Baseball's rally falls short in Black College World Series opener
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Wiley College baseball team rallied late but was unable to overcome an early deficit in a 9-5 loss against Paine College in its opening game of the 2023 Black College World Series presented by Tyson Foods Wednesday at Riverwalk Stadium.
The Wildcats (21-21) fall in their third straight-game and will face Gulf Coast Athletic Conference school Rust College in a must-win game at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. The Lions will face Florida Memorial University at 7:30 p.m.
Jalen Porter started for Wiley College and held Paine College scoreless in the first three innings. He escaped a bases loaded situation in the second with a strikeout. In the fourth inning, Porter struggled with his command – allowing three walks which came around to score.
Paine College (15-13) extended its lead with a run in the fifth and sixth inning. The Wildcats got on the board in the bottom of the sixth. Jhan Carlos Javier and Ivan Del Villar singled but Javier was thrown out trying to advance to third. Alexander San Miguel scored Del Villar with a single to center. Devin Molina brought in the second run of the inning drawing a bases loaded walk. San Miguel scored on Marquis Kuykendall's ground ball to second.
The momentum was short-lived for Wiley College. Two walks would lead to three runs for the Lions, who pushed the margin to six. Daniel Cox and Dylan Washington held Paine College scoreless in the eighth and ninth innings.
After being retired in order in the seventh and eighth innings, the Wildcats tried to muster a comeback. Gabriel Garcia and Emanuel Gutierrez, who came in as defensive replacements singled. With one out, Kai Woodard drove in Garcia with a single to center. Gutierrez scored on a single by Del Villar.
Javier, Del Villar and Jacob Perez each had two hits. Porter went 3 1/3 innings. Jerrius Vickers pitched 1 2/3 innings. Coren Lewis threw an inning, Chance Guidry threw to two batters, Daniel Cox tossed two innings and Dylan Washington threw a scoreless ninth inning.
The Wildcats took two out three games against Rust College in GCAC play. The Bearcats fell 7-4 to Florida Memorial.
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