MONTICELLO – The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team moved to 1-5-1 this season with a 4-2 loss to Montevallo on Saturday in non-conference play. The second game of the double-header ended in a 4-4 tie after the game was called due to darkness.

In the first game, both teams plated a run in the second inning. Montevallo’s Nelson Garcia scored on an error by the UAM third baseman. UAM’s junior designated hitter Blaine Ivey answered in the bottom half of the inning with a lead-off solo homerun.
 
Montevallo’s Cory Luckie answered with a solo-homerun of his own in the top of the third to regain the lead for the Falcons.
 
The Weevils tied the game at 2-all in the bottom of the fourth inning with an RBI-double from junior Rod Williams, scoring sophomore Michael Diffie, who reached on error earlier in the inning.
 
The Falcons (6-3) finalized the game’s scoring with a pair of un-earned runs in the top of the fifth inning. Montevallo’s Chris Sosebee drove in Garcia with a sacrifice fly-out to center field, which should have been the third out, followed by a UAM wild pitch, plating Luckie.
 
Junior Tyler Henry (0-1) was saddled with the loss after pitching 4.1 innings, allowing four runs off three hits. He left the game after allowing the go-ahead run to reach base in the fifth inning.
 
Montevallo’s Mat Turner (1-0) recorded the win after pitching the final 3.2 innings, allowing no runs and only one hit, while striking out six UAM batters.
 
In the second game, UAM jumped back on top of the Falcons thanks to a three-run fourth inning. The first run came from an RBI-single from junior Matt Whiting, scoring junior Richard Atwood, who singled to center earlier in the inning. Junior Matthew Lewis followed with an RBI-groundout, scoring Henry, who singled to right field earlier. Two batters later, Williams hit an RBI-single to score Whiting.
 
Montevallo answered with a two-run sixth inning to re-take the lead 4-3. UAM answered to finalize the scoring 4-all in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI-single from junior pinch-hitter Matt Gardner, scoring Henry, who reached on a walk earlier in the inning.  
 
The two squads conclude the series tomorrow (Sunday) with a double-header starting at 12 p.m. Both games are scheduled for seven innings.