Chattanooga State edged host Cleveland State 4-3 on Friday in the opening game of their TCCAA baseball series, but the Cougars bounced back with a 5-1 win. They’re scheduled to play again today at noon. The Tigers (13-12, 3-5), scored all of their first-game runs in fourth inning, on a sacrifice fly by Ethan Cummins, an RBI double by Brian Frias and a two-run single by Brady Duncan. Frias was 2-for-3 and Joe Dalmolin (4-1) pitched a five-hitter with six strikeouts. John Sharpe hit a two-run home run and Hagan Kennedy was 1-for-2 with an RBI triple for the Cougars (16-6, 5-3), who got two hits and two RBIs from Sharpe, two runs apiece from Billy Brand and Brandon Mason and a five-hitter with 12 strikeouts from Jake Rogers in game two. Cummins homered in defeat.
– In an AAC matchup of NAIA-ranked basesball teams, No. 10 Tennessee Wesleyan won 5-3 Friday at No. 14 Bryan. Pedro Barrios was 2-for-5 with two RBIs and homered along with Collin Ridout, Dan Ward and Nehwon Norkeh for the Bulldogs (18-8, 6-1), while Justin Morhardt was 2-for-3 with a homer, a double and two RBIs and Fernando Garcia was 2-for-3 with an RBI for Bryan (21-7, 6-1).
– Covenant College lost 7-3 at No. 1-ranked Emory in NCAA Division III baseball Friday, but Trenton Nobles was 2-for-3 and Tyler Moore and Devin Cerrato had back-to-back RBI doubles in the fifth inning for the Scots (6-13). Emory is 17-2.
Softball
– Chattanooga State won 15-1 and 13-4 in TCCAA softball Friday at Cleveland State. Kaleigh Wynne pitched a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts in the first game and was 6-for-7 with a home run, two doubles, seven RBIs and five runs scored in the doubleheader for the 16th-ranked Lady Tigers (20-4, 10-0). Devan Brown matched Wynne’s five RBIs in game two with two homers, and Colbie Thomas and Tori Barnes each was 2-for-3 and combined to score three runs behind Abbey White’s four-hit pitching. Other first-game stars were Lillie McCrary, 4-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs; Courtney Condon, 3-for-4 with a homer, three RBIs and three runs; and Aimie Davidson, 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run.