Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
2-1
Air Force
1-2
Baseball falls to Air Force, 9-3; But Win Opening Series
February 19, 2023 | Baseball
CLEBURNE, TEXAS -Â Army West Point Baseball (2-1) could not complete the three-game sweep on Sunday, falling to rival Air Force Academy (1-2), 9-3 in the final game of the Liberty Classic. Â
Air Force jumped on Army starter Bryce Brownlee (0-1) early, as 3B Jay Thomason hit a two-run HR in the first inning. Â
Brownlee only worked 2.1 innings, giving up three hits and three runs and striking out three. Â
Army responded in the top of the second when 2B Bret Copeland hit an RBI double that plated Ross Friedrick to make it a one-run game. Â
The Falcons scored two more in the third off an RBI double by 1B Sam Kulasingam and an RBI single by Thomason. Â
Army SS Kevin Dubrule launched his first HR of the season, a solo shot in the seventh, cutting the Air Force lead, 4-2. Â
Aside from the solo shot given up to Dubrule, Air Force starter Seungmin Shim (1-0) was great, working 6.0 innings, only giving up two hits and one run, while striking out five. Â
Air Force would score two in the seventh and three in the eighth to grow its lead, winning the final game of the best of three, 9-3. Â
Air Force's Jay Thomason was 3-5 with an HR and 5 RBI. Sam Kulasingam was 3-4 with a 2B and an RBI. Â
Army's Bret Copeland was 2-3 with a 2B (2), and two RBI. Â
Army will be back in action for a three-game series next weekend vs. Charlotte.Â
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Seungmin Shim (1-0)
L: Brownlee, Bryce (0-1)
S: Sawyer Hawks (1)
Batting:
2B: Friedrick, Ross 1 ; Copeland, Bret 2
HR: Dubrule, Kevin 1
RBI: Dubrule, Kevin 1 ; Copeland, Bret 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Dubrule, Kevin 1 ; Friedrick, Ross 1 ; Golinski, Braden 1
Batting:
2B: Sam Kulasingam 1
3B: Jay Thomason 1
HR: Jay Thomason 1 ; Chase Spencer 1
RBI: Sam Kulasingam 1 ; Jay Thomason 5 ; Chase Spencer 2 ; Trayden Tamiya 1
SH: Blake Covin 1
SF: Chase Spencer 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sam Kulasingam 2 ; Jake Greiving 2 ; Jay Thomason 2 ; Chase Spencer 1 ; Aerik Joe 1 ; Trayden Tamiya 1
SB: Jay Thomason 1
HBP: Sam Kulasingam 1 ; Chris Stallings 1
