th career home run and is one away from tying Ryan Enos (2007-10) for the fifth-most home runs in DBU's Division I era.
5 - The Patriots have now won 5 games in a row.

UP NEXT
DBU will close out regular season play in Tennessee as the Patriots travel to Murfreesboro to take on Middle Tennessee State. First pitch on Thursday night is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. from Reese Smith Jr. Field.

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Score By Innings
		LIBERTY	DBU
*BOT 2nd*	PENDERGAST, doubled to right field, RBI (0-0); MANN, E. scored.	0	1
*BOT 3rd*	KRAUSS, C. doubled to left center, RBI (2-1 BBF); DATTALO, M. scored.	0	2
*BOT 5th*	MANN, E. singled up the middle, RBI (1-2 SBK); KRAUSS, C. scored.	0	3
*BOT 6th*	JAY, G. homered to left center, RBI (1-2 BFSF).	0	4
*BOT 7th*	POOLE, T. homered to right center, RBI (2-2 KBBS).	0	5
*TOP 8th*	KEPLEY, K. homered to right field, RBI (0-0).	1	5