MBC Baseball
Date: Monday, February 11, 2002
"Marqus Johnson"
Wolverines Scores First Two Wins in SSU Tournament.

Opening the season with a 6 game winless streak the
Wolverines finally enter the win column with an 8-3
win over the 2001 SIAC Champions Albany State in
Savannah, GA.

After dropping game one to Albany State 12-7, were the
Wolverines put 9 ASU players on base via walk or hit
by pitch as well as committed 5 errors. After losing
two straight games to the Rams, 8-3 in Miami, Florida,
Morris Brown finally put it together for an 8-3 win in
the third of five games against ASU this year.
Freshman pitcher Jeremiah Fielder even his record at
1-1 as he tossed a compete game gem. Fielder threw
seven innings while surrendering only one earned run
and struck out 10 Rams batters. To compliment the
great pitching effort of Fielder, Savannah native Che
Thompson hit a first inning glam slam to left field.

Game three saw the Wolverines break out the bats as
they pounded Saint Augustine’s College for 17 hits
in the 9-2 win. Freshman Anthony Clay Jr. extended
his season opening-hitting streak to nine, ties a
school record, going three for four with two RBI’s
and a double. Clay is leading the team with 14 hits
and a .500 batting average. Pitcher Barry Mincey
would get his first win of the season as he threw a
complete game. Other notable for the weekend were
Steve Stodghill (5 for 10, 2 sb), Anthony Austin (4
for 9, 1 hr, 3 RBI, 3 bb), Mincey (4 for 10, 2 2b) and
Thompson ( 3 for 9, 1 hr, 6 RBI)