Hawks score season-high 16 runs in win over Methodist

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon baseball team put Methodist away early Friday night in a 16-3 win.

The Hawks (13-5) rapped out 13 hits, two home runs and scored a season-high 16 runs in their fifth straight win. Huntingdon took control with an eight-run third inning and added a six-run sixth inning for good measure.

The Hawks' scoring opened and closed with a home run. Joseph Odom hit a solo home run, his seventh home run of the season, in the first inning. Tyler Blackwell put an exclamation point on the game with a two-out grand slam in the bottom of the sixth.

Blackwell finished 3-for-5 with six RBIs and two runs. Odom was 3-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs and Jordan Freeman was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs. Grant Brown and Austin White each had two RBIs. White, Caleb Astin, Trey Smith and Seth Currie each scored twice. Evan Agnew scored once.

Tied 2-2 in the bottom of the third, a Blackwell single drove in his first of two runs in two at-bats during the inning. A White single scored two runs, a Freeman single brought in two more runs before Brown drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 8-2. A fielder's choice by Odom and a Blackwell single scored the final two runs of the inning.

In the sixth, an error and an Odom single scored two runs before Blackwell stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and blasted his first home run of the season.

Craig Brown (4-1) pitched six innings to pick up the win. Relievers Will Davis and Parker Adams held Methodist to one hit in the final three innings.

Huntingdon and Methodist play again at Posey Field at 2 p.m. on Saturday.