University played two games at the Viking Classic on Friday in Unionville, Tenn. to begin its season.
In their first game, the Trailblazers played to an eight-inning, 1-1 tie with Huntland (Tenn.) Huntland scored its run in the bottom of the first inning, but University tied it up in the seventh when Nate Shatkowski hit a single to score Ben Westerkamm. The teams played an international tiebreaker in the eighth inning; each team started their half-inning with a runner on second base. But neither team scored and the game ended in the tie.
Shatkowski was 2-for-3 at the plate. Matt Moore pitched five innings, striking out nine.
The ‘Blazers fell to Sequatchie County (Tenn.) 6-2 in six innings in their second game. University scored first, with Alex Washlock getting home on an error in the bottom of the first inning.
Sequatchie County tied the game in the top of the third, but the ‘Blazers got the lead back in the fourth when Adam Oxley singled in Tyler Galyean. Sequatchie County tied it again in the top of the fifth, then added four runs in the sixth.
Ewer hit a second-inning double for University. Galyean went five and a third innings, striking out six.
University plays two more games at Unionville today, taking on Hubbard and Fayetteville.
University 1, Huntland 1
(8 innings)
University AB R H RBI
Dawson Estep 3 0 1 0
Alex Washlock 4 0 1 0
Ben Ewer 4 0 1 0
Tyler Galyean 4 0 0 0
Ben Westerkamm 3 1 0 0
Adam Oxley 2 0 0 0
Jacob Lange 2 0 1 0
Ethan Johnson 0 0 0 0
Nate Shatkowski 3 0 2 1
Kolton Stevens 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 6 1
Score by innings
University 000 000 10 – 1 6 0
Huntland 100 000 00 – 1 3 2
2B: Washlock. SB: Shatkowski. SAC: Oxley. HBP: Estep.
University pitching IP R ER H
Matt Moore 5 1 1 2
Oxley 3 0 0 1
Strikeouts: Moore 9, Oxley 2. Walks: Moore 1, Oxley 1.
Sequatchie County 6, University 2
(6 innings)
University AB R H RBI
Dawson Estep 3 0 0 0
Alex Washlock 3 1 1 0
Matt Moore 3 0 1 0
Ben Westerkamm 3 0 0 0
Ben Ewer 3 0 1 0
Tyler Galyean 2 1 0 0
Jacob Lange 1 0 0 0
Adam Oxley 2 0 1 1
Nate Shatkowski 1 0 0 0
Kolton Stevens 3 0 0 0
Totals 24 2 4 1
Score by innings
Sequatchie County 001 014 – 6 11 4
University 100 100 – 2 4 2
2B: Ewer. HBP: Oxley.
University IP R ER H
Galyean 5.1 3 3 8
Oxley 0.2 3 1 3
Strikeouts: Galyean 6, Oxley 1. Walks: Galyean 3.