MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Tigers (10-5) scored four times in the bottom of the ninth and put the tying run at third base and winning run at first base with one out but came 90 feet short of sending Friday night's series opener to extra innings in a 10-9 loss to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (10-6).
Memphis: 9, SIUE: 10
WP: Brant Glidewell (2-0)
LP: Connor Shamblin (2-1)
SV: Kaid Karnes (1)
How it happened:
- Shamblin had command trouble in the first, as two walks both came around to score and Memphis trailed 2-0 after half an inning
- The Tigers got a run back against Glidewell in the second on an RBI single by 1B Chris Swanberg, and the score remained 2-1 SIUE until the fourth
- In the fourth frame, Shamblin faced six batters but got just one out, as two more walks came around to score and an error led to a 5-1 SIUE advantage
- Memphis answered with two runs in the bottom of the fourth, as 3B Logan Kohler picked up a solo home run and LF Ian Bibiloni crossed the plate on a groundout by Swanberg
- After Memphis pulled within one on a home run by 2B Austin Baskin in the sixth to trail 5-4, a Tigers error led to four unearned runs in the seventh, three on a home run by CF Brett Johnson, which put SIUE ahead 9-4
- The Cougars added an insurance run in the eighth on a home run by DH Brady Bunten and took a 10-4 lead into the bottom of the ninth
- The first seven Memphis hitters to bat reached safely in the ninth, and the first five came around to score against a trio of SIUE pitchers
- Karnes, the third Cougars pitcher of the final frame, came on with the bases loaded and no outs and the tying run at second base
- Memphis pulled within a run on a deep sacrifice fly from C Tanner Booth, but CF Zach Wilson fouled out before Karnes struck out RF Blake Daniels to close out the 10-9 SIUE win
Notables:
- With a two-hit night, his fourth multi-hit game of the season, Daniels extended his hit streak to 5 games
- SS Ben Brooks had two hits to extend his on-base streak to 15 games, while Baskin's sixth inning home run also extended his on-base streak to 15 games
- With two hits and two RBIs, Kohler picked up his team-best sixth multi-RBI game and team-best eighth multi-hit performance
Up Next:
- The Tigers will aim to level the series vs.