MARYVILLE, Tenn. – Maryville College baseball bounced back Sunday afternoon with a convincing 10-2 victory over Piedmont to close out the weekend series at Scotland Yard.
Behind a complete-game performance from Titus Torbett and an explosive start at the plate, the Scots controlled the finale from the opening inning. Torbett tossed all nine innings, allowing just two runs on nine hits while striking out five and walking none to earn his second win of the season.
Maryville wasted little time building a lead. After Piedmont plated a run in the top of the first, the Scots erupted for four runs in the bottom half of the inning. Det Dettwiller delivered a two-run single that turned into a three-run swing when an error allowed another run to score, and Frank Derner followed with an RBI double to give Maryville a 4-1 advantage.
The Scots kept the pressure on in the second inning. Colin Dunworth drove in a run with a single before Masin Hall added a two-run base hit, extending the lead to 7-1. Maryville added insurance runs in the fifth and sixth innings, including a two-run single from Drew Henry that pushed the lead to eight runs.
Maryville finished with 11 hits and drew seven walks in the win. Dettwiller paced the offense with two hits and two RBIs, while Hall drove in two runs and Henry added two RBIs off the bench. Derner contributed two hits and an RBI, and Irvin Hernandez scored twice and doubled in the victory.
The win capped a back-and-forth weekend series that featured a dramatic contest on Saturday.
In Saturday's matchup, the Scots jumped ahead early behind a two-run home run from Colin Dunworth in the first inning and a solo homer by Det Dettwiller in the fourth. Maryville built a 7-3 lead entering the seventh inning after a run-scoring single from Derner and a solo home run from Irvin Hernandez.
Piedmont responded with a three-run seventh inning before taking control with four runs in the eighth to claim a 10-9 victory despite a late Maryville rally that cut the deficit to one run. Dunworth finished with three RBIs in the contest, while Hernandez and Hall each recorded three hits.
With Sunday's victory, Maryville improves to 10-7 overall, while Piedmont moves to 12-6 on the season.
