Baseball Falls Late at Memphis, 3-1

Saturday, February 26

Memphis, Tenn.

3:00 PM ET

Brown University

0-2

Memphis

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Brown

Memphis

Photo by: Matt Smith

2/26/2022 7:40:00 PM | Baseball

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Brown baseball team dropped a tough 3-1 defeat after a late innings comeback by Memphis on Saturday afternoon. After Brown took a 1-0 lead in the sixth inning, the Tigers scored all three of their runs, only one earned, in the seventh inning before holding on for the win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Making his first career start on the mound, junior righthander Tobey McDonough turned in a strong 6.0 inning effort for Brown, allowing no runs on just five hits while striking out eight. He also issued just one walk.
Senior Jackson Hipp picked up his second RBI in as many games on a fielder's choice in the seventh inning, and also added an outfield assist by throwing the tying run out at the plate in the seventh inning.
The Bears put runners on base in eight of the nine innings, but went 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position and 1-for-17 with men on base, while Memphis was 2-for-6 with RISP.
Charles Crawford and Gunner Boree each went 1-for-3 with a walk.
Brown stole three bases on the afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Bears left one runner on base in each of the first four innings, and two more in the fifth before breaking through in the sixth.
Brown loaded the bases with nobody out in the sixth courtesy of a hit batter, a single and a walk. Hipp came up to the plate and put the Bears in front on a fielder's choice grounder to third, before Memphis limited the damage with a fly ball and ground out.
McDonough struck out two batters in both the third and fifth innings, while retiring the side in order. Coming back out for the sixth, he allowed a pair of singles and a wild pitch that put runners on second and third with two outs, before getting a big strikeout to end the inning and his outing.
Memphis went to work against the Brown bullpen in the bottom of the seventh, using two walks to put two on with one out. A single to right field looked like it would tie the game, but Hipp came up throwing and hosed the runner at the plate to keep it a 1-0 game.
Memphis then tied the game two batters later on an error in the infield, and took the lead on a wild pitch. They added an insurance run on a double steal attempt of second and home, with the runner from first staying in a rundown long enough for the Tigers to score the runner from third.
Brown went down fighting in the ninth, bringing the go-ahead run to the plate with one out after a pair of walks, but back-to-back strikeouts ended the game.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH: GRANT ACHILLES

"Tobey competed and gave us a chance. Those six innings was a great performance for him. He was attacking the hitters all day long and was able to give us a shot."
"It's a credit to Memphis and credit of us not cashing in. It's not for a lack of effort. We applied pressure today which was a positive. We need to keep putting ourselves in those situations, but just need to push it across the goal line."
"We haven't played a complete game yet, but we're moving in the right direction. I saw more positives than negatives today, but we're not where we want to be right now. As long as we keep moving forward, that's a positive we can take, but we certainly expect a higher level of play moving forward."

ON DECK
The Bears and Tigers will finish off their three game series tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. ET.

Gallery: (2-26-2022) Baseball at Memphis

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