From Emory University Athletics
Emory University sophomore Luke Emmett allowed just one run on four hits over seven and two-thirds innings on Tuesday afternoon at Chappell Park to lead the 26th-ranked Eagles to a 4-1 win over DePauw University.
Emory improved to 13-8 overall with the win, ending a four-game slide for the Eagles. DePauw dropped to 3-9 in 2015 with the loss.
Emmett was stellar in just his second career start for Emory, as the southpaw needed just 87 pitches to get through his outing. He faced the minimum through the first four innings, allowing only one batter to reach on a walk, before finally allowing his first hit of the game in the top of the fifth. Emmett struck out four batters and walked just the one, inducing 18 groundouts in the contest.
Emory would break a scoreless tie in the bottom of the sixth inning, loading the bases on an error and back-to-back hits from senior Wes Peacock and junior Dylan Eisner. Senior Brett Lake put the Eagles on the board with a sacrifice fly, and junior Ben VIzvary followed with a two-RBI double, giving Emory a 3-0 lead. The Eagles added on a fourth run on a single to right field from senior Jordan Selbach, scoring Vizvary from second base.
Emmett did not allow another hit until the top of the eighth, when Cory Meixner led the inning off with a pinch hit double, later scoring on an RBI groundout. The Tigers would get two more men on with one in the inning, bringing the tying run to the plate, but Emmett was able to get the second out on a come-backer, and sophomore Kyle Monk entered the contest and struck out Ryan Allee to end the threat.
The Tigers would load the bases off Monk with one out in the ninth, but Hurston grounded into a double play to end the game.
Emmett earned the win, improving to 1-0 while lowering his earned run average to 2.04. Monk picked up the save, his sixth of the season and the 13 of his career, the third-most in school history and five behind the program record.
Andrew Quinn took the loss for DePauw, dropping to 0-2 on the year, despite allowing just five hits and no walks through seven innings.