The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
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Saturday Split Gives Blazers Series Over Marshall
3/30/2013 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 30, 2013
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Frost finished 6-for-8 in the batter’s box on Saturday, with two doubles, two RBI and a run scored to help improve the Blazers to 12-15 overall and 2-4 in league play.
Head coach Brian Shoop was pleased with his team’s effort, as the Blazers have now won four straight road series against the Thundering Herd.
“Sam was plenty good enough to win (game one), we just lost to a very good arm in (Aaron) Blair, who was throwing 94 (mph) in the sixth,” Shoop said. “It was a great effort by the kids for bouncing back and winning the second game.
“John Frost, what a week at the plate for us. He just continues to hit and is an important piece of our lineup and is a very tough out.”
GAME 1: Marshall 3, UAB 1
In his second start of the week, Sam Kelley was the tough-luck loser as
Kelley worked into the seventh inning and was on cruise control until the fourth. The lefty retired the first nine batters he faced, before a Blazer miscue in the fourth led to a pair of unearned runs to give MU a 2-1 advantage.
UAB scored the first run of the game in the top of the first, as Frost smoked a double to bring home Ivan De Jesus.
The Blazers had multiple chances against Blair, stranding eight total runners, including two in the first, third, fifth and sixth innings.
MU added an insurance run in the seventh, as pinch hitter Alfredo Brito lined a two-out RBI single in the last of the seventh.
Blair (4-1) earned the win for the Herd, going six innings, allowing one earned run on seven hits. The tall right-hander walked four and struck out four.
Ryan Hopkins pitched three perfect innings of relief to collect his second save of the season.
Kelley (2-2) was saddled with the loss, logging six innings, giving up just three hits, and retiring the side in order in five of his six frames of work. The lefty struck out two and walked one.
Frost finished 3-for-4 with two doubles and knocked in UAB’s lone run.
GAME 2: UAB 12, Marshall 4
In the second game of the day, the Blazer bats wrapped out 12 hits in a 12-4 victory to claim the series with
UAB fell behind 1-0 in after one inning of action, before touching home five times in the second. Tanner Bryant and Ryan Prinzing each drove in a run and Adam Lau roped a two-run single to give the Blazers a 5-1 lead.
Leading 6-3 in the fifth, MU scored on a RBI single by Andrew Dundon. With the bases loaded and two outs, Shoop called on lefty Turner Lee who recorded a strikeout to keep the two-run cushion intact.
The Herd loaded the bases again in the sixth, but Lee recorded another strikeout to escape a second jam in as many innings.
The Blazers added insurance runs, scoring six times over the last three frames to pull away with the win.
Michael Taylor (3-2) suffered the loss for
At the plate, Lau had a career-day going 3-for-4 with three RBI, Frost added three hits and Jeff Schalk chipped in with two hits and two RBI.
UAB returns to the diamond on Tuesday, hosting
