CONWAY, S.C. – Luke Drumheller made App State historical past on Sunday, beginning his 200th consecutive sport, whereas making his 217th profession look within the Mountaineers 11-4 loss to the Chanticleers at Spring Brooks Stadium.
Drumheller turned the primary Mountaineer in program historical past to start out 200 consecutive video games, whereas he’s now tied with Tyler Zupcic (2010-14) for second all-time in video games performed, trailing solely Hector Crespo (2010-13), who suited up 225 occasions for the Black and Gold.
App State (23-21, 12-11) opened sturdy in Sunday’s rubber sport. Trailing by a run within the second inning, Dylan Rogers singled up the center with two outs. That introduced Alex Reed to the plate, and the Mountaineers’ designated hitter ripped a triple to the hole in right-center to tie the rating. Rogers has now hit safely in every of the final ten video games.
With the rating tied 1-1 within the third inning, Andrew Terrell led off the body with a stroll and CJ Boyd adopted with a towering dwelling run over the batter’s eye in heart area to place the Mountaineers forward, 3-1. The homer was Boyd’s eighth of the season, and his third within the final 5 video games.
Caleb Cross began the ballgame for the Mountaineers, and after loading the bases with no one out within the first inning, was capable of escape the jam by permitting only a sacrifice fly.
The Chanticleers would get to him within the third inning nonetheless, as this time with the bases loaded Jake Brooks related on a grand slam as a part of a five-run inning. The house crew scored three extra within the fourth inning to tug in entrance, 9-4.
App State scored their closing run within the prime of the fourth on a Boyd RBI double to attain Terrell, who reached on a single one batter prior. Boyd completed the collection 9-for-16 with 5 extra-base hits.
Ryan Sleeper and Jeriah Henry mixed to fireside the ultimate 1.2 innings with out giving up a success to complete off the ballgame on the mound, with every choosing up a strikeout.
The Mountaineers return to Smith Stadium subsequent weekend, to shut out their dwelling season in opposition to Arkansas State. First pitch on Friday is ready for six p.m. Saturday is senior day, and the Mountaineers can pay tribute to their senior class forward of a 3 p.m. first pitch. The collection finale is ready for 1 p.m. on Sunday.
