Senators baseball clinch Regular Season TCCAA Title with win over Columbia State

MORRISTOWN, TN – No. 3 Walters State played like a team on a mission Friday afternoon, scoring 14 runs in the first two innings on their way to a 21-7 win over Columbia State in five innings. 

With the win, the Senators improved to 46-8 overall and 19-5 in TCCAA play. The victory also clinched the TCCAA Regular Season Title. It's the 18th regular season title in school history.

The Senators hit early and often in Friday's game, mashing seven home runs and collecting 16 hits. Deniel Ortiz led the way with three hits, a homer, and drove in four runs while Jarrett Martin hit a grand slam. Kruise Newman, Keaton Ray and Cole McCallum each homered and drove in three runs. Corbin Shaw and Angus Pence hit the Senators other two homers. 

On the mound, Jackson Hull (7-1) got the start and threw three innings. He gave up five runs, three earned, on three hits while striking out two. Cooper Morgan replaced Hull in the fourth and threw an inning, allowing two runs on a hit. Colby Reynolds pitched the final inning, striking out one. 

After a scoreless top of the first, Walters State got on the board with seven runs in the bottom half of the inning. McCallum started things off with a two-RBI double, before Ortiz singled him home. Ray and Newman then hit two-run homers and the score was 7-0.

In the second, Walters State added seven more runs as Ray walked with the bases loaded to score McCallum, Martin smacked a grand slam and Pence hit a two-run homer that made it 14-0. 

Columbia picked up four runs in the third, but Walters State was there to answer as McCallum and Shaw hit back-to-back homers, Newman singled home a run and an error allowed Newman to score to make it 18-4. 

Columbia got three more runs in the fourth, but the Senators matched them in the bottom half as Ortiz smacked a three-run bomb to make it 21-7.

Up Next:

Walters State will be back in action against Columbia State on Saturday for their final two games of the regular season. The doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. 

Rob Harvey

Walters State Community College

Sports Information Director

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Email: sportsinfo@ws.edu

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