Adrian College recorded a 10-6 victory over Birmingham-Southern in a battle of nationally ranked teams over the weekend. The visiting Bulldogs were powered to a win in the rubber game of their season-opening series.
Fifth-year senior Tristin Richardson rapped three hits and drove in five runs to spearhead Adrian’s season-high 13-hit attack. The聽Adrian Bulldogs rose to 2-1 overall while the Birmingham-Southern Panthers dropped to 8-3 overall.
Adrian is ranked no. 11 by American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate Baseball Newspaper; no. 22 by D3baseball.com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and no. 10 by Perfect Game.
Final Scoreline: Adrian College 10-13-0, Birmingham-Southern College 6-8-3
Birmingham-Southern is ranked no. 8 by ABCA/Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and no. 16 D3baseball.com/NCBWA. The two top ranked programs received plenty of attention during their series.
Thomas finished with two hits and two runs scored.聽Rainey ended up 3-for-5 with a double and triple, a walk and two runs scored.聽Senior Ty Peck was 2-for-4, including a double, and two runs scored.
Drew Love went 3-for-3, including a double, with two walks, two runs scored and a run batted in.聽The Bulldogs evened the all-time series at seven wins apiece, including a 7-6 record at Birmingham-Southern.
Adrian College will play three games this week in Demorest, Georgia
Richardson’s five RBI is a personal high.聽Gutierrez is Adrian’s top hitter after going 5-for-12 with a .417 batting average after the season-opening weekend.聽Richardson is tied with聽Gutierrez for the team home run lead with two.
Adrian travels to Demorest, Ga., for a three-game series at Piedmont College for the next three days including Monday (5 p.m.), Tuesday (3 p.m.) and Wednesday (5 p.m.).
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