2012 Baseball

HENDERSON, Tenn. - Josh Reynolds' grand slam highlighted a six-run first inning and Amos Bingham was lights-out on the mound as the Freed-Hardeman Lions run-ruled No. 16 Union (Ky.) College, 10-0 in five innings, on Saturday afternoon at Carnes Field.

All of FHU's runs in the first inning came with two outs as freshmen Joe Mike and Robert Prieto hit back-to-back RBI singles before Reynolds launched a grand slam for his first career homerun.

Those six runs were more than enough for Bingham (2-0), who only allowed two hit and a walk in five innings of work and retired the final eight batters he faced.

Brian Bullard hit a sacrifice fly in the second inning to score Noslen Labrada and got another RBI on a groundout in the fourth that brought in Derek Bush.  Leamond Arthur added a run-scoring single in the fourth to give FHU a 9-0 lead.

Reynolds then opened the fifth inning with a triple and Evan Mansell singled him in to send the run rule into effect.

The Lions pounded the ball to the tune of 12 hits, including a 3-for-3 performance by Labrada.  Prieto, Mansell and Reynolds each had two hits.

FHU completes its four-game weekend with a nine-inning contest against Union (Ky.) tomorrow at 1:00 PM.