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Harding University Athletics

#9 C. Doyle
2
Arkansas-Monticello UAM 23-24
4
Winner Harding HU 32-18
Arkansas-Monticello UAM
23-24
2
Final
4
Harding HU
32-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Arkansas-Monticello UAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 2
Harding HU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 8 0

W: Long, Maddox (5-5) L: Trent Bunting (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Scott Goode (5/9/22)

Doyle Sends Harding to Victory with Walk-off Homer at GAC Tournament

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Harding junior Coulton Doyle hit a two-run home run at 1:16 a.m. Monday morning to keep the Bisons' season alive. The game started Sunday at 9:45 p.m.

Doyle's homer came in 11th inning of Harding's elimination game with Arkansas-Monticello at the Great American Conference Tournament. With the win, Harding (32-18) advances to meet Ouachita Baptist in another elimination game Monday at 12:40 p.m.

With the game tied at 2-2, Cody Smith singled to center with two outs. On a 1-0 pitch, Doyle launched his 12th home run of the season over the left-field wall. It was his first home run since March 29 vs. Christian Brothers.

Joel Barker started and pitched 10.0 innings, allowing only eight hits and two earned runs with a season-high eight strikeouts.

Maddox Long (5-5) pitched the top of the 11th inning to earn the win.

Harding took a 1-0 lead bottom of the fourth. Brendan Perrett hit a leadoff single and went to second on a wild pitch. Owen Martin lined a 3-2 pitch to center to score Perrett.

A two-run pinch-hit double in the top of the ninth gave Arkansas-Monticello a 2-1 lead.

The Bisons tied it in the bottom of the ninth. Chris Witzke drove in Martin with a bases-loaded ground out.

Smith had three of Harding's eight hits, his ninth three-hit game of the season.




 
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