Davidson College
1-0
Morehead State
0-3
'Cats Open with 14-8 Win at Wilson Field
2/20/2021 10:28:00 PM | Baseball
Alex Fedje-Johnson homered as part of a five-run third inning as the Wildcats built a 10-3 lead through three.
Fedje-Johnson, who along with Henry Koehler scored four runs, launched an 0-1 pitch onto the hill in left-center.
"That was a lot of fun," he said. "I was actually mad that I didn't swing at the first pitch. He came back with a curveball that caught a lot of the plate, and I was able to get a good swing on it."
Ryan Wilson's first college hit was a two-run triple to left-center earlier in the third, and he soon scored on a Koehler single. Ruben Fontes had an RBI-double in the second and an RBI-triple in the sixth and also walked three times as the Wildcats took 12 free passes.
Parker Nolan plated Davidson's first run of the night on a bases-loaded walk in the first and drove in another on an infield single in the sixth. After driving in a run on a groundout to second in the first, Michael Carico drove in another on his first Davidson hit, a fifth-inning single.
After starter Blake Hely threw four innings, and Nolan DeVos struck out five in 1.2, Gabe Levy wrapped it up quickly on the mound, earning a save in 3.1 innings of work.
Up Next
The Wildcats travel to Raleigh to face No. 11 N.C. State in a doubleheader Sunday, beginning at 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: DeVos, Nolan (1-0)
L: BETTIO, Matt (0-1)
S: Levy, Gabe (1)
Batting:
3B: HILL, Stephen 1
RBI: HENSOR, Bryce 1 ; HILL, Stephen 1 ; GARDNER, Jack 2
Base Running:
RUNS: HENSOR, Bryce 2 ; LAYNE, Ryan 1 ; HILL, Stephen 1 ; GARDNER, Jack 1 ; BURGHARDT, Jon 1 ; RAY, Bryce 1 ; PETRUCELLI, Tim 1
SB: HENSOR, Bryce 1 ; PETRUCELLI, Tim 1
HBP: RAY, Bryce 1
Batting:
2B: Fontes, Ruben 1
3B: Wilson, Ryan 1 ; Fontes, Ruben 1
HR: Fedje-Johnson, Alex 1
RBI: Wilson, Ryan 2 ; Koehler, Henry 1 ; Fedje-Johnson, Alex 2 ; Fontes, Ruben 2 ; Nolan, Parker 2 ; Carico, Michael 2 ; Browder, Garrett 1
SH: Hinderleider, Jacob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wilson, Ryan 2 ; Koehler, Henry 4 ; Fedje-Johnson, Alex 4 ; Fontes, Ruben 2 ; Carico, Michael 1 ; Gravely, Matthew 1
SB: Wilson, Ryan 1 ; Fedje-Johnson, Alex 1
HBP: Wilson, Ryan 1 ; Gravely, Matthew 1
