From Emory University Athletics
Behind a solid starting effort from sophomore Hans Hansen,
the Emory University Baseball team moved to 2-0 with a key
early-season regional win over Rhodes College at the Emory
University Tournament at Chappell Park in Atlanta, Georgia.
The win, in a rematch of a pair of games from last year's NCAA
South Regional, gives the Eagles their third 2-0 start in the last
four seasons. Rhodes dropped to 4-2 with the loss.
Hansen allowed just a pair of hits through six and two-thirds
innings, surrendering just a pair of runs (only one earned), while
striking out five. The right-handed pitcher retired
11-straight batters between the third and seventh innings, en route
to earning the victory.
After the game went scoreless through the first three-and-a-half
innings, the Eagles broke through in the bottom of the fourth, when
senior Brett Lake singled, stole second and third, and
scored on a throwing error on a pickoff attempt. Emory added
a second run in the frame on a two-out double from
junior Chris Slivka, and then tacked on two more in the fifth
on an RBI double from senior Jordan Selbach and a
groundout from Lake.
The Eagles took a 5-0 lead in the sixth on a single from
junior Jack Karras in the sixth that scored
junior Dylan Eisner. Rhodes would battle back with a
pair of runs in the seventh, but sophomore reliever Luke
Emmett entered the game to get the final out in the
inning. Sophomore Kyle Monk allowed just one hit in
the final scoreless two innings, and worked around a bases-loaded
situation in the ninth, to earn his first save of the year.
As a whole, the Eagles offense walked seven times in the game, and
stole six bases.
Freshman Chip Capper, an Atlanta native, made his first career
start for Rhodes, allowing just three hits in five innings, despite
taking the loss to fall to 0-2.