(RV) Baseball Rips Four Homers to Win Series at Montreat

MONTREAT, N.C. (April 20, 2024) - With an Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) series on the line, the (RV) Milligan University baseball team lifted four home runs out of Newell Field on the campus of Montreat College (N.C.) to take an 8-3 win, rounding out the three-game set with a two-out-of-three result.

The Buffs continue to surge, having won seven of their last nine contests. They now sit at 29-16 overall and 17-10 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC).

Coming up for the Buffaloes is the final AAC series of the campaign at Truett McConnell University. A single game will be played on Thursday, April 25 at 6 p.m., and a doubleheader will take place on Friday, April 26, starting at 1 p.m.

Milligan got the bats going early in the tilt, scoring a pair in the top of the second on a two-run round-tripper to right-center field by Ryan Molinari. Gaven Jones would come in to score, giving the Buffs a 2-0 lead.

Montreat responded with a solo homer in the bottom of the second to cut the lead in half, but the Buffaloes grabbed that run back in the top of the third on a solo blast down the left field line by Caleb Berry, making it 3-1.

Three more runs would cross the plate for Milligan in the top of the fourth, as Andrew Mathias scored Jack Sutton and Molinari on a two-RBI double down the left-field line. Then, after Mathias advanced to third, Angel Lobo sent him home on a sacrifice fly to left, making it 6-1 Buffs.

An inning later, Braden Spano launched his sixth long ball of the season, which was also of the solo variety. His round-tripper made it 7-1 for Milligan.

Two bases-loaded walks for the Cavaliers offense in the bottom of the fifth brought in a couple of runs to make it 7-3 in Milligan's favor after five full frames.

To cap off the afternoon in the top of the eighth, Sutton mashed a solo shot to straight away center field, making the final tally 8-3.