TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Stillman College dropped its first two Southern States Athletic Conference baseball games of the season Saturday against Blue Mountain Christian University. After dropping a seven-inning, Game 1, 10-5, the Tigers fell in the second game, 13-0. 

Bryant Rhooms hit 2-for-3 and reached base a total of five times on the day. He scored three of the Tigers' five runs and drove in one. 

The three-game series will conclude Sunday, March 5 at 1 p.m.

GAME 1: BMCU 10, STILLMAN 5

Bryant Rhooms doubled to left and scored on an error to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead in the second inning. After BMCU took the lead in the top of the third, Stillman evened the scored with a Griff Minor sac fly to center to score Devin Kelly, who hit 2-for-3 in the game.

Stillman led through four innings after TJ Davis singled in Rhooms to lead, 3-2. However, a pair of balk calls against relief pitcher Isidro Jimenez pushed two runs across in the top of the fifth to give Blue Mountain the lead. Reilly Tate singled in a run to give extend the Toppers' lead to 5-3 through 4.5 innings. 

Mason Collins singled with two outs in the fifth to spark a Tiger rally. Bryant Rhooms followed with a triple to deep right center that scored courtesy runner Varrick Lawrence. Tre'en Dorsett followed with an RBI single to left to tie the game, 5-5, through five.

Blue Mountain tacked on two runs in the sixth and three in the seventh to pull away. 

Minor received a no decision in his SSAC start on the mound. He allowed two runs off three hits and four walks through four innings. He had three strikeouts. Jimenez (0-1) allowed six runs of five hits nad two walks in two innings. Cody Clark struck out three in the seventh inning, but allowed two runs.

Matthew Koch (2-0) took the win, allowing two earned runs through seven innings. He allowed seven hits, did not walk a runer and struck out five. 

Alex Frillman, Zach Koon and Easton Rainer each had two hits for the Toppers.

GAME 2: BMCU 13, STILLMAN 0

Stillman's only hit was a one-out single in the first inning by Geoff Grier. Josh Smith (4-1) allowed only four base runners in the win for BMCU. The only other base runner was when Rhooms was hit by a pitch in the fourth. Rhooms was hit twice and walked once in the game without recording an official at bat. 

Blue Mountain took its lead in the third inning, 1-0, and extended it to 4-0 after five innings before adding a nine spot in the top of the sixth. 

Mason Collins (1-1) was charged with the loss, allowing three earned runs off nine hits through five innings. He struck out four.

Frillman hit 4-for-5 with two RBI and three runs to lead the Toppers.