NEW ORLEANS, La. - Stillman College dropped its final two games of a Southern States Athletic Conference series at No. 15 Loyola University on Saturday, falling 14-1 and 12-2.
GAME 1: No. 15 LOYOLA 14, STILLMAN 1
Loyola strung together 14 runs of eight hits and four Tiger errors through the first six innings to lead 14-0. Stillman fought bac
TJ Davis pushed across Stillman's only run with a two-out RBI single in the top of the seventh inning.
Bryant Rhooms led the Tigers' offense, hitting 2-for-3 and scoring the lone run. Â
Griff Minor (2-1) recorded his first loss, allowing nine runs through 2.2 innings.
GAME 2: No. 15 LOYOLA 12, STILLMAN 2
Devin Kelly and
Samuel Fleming each hit 2-for-4 in the second game to lead Stillman.
Kobe Lewis,
Tre'en Dorsett and
Kelvin Reese each had one hit.
Loyola took a 1-0 lead in the first, but Stillman fought back to lead 2-1 entering the fifth inning. Fleming led off the second inning with a single and later scored on a Dorsett single to left to tie the game, 1-1. In the third inning, Kelly singled to left to start the inning and was driven in by a Fleming ground out to put the Tigers on top, 2-1.
The Wolfpack answered with a two-out, three-run rally in the fifth to regain the lead, 4-2. Loyola put the game away with an eight-run bottom of the eighth.
Mason Collins (1-2) earned the loss in the nightcap, allowing four runs off seven hits and four walks through 4.2 innings of work. He struck out seven.
Stilman (10-9, 1-5 SSAC) will travel to Pulaski, Tennessee this Tuesday, March 21, to meet future SSAC foe Tennessee Southern in a non-conference game at 2 p.m.Â