GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – A five-RBI night from Brock Daniels (Missouri) willed the Flyboys to their fifth straight win, knocking off Elizabethton, 11-1, on Saturday, June 25.
The River Riders (10-12) scored their lone run of the night in emphatic fashion, as Avery Owusu-Asiedu (SIU-Edwardsville) hit his third home run of the season over the right-field wall in the top of the third inning, giving Elizabethton the 1-0 lead.
The Flyboys (11-11) answered with a pair of home runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth inning. Daniels hit his first home run of the season with a two-run shot that snuck over the right-field wall to give Greeneville a 2-1 lead. One batter later, Myles Smith (UC Irvine) hit his second home run of the season, a no-doubter over the right-field wall to extend the lead to 3-1.
Both teams were silent for the rest of the middle innings until Greeneville dropped six runs to their total in the bottom of the sixth. After David Bishop (TCU) and Smith drew back-to-back walks, back-to-back singles from Ian Daugherty (Oklahoma State) and Jack O’Reilly (Villanova) scored the two and made it a 5-1 game. Cian Sahler (Fordham) drew a bases-loaded walk to score Daugherty and push the advantage to 6-1. Saborn Campbell (Stanford) got in on the action with an RBI single to score O’Reilly and make it 7-1. Back-to-back sacrifice flies from Dub Gleed (UC Irvine) and Daniels ended the scoring for the Flyboys, giving Greeneville a 9-1 lead after six innings.
Daniels ended his night with authority, recording a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth to give the Flyboys the 11-1 victory.
Daniels finished the night going 2-for-4 with five RBI and a run scored. Cameron LaLiberte (Arizona) was perfect at the plate, going 2-for-2 with two runs scored and drawing a walk.
Jordan Hamberg (Coppin State) (1-0) earned his first win of the season, going two innings, giving up one hit while walking one batter and striking out two. Jack Liberio Jr. (RCSJ-Cumberlands) started the game for the Flyboys, giving up one run off seven hits, walking two and striking out four. Carson Jones (Winthrop) closed out the contest, giving up one hit and walking one batter while striking out three in three innings of work.
Collin Rothermel (Kansas State) (2-3) was handed the loss, giving up three runs off four hits, walking one and recording six strikeouts. Ryan Widmeier (RCSJ-Glouchester) went one inning in relief, giving up six runs off two hits, walking four and striking out one. Ty Peters (Liberty) went two innings, giving up one hit. BR Flowers (Central Alabama CC) closed out the game for the River Riders, allowing two runs off four hits and striking out two in his one inning of work.
The Flyboys will look for their sixth straight win in a seven-inning contest tomorrow, June 26 against the River Riders at Pioneer Park. First pitch is set for 5:30 PM. It’ll be Touch A Truck night, with fire trucks, police cars and the Mega Machines on display prior to the contest on the concourse. Fans can purchase tickets for the game at flyboysbaseball.com.
