MONTICELLO – The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team recorded a split with Montevallo in Sunday’s double-header, winning the first game 4-3 and losing the second game 7-5.
 
UAM moves to 2-6-1 overall this season, while Montevallo returns home with a 7-4-1 overall record.
 
In the first game, UAM used a three-run sixth inning, started by a solo homerun by freshman Tyler Williams. Later in the inning, junior Drew Harper scored when junior teammate Tyler Henry reached on a throwing error. Junior Matt Gardner followed with a pinch-hit RBI single to left field that scored Henry.
 
Freshman Craig Pellegrin (1-0) recorded the win after holding the Falcons to no runs in the top of the seventh inning. Pellegrin pitched four no-hit innings to close out the game and only allowed one run, which was unearned.
 
In the second game, Harper started the scoring with a two-run homerun in the bottom of the second inning, scoring Williams, who led off the inning with a single to center field.
 
Junior Brian Johnson recorded his second homerun of the season in the next inning, smashing a solo-shot to right field to give the Weevils a 3-1 lead.
 
Montevallo answered with five unanswered runs over the next two innings, creating a come-from-behind opportunity for the Weevils. The Weevils responded with the final two runs of the game with a two-RBI single in the sixth inning from Gardner, scoring junior Ariel Mercedes and Henry.
 
UAM held Montevallo scoreless in the top of the seventh, but Montevallo’s Taylor Edwards recorded three consecutive outs in the bottom half to record his first save of the season.
 
Junior Lawrence McCloud (0-1) was saddled with the loss after allowing the three go-ahead runs in his one inning of work.
 
The Weevils host Jarvis Christian this Tuesday, February 17 for a double-header starting at 12 p.m.