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Harding University Athletics

#9 C. Doyle
4
Harding HU 12-5, 3-4 GAC
6
Winner Southern Arkansas SAU 11-4, 6-1 GAC
Harding HU
12-5, 3-4 GAC
4
Final
6
Southern Arkansas SAU
11-4, 6-1 GAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Harding HU 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 7 1
Southern Arkansas SAU 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 6 10 2

W: Jeremy Adorno (3-0) L: Long, Maddox (2-2) S: Isaiah Haynes (3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Scott Goode (3/4/23)

Doyle Smashes Three Hits, Homers in Series Opener at Southern Arkansas

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Harding junior Coulton Doyle had three hits including his fourth home run of the season, and the Bisons put a scare in No. 2-ranked Southern Arkansas before falling 6-4 in the first game of a three-game Great American Conference series Saturday. Harding and Southern Arkansas conclude the set with a doubleheader Sunday beginning at 2 p.m.

The series is a matchup of two of the top 10 teams in the most recent National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association Central Region Poll.

Harding (12-5, 3-4) trailed 2-0 entering the fourth inning, but cut the Southern Arkansas lead in half. Freshman Logan Lacey hit his team-leading seventh double, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on Michael Dewald's ground out. It was Dewald's 15th RBI in the 16 games he has played.

Doyle led off the sixth inning with his homer to left center to cut the Mulerider lead to 4-2. It was his 16th career home run, moving him into Harding's career top 10. It was his team-leading 19th RBI.

Southern Arkansas (11-4, 6-1) led 5-2 after seven innings.

Doyle then led off the eighth with a single and moved to third on Sebastian Martinez's third double of the season, which extended his team-best hitting streak to seven games. Doyle scored on Lacey's sacrifice fly and Martinez followed him to the plate after a throwing error to pull Harding within 5-4. The RBI was Lacey's 16th.

Harding had the tying and go-ahead runners on in the inning but did not score again.

Maddox Long (2-2) struck out six in 5.1 innings and suffered the loss. Dylan Penick pitched the last 2.2 innings and allowed only one earned run.

Doyle's three-hit game was his team-leading seventh multi-hit game of the season and second three-hit game. Doyle has reached base safely in 15 straight games.
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