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The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team dropped three games to Christian Brothers in the first weekend of Gulf Sout Conference action with final scores of 15-6, 6-4, and 21-3.
CBU 15, UAM 6
The Weevils struck early with two runs in the top of the first inning and three runs in the top of the third, but allowed the Buccaneers to score in all but one inning of the game, including allowing three runs in each of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth innings that was too much to overcome, which ultimately led to the loss.

The Weevils were only out hit by two, as the Bucs collected their 15 runs on 16 hits, while UAM scored six runs on 14 hits.

Junior Josh Wisnoski (Navasota, Texas) had a productive game at the plate, going two for four with two RBI. Other Weevils that recorded two hits in the game were sophomore Craig Caldwell (West Monroe, La.), senior Chris Whatley (Sachse, Texas), freshman Josh Hathcox (Bryan, Texas), and sophomore Lance Labeff (West Monroe, La.).

Hathcox recorded his third loss of the season, after pitching the first four innings allowing eight runs off seven hits.

CBU 6, UAM 4
Despite out-hitting the Bucs 12-9, UAM dropped its second straight GSC game of the season.

The Weevils scored one run in each of the first, second, fourth, and seventh innings, while CBU posted a three-run third inning, a two-run fifth inning, and a one-run eighth inning to gain an advantage.

Junior Ben Turner (Greenville, Miss.) had a game-high three hits, while scoring twice and collecting one RBI. All of the Weevil batters recorded at least one hit in the loss, while Caldwell trailed Turner with two hits.

Sophomore Kyle Thaxton (Blytheville, Ark.) recorded his fourth loss of the season in a complete game effort, allowing six runs off nine hits in his eight innings of work.

CBU 21, UAM 3
After the Weevils scored one run in the top of the first inning, the Bucs used a three-run homerun from their clean-up batter Joseph Kaminski to give CBU a quick edge.

The Bucs were not done producing runs in the game, as the team used an 11-run fourth inning to put the game out of reach for the Weevils. In that inning, eight of the nine Buc hitters had two at-bats.

The Weevils’ run in the first inning came from Caldwell, who doubled to lead off the inning, then moved to third on a groundout, and then scored on a wild pitch.

The Weevils struck again in the fourth inning, when Labeff hit an RBI-single up the middle that scored freshman Michael Diffie (El Dorado, Ark.), who reached on a fielder’s choice earlier in the inning.

The last Weevil run came in the fifth inning, when Caldwell hit a solo-shot over the center field fence, his first home run of the season.

Whatley got the start and recorded his third loss of the season after allowing seven runs off seven hits in only one inning of work.

ON DECK
With the losses, UAM drops to 0-20 overall and 0-3 in the GSC, while looking to get its first win this upcoming weekend when the team hosts Arkansas Tech for a three-game GSC series starting with a double-header on Friday, March 21 at noon at Weevil Field. The two teams will conclude the series on Saturday with a single-nine inning game also starting at noon.