FIRST PITCH
Score: Austin Peay 9 | Queens 8
Records: Austin Peay (18-18 overall, 9-5 ASUN) | Queens (6-28 overall, 2-12 ASUN)
Location: Clarksville, Tenn. (Raymond C. Hand Park)
 
The Short Story:  The Queens University of Charlotte baseball team dropped game two of the weekend series at Austin Peay in extra innings by a final score of 9-8.

HOW IT HAPPENED

-Austin Peay would get the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning with back-to-back solo home runs to left center.

-The Royals would answer in the top of the second as they capitalized on a critical two-out Governors error. Following a leadoff single from Connor Manco, an infield groundout would advance Manco to second before a struck out slowed the Royals attack. Tyler Peters worked a walk and both runners would advance up on a wild pitch. JJ Sousa would hit a ground ball to second base, but a Governors throwing error would bring across both runs to tie the game.

-Austin Peay would answer in the bottom of the second as they manufactured a run. A leadoff single led to a stolen base before a deep fly ball to right field advanced the runner to third with one out. A sacrifice fly to right field would bring across the Governors run.

-Queens would respond immediately in the top of the third inning with four runs on five hits. Andrew McDermott, Riley Cheek, JD Coleman, Tyler Cotto, and Tyler Peters recorded a hit during the productive inning.

-Austin Peay would tie it up in the bottom of the fourth inning with three runs on four hits. The inning was capped off with a two-out three-run home run to center field.

-Queens would regain the lead in the top of the seventh inning with two runs on two hits and one Governors error. Connor Manco led off the inning with a single into left field. JD Coleman would reach on a fielder's choice up the middle and Manco would advance safely on an error by the shortstop. Dillon Lewis would rip a fielder's choice to shortstop and put runners on the corners with one out. Tyler Peters would deliver with a two-run double down the left field line to give the Royals an 8-6 lead.

-Austin Peay responded in the bottom of the seven with two runs on two hits. With two outs and runners on first and second, the Governors would lace a double into right center bringing around both runs to tie the game 8-8.

-The Governors would walk it off in the 10^th inning with back-to-back doubles.

BY THE NUMBERS
-Riley Cheek, Connor Manco, and Tyler Peters would lead the offense with multi-hit performances. For Cheek, the 2-for-4 day extended his hitting streak to eight games as he's reached base safely in 31-of-34 games. The three RBIs from Tyler Peters marked a career-high for the sophomore. Connor Manco has reached base safely in nine of the last 10 contests.

-Andrew McDermott, JD Coleman, and Tyler Cotto added a base hit on the afternoon.

-Royals starter Jeffery Maidhof turned in 6.0 innings for the Royals. The senior surrendered six runs across 11 hits while striking out one Governor.

-Justin Offschanka filled a pair of late relief innings and tallied a strikeout.

-The Royals worked eight walks and scattered nine hits, but stranded 11 runners on base as they hit .217 with runners in scoring position.

-Austin Peay did most of their damage with two outs as they scored 5-of-9 runs with two outs.

-Queens fell to 1-2 on the season in extra inning affairs this season.

NEXT UP
The Royals and Governors will conclude the weekend series on Sunday, April 16^th at 1:00 p.m. EST. Fans can tune into the action on ESPN Plus.

 
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