GAME RESULT

Saint Louis 7, Ohio 2
Friday, Feb. 21, 2020
Lexington, S.C.

THE BASICS

• Saint Louis (3-1) scored five runs in the first three innings of Friday afternoon's 7-2 victory over Ohio (3-2).
• Four Billikens recorded multi-hit games, including Jake Garella (2-4, 2 doubles) and Corrigan Bartlett (3-5, triple).
• Trevor Harris earned his first win in a SLU uniform, giving up just one run in 5.0 innings.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• A Cole Smith single followed by a Corrigan Bartlett triple put the Billikens on the board just two batters into the game. Cam Redding doubled in Bartlett, and then a George Sutherland RBI single gave SLU a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
• Redding and Sutherland both picked up their second RBIs of the game in the third, Redding with a sacrifice fly bringing home Bartlett and Sutherland driving in Garella with a single.
• Smith tripled to begin the fourth inning and then scored on a Garella double to put the Billikens up 6-0 at the end of the fourth.
• Ohio picked up one run in the fifth and another in its half of the seventh, cutting the SLU lead to 6-2.
•  Garella drilled his second double of the game in the ninth inning, eventually coming around to score the Billikens' seventh run on a Bobcat error. 

BILLIKEN NOTABLES

• Bartlett finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI.
• Redding (1-4) and Sutherland (2-4) both finished with two RBIs.
• Garella went 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI.
• Smith ended the game 2-for-5 with two runs scored.
• Harris picked up the win, tossing 5.0 innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out seven.
• Ryan Nolan struck out seven batters without allowing a hit in 2.2 innings of scoreless relief.

UP NEXT

The Billikens will take on Ohio Saturday at 1 p.m. (CT) for game two of the 3-game series.