KINGSPORT, Tenn. – The Bluefield University Rams defeated the Columbia International University Rams 14-3, Tuesday in the play-in game of the Appalachian Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament at Hunter Wright Stadium. With the win the No. 7 seeded Rams advance to double-elimination play in the AAC Tournament and will face No. 2 seeded Reinhardt University, Wednesday at 4 p.m. BU improved its record to 29-16 and pushed its winning streak to three games.
INSIDE THE GAME

• BU scored three in the third. Eligha Lewis was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force home the game's first run. The Rams added two more, one on a CIU error and the other on a Max Aristy single.
• Bluefield scored three more in the fifth. Aristy drove in one, with a single and Bryce Medlock brought home a pair with a single to make it 6-2.
• The BU Rams put it away with eight runs in the sixth, the big hit a bases loaded, bases clearing double by Clay Wisner.
• The game ended after seven innings because of the 10-run rule.
• Bluefield rapped out 21 hits and each Ram starter hit safely.

LEADERS

• Wisner was 4-for-5 with three runs batted in.
• Medlock and Lewis were each 3-for-5. Medlock had two RBIs, Lewis three.
• Nate Cobb, Taylor Maldonado, David Meech, Taylor Meaux, and Aristy each had a pair of hits.
• Tyler Lowrey picked up the win pitching the final four-and-one-third innings, allowing one run on two hits with four strikeouts.
• Ben Coffman started and worked two-and-two-third innings and allowed two runs on three hits.

NEXT IN LINE

• The Rams take on Reinhardt, Wednesday, May 4 at 4 p.m.