TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Brewton-Parker baseball traveled to Tuscaloosa, Ala. to face Stillman for the first road SSAC contest of the season on Thursday afternoon.

The Barons (8-17, 2-2 SSAC) slipped up in the 10-9 loss to the Tigers (7-12, 1-5 SSAC).

How It Happened

Three Barons were walked in the opening inning, but BPC left all three on base without producing a single hit. Stillman struck first in the bottom of the first inning with two runs while connecting for two singles as well as a double to take the 2-0 lead.

In the second, an additional three batters were walked but the Barons were unable to produce a hit to score. Brewton-Parker managed to finally cross home in the top of the third inning with four runs scored. Zach Wilson scored on a left-field RBI single from Eduardo Castillo. Castillo and Drew DeMasi scored from Mackenzie McDowell's two-RBI single through the right side.

With the 3-2 lead, BPC added another run from a sacrifice fly-out from Tony Rudolph to bring home Jackson Smith. The Tigers answered with a run of their own from three hits and an error from the Barons to make the score 4-3 in favor of BPC.

Brewton-Parker's lead was quickly erased as Stillman scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth to reclaim the lead, 7-4. The Tigers notched four hits while taking advantage of another miscue from BPC. The Barons leveled the score in the top of the fifth with three runs scored. Jordan Rahn, Smith, and McDowell all scored from a triple from Matt Collins.

The sixth inning resulted in scoreless efforts from both sides with Stillman scoring three runs in the bottom of the seventh to lead 10-7. Another BPC error and a pair of hits for the Tigers assisted in scoring the three runs.

The Barons notched three hits in the top of the eighth inning to pull the deficit down to just one run, scoring a pair. Collins scored from DeMasi's single up the middle while Caleb Gepfer scored as a pinch-runner from Rahn's double to left-field. Unfortunately, BPC left a runner on base and was held from scoring another run which the Tigers thwarted any comeback attempts.

Inside the Statistics

• Stillman produced 14 hits while Brewton-Parker produced nine. McDowell led with three hits while Collins led with three RBIs.
• Castillo produced 11 putouts while Collins notched three assists.
• From the mound, Trey Jones pitched for an inning. He allowed three hits and two runs on six at-bats.
• Matt Hager pitched for 2.2 innings, giving up seven hits and five runs. He struck out four in the process.
• Austin Visocchi also pitched for 2.2 innings. He allowed two hits and three runs while striking out four batters as well.
• Dakota Davis and Ty Cook closed out the game with Cook striking out a pair of batters.

Next Up

The Barons close out the weekend series on Saturday with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. ET.