2022 NAIA Avista-NAIA World Series – Game Three Recap
No. 7 Faulkner (Ala.) (38-15) wins against No. 10 Webber International (Fla.) (41-21)
FINAL SCORE
No. 7 Faulkner def. No. 10 Webber International, 7-2 | Box Score
Faulkner advances to play later Saturday afternoon at 6:00 p.m. CST in Game 5
Webber International will play in Game 8 (elimination) on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. CST
GAME NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS
- First run of the game was scoring off a throwing error in the bottom of the second
- During the same inning, Sammy DeLaCruz and Juan Trinidad batted sacrifice flies which scored the second and third unearned runs of the frame
- Justice Lucas hit a solo shot to left field, putting the Eagles up 4-0
- Faulkner added two more runs in the fourth inning off hits from DeLaCruz and Trinidad
- Ben Hargis scored on a wild pitch making it seven unanswered runs by the higher seed
- Webber International got on the board with a two run shot by Drake Dobyanksi in the top of the ninth
- The Warriors had two runners on the bases when the game ended
- Six of the nine innings, WIU was three up, three down
- July Sosa (W, 12-1) pitched a four hit complete game with 12 strikeouts
- Dylan Martin (L, 10-4) lasted 3.2 with six hits, four walks, and five K’s
- Webber International used four total pitchers allowing 10 hits, four earned runs, six walks and six hits
- Tyren Milliner (2-4) was the only Warrior batter to get multiple hits; Dobyanksi and Luis Acevedo had the other two
- Jordan Funk, Lucas, and Trinidad paced the Eagle offense with a combined 6-10
- Lucas and Brinkley each drew two walks for the Eagles; WIU only had one total in the contest
