CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Omar Carreras went 2-for-4 with a homer while five Tusculum pitchers limited Lee University to four hits on the night as the Pioneers prevailed 7-2 Tuesday night at Larry Carpenter Stadium. Tusculum (15-23) snapped a three-game losing streak while avenging last month’s 16-2 home loss to the Flames (22-16) to gain a split in the season series. Lee entered the game winners of nine of its last 10 contests.
Tusculum led wire-to-wire and jumped out to a 3-0 lead plating two scores in the second on Ty Smith’s two-run homer, his fourth of the season. Carerras added a solo blast in the third, also his fourth round-tripper of 2025. The Flames got on the board in the bottom of the third thanks to a two-out RBI single from Brock Sisson as Lee trailed 3-1.
Tusculum got the run back in the sixth when Jayden Singleton was hit by a pitch and later scored on Caleb Webster’s two-out single to make it 4-1 in favor of the visitors. Malachi Cloud clubbed his third homer of the year, a solo blast in the sixth to trim the TU lead to 4-2.
The Pioneers tacked on three insurance runs in the eighth thanks to Avery Collins’ RBI double, which was followed by a two-run double off the bat of Sawyer Pace as the Pioneers extended the lead to 7-2.
TU starter Cooper Emery recorded two hitless innings as he posted two strikeouts with a walk. Ayden Moore pitch two innings to record the victory as he went two innings while notching a pair of strikeouts. Scout Martin tossed two quality innings where he allowed one hit, one run with a strikeout. Brice Anders blanked the Flames in the seventh inning as he worked around a hit batter and a walk. Caid Sanders pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts to close out the contest.
Tusculum finished the game with 11 hits as Pace and Carreras accounted for two hits apiece. Lee starter Dylan Van Meeteren suffered the loss to move to 2-4 on the season. The Pioneers return to South Atlantic Conference play this weekend when they host in-state foe Lincoln Memorial for a three-game series beginning with Friday’s 4 p.m. opener.
Tusculum at Lee (Tenn.) Apr 08, 2025 at Cleveland, TN (Larry Carpenter Stad) Tusculum 7 (15-23) Lee (Tenn.) 2 (22-16) Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Caleb Webster 2b........... 4 0 1 1 JJ Williams cf............. 4 0 0 0 Sawyer Pace ss............. 5 0 2 2 Luke Collier 2b............ 4 1 1 0 Omar Carreras 3b........... 4 1 2 1 Cooper Doughman c.......... 4 0 1 0 Jude Morton 1b............. 5 0 1 0 Brock Sisson dh............ 4 0 1 1 Ryan Ortega rf............. 3 1 1 0 Malachi Cloud lf........... 4 1 1 1 Ty Smith cf................ 3 2 1 2 Josiah Miller 3b........... 3 0 0 0 Luis Reyes cf............. 1 0 0 0 Levi Cloud 1b.............. 2 0 0 0 Caleb Mulcahy lf........... 4 1 1 0 Tucker Platt 1b........... 2 0 0 0 Jayden Singleton dh........ 3 1 1 0 Ryan Valdes rf............. 3 0 0 0 Avery Collins c............ 4 1 1 1 Ashton Simmons ss.......... 2 0 0 0 Jack Gagen c.............. 0 0 0 0 Dylan Van Meeteren p....... 0 0 0 0 Cooper Emery p............. 0 0 0 0 Matthew Delph p........... 0 0 0 0 Ayden Moore p............. 0 0 0 0 Evan Bloomer p............ 0 0 0 0 Scout Martin p............ 0 0 0 0 Nelson Smith p............ 0 0 0 0 Brice Anders p............ 0 0 0 0 David White p............. 0 0 0 0 Caid Sanders p............ 0 0 0 0 Jax Howard p.............. 0 0 0 0 Totals..................... 36 7 11 7 Totals..................... 32 2 4 2 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Tusculum............ 021 001 030 - 7 11 1 Lee (Tenn.)......... 001 001 000 - 2 4 0 ------------------------------------------- E - O. Carreras(5). DP - Lee 1. LOB - Tusculum 9; Lee 6. 2B - Sawyer Pace(5); O. Carreras(4); A. Collins(3). HR - O. Carreras(4); Ty Smith(4); M. Cloud(3). HBP - Ty Smith; J. Singleton; A. Simmons. SB - C. Webster(3); M. Cloud 2(21); J. Miller(4). CS - Sawyer Pace(1). Tusculum IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cooper Emery .............. 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 8 2 2 25 Ayden Moore W,2-0......... 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 9 2 2 33 Scout Martin .............. 2.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 7 4 1 21 Brice Anders .............. 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 5 0 2 21 Caid Sanders .............. 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 6 2 1 21 Lee (Tenn.) IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dylan Van Meeteren L,2-4.. 2.0 2 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 7 10 1 3 42 Matthew Delph ............. 3.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 13 14 2 3 45 Evan Bloomer .............. 2.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 4 2 22 Nelson Smith .............. 0.1 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 13 David White ............... 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 12 Jax Howard ................ 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 20 WP - Brice Anders(6); Van Meeteren(12); N. Smith(2). HBP - by E. Bloomer (J. Singleton); by Brice Anders (A. Simmons); by N. Smith (Ty Smith). Pitches/strikes: Cooper Emery 25/16; Ayden Moore 33/21; Scout Martin 21/15; Brice Anders 21/11; Caid Sanders 21/15; Van Meeteren 42/19; M. Delph 45/30; E. Bloomer 22/16; N. Smith 13/8; D. White 12/8; J. Howard 20/13. Strikeouts - C. Webster 2; Jude Morton 2; Ty Smith; Luis Reyes; C. Mulcahy; J. Singleton; A. Collins; Doughman; B. Sisson 2; M. Cloud; J. Miller; L. Cloud 2; T. Platt 2. Walks - C. Webster; O. Carreras; Ryan Ortega 2; C. Mulcahy; J. Miller; R. Valdes. Umpires - HP: Darryl Arnold 1B: Wes Dunkle 3B: Ralph Diaz Start: 6:00 pm Time: 2:37 Attendance: 167 Weather: Sunny 57. Wind N 6 mph.
