Anderson Earns Victory against (RV) Washington-St. Louis

The Anderson University baseball team earned a 10-5 victory against the University of Washington-St. Louis on Monday in Winter Haven, Fla., in the fifth game of its spring break trip.

Justin Reed led the Ravens (6-7) with five RBI's on a 3-4 batting line. Landen Southern (1-0) earned the win pitching six innings and Evan Doan picked up the three-inning save, his first save of the season. The Bears (1-7) are receiving votes in the latest D3baseball.com poll.

HOW IT HAPPENED 

Anderson was down early after Washington-St. Louis scored in the bottom of the first. Grahm Reedy reached first after being hit by a pitch. With two outs in the top half of the second, Jed Downham doubled driving in Reedy to tie the game.

The top of the third started with back-to-back hits from Charlie Jones and Jake Stank and was immediately followed by an RBI single from Justin Reed to give the Ravens the lead early. 

The Ravens lost the lead in the fourth but answered back in the top of the fifth with three runs off of fielding errors from the Bears. A leadoff Jones single which saw him make it to third due to errors was followed by a Stank RBI groundout. Reed was hit by a pitch the next at bat before Tyler Smitherman also reached base by way of an error. The same throwing error brought around Reed to score. Grahm Reedy drove in Smitherman with a single to left field to end the scoring in the inning.

Reed led off the seventh inning with a solo homerun, his second home run of the year.

Downham started the eighth inning with a double, T.J. Price and Jones were walked in the inning and Reed knocked them all in with a three-run double. 

The Ravens started another inning with a hit in the ninth. Reedy added another hit to his total. Two batters later, Downham drove in Reedy with an RBI single, his second RBI of the game. 

Southern earned his first win of the season, he went six innings and had six strikeouts while only allowing four hits, three walks and three earned runs.

Doan earned the save, going three innings, giving up only four hits and two earned runs.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Justin Reed: 3-4, 5 RBI, 1 HR, Double

Charlie Jones: 3-3, 3 Runs, Double

Grahm Reedy: 2-4, 2 Runs, 1 RBI

UP NEXT FOR AU

Anderson is slated for two games on Tuesday at Northeast Regional Park Field #4 in Davenport, Fla. The Ravens battle Illinois Wesleyan University (4-5) at 10 a.m. and Ramapo College (2-3) at 2 p.m.