McDowell Sets Single Season Home Run Record in Saturday’s Twinbill Split - University of West Florida Athletics (2024)

MONTEVALLO, Ala. --- The University of West Florida baseball team split Saturday's twinbill on the road to Montevallo. The Argos opened the double header with a 10-8 loss and came back with an 8-1 victory.

Darrien McDowell set the single season home run record after hitting a pair of home runs. He totals 16 on the season. He broke his own record which was set in 2023 with 14 home runs.

Trent Jeffcoat led the day with five hits. He went 3-for-4 at the plate in game one and tallied a pair of hits in the series finale. McDowell led with three RBI which came from a solo and two-run home run.

Designated hitter Cade Easterbrook got the Argos (24-16, 15-9 GSC) on the board first with a two RBI single in the opening frame. He sent Jeffcoat and McDowell home who got on base with singles each. Riley Parker capped the scoring with an RBI single to grab an early 3-0 lead.

McDowell extended the lead to 5-0 in the second inning with his first home run of the day which resulted in two RBI.

Montevallo (23-18, 14-10 GSC) tied the game at five-all in the bottom half.

The Falcons added to the score with a two-run homer in the third inning to bring the score to 7-5.

McDowell stepped up to the plate for his third at bat and sailed a solo home run to bring the Argos deficit to one.

Now down 7-6, the Falcons scored three straight runs to bring their score to 10. The Argos scored two runs in the eighth inning to shorten the gap but fell short by two. In the eighth, the Argos led of with back-to-back singles. The runners were brought home a ground out by Dean Hotz and a single by Jadon Fryman.

Hotz led game two with four hits to go 4-for-4 at the plate.

The Argos opened with a similar 3-0 lead. After a scoreless first inning, Mike Scordo and Hotz gave the Argos a pair of runs in the second frame. Scordo hit a sacrifice fly and Hotz shot a double. Fryman brought in Jeffcoat to score the third run in the third inning.

Montevallo scored their lone run in the bottom half.

UWF went on to score five runs in two innings to extend their lead. McDowell led off the fifth inning with a single. He was brought home by an Easterbrook RBI single. Jackson Grabsky got his first RBI of the day on a double to cap the inning.

Fryman hit and RBI single in the sixth inning to conclude the scoring and bring in the Argos eighth run of the game.

Chase Stanhope entered to pitch during the second inning and got the win. In 2.2 innings pitched, he allowed no runs on one hit. Major Posey was awarded the save after pitching the final 1.2 innings. This was Posey's third save of the season.