Bain
10
Winner Drury DRURY 1-0
7
Alabama Huntsville UAH 1-3
Winner
Drury DRURY
1-0
10
Final
7
Alabama Huntsville UAH
1-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Drury DRURY 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 10 8 2
Alabama Huntsville UAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 7 6 0

W: Morrison, Coleman (1-0) L: Z. Murphy (0-2) S: Peterson, Sam (1)

8
Winner Drury DRURY 2-0
5
Alabama Huntsville UAH 1-4
Winner
Drury DRURY
2-0
8
Final
5
Alabama Huntsville UAH
1-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Drury DRURY 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 8 14 3
Alabama Huntsville UAH 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 7 1

W: Thomas, Kaleb (1-0) L: J. Meadows (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Eric Doennig, Associate AD - Media Relations

Panthers Open 2026 Campaign With Doubleheader Sweep of UAH

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Drury baseball opened its 2026 season in style Friday, riding a pair of shutdown starting pitching performances and a dominant day at the plate by Connor Bain to a doubleheader sweep of UAH at Charger Park.

In Drury's 10-7 opening-game victory, Coleman Morrison (1-0) worked five hitless innings, while Bain went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs to power the Panthers' offense. After building an eight-run lead in game one, the Panthers would be forced to rally in the nightcap, wiping out a 2-1 fifth-inning deficit by scoring six of the next eight runs to seize control of the contest.

Bain led the charge once again, going 3-for-4 to lead DU's 14-hit attack, finishing the afternoon 7-for-9 (.778) at the plate. On the mound, the Panthers (2-0) got another strong starting effort, as Caden Crask-Weeks scattered five hits over 4.0 innings, allowing just one run while striking out three Chargers, before Kaleb Thomas (1-0) worked the final three frames, fanning five to earn the win in relief.

Game 1 - Drury 10, UAH 7 (9 inn.)
The Panthers rode 5.0 hitless innings from Morrison, as well as a four-hit performance by Bain, to a 10-7 win. Morrison worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the first and cruised through five scoreless frames to earn his first mound victory as a Panther.

Drury struck for three runs in the first against UAH starter Zach Murphy, as Greydon Miller's two-out double cleared the bases for a 3-0 Panther lead. Murphy issued a trio of free passes to load the bases, before Miller's two-bagger to center chased all three baserunners home for an early DU advantage.

Morrison fanned two hitters to escape the home half of the first and retired nine straight Charger hitters at one point. After walking a pair of batters in the first, the right-hander permitted just two more UAH batters to reach -- a two-out hit-by-pitch in the fourth and a leadoff error in the fifth -- before yielding to his bullpen. In all, the junior struck out six and walked two in a 79-pitch performance.

The Drury offense added two runs in the third on Bain's RBI single following a pair of hit batsmen and a Logan Reidelberger base hit. Colby Corlett, who brought in the fifth run of the day with a ground ball to cap the third-inning rally, added an RBI single in the fifth to extend the Drury lead to six runs.

Bain's seventh-inning single, coupled with a Charger error, brought in another DU run, before a double-steal by Colin McClure and Bain made it an 8-0 game.

UAH kicked its offense into gear with a five-run seventh, cashing in on three hit batsmen, a Brodee Bartlett two-run single and a Panther error to trim the DU lead to 8-5. The home club kept the pressure on the Panther bullpen in the eighth, slicing the margin to just a single run on Ian Reagan's two-run double.

DU reliever Sam Peterson extinguished the threat, coaxing a ground ball to second and a fly ball to right to strand the potential tying and go-ahead runs on base.

Bain gave the Panthers some much-needed breathing room with a one-out, two-run homer in the top of the ninth. Peterson closed the door for his first save as a Panther, working around a two-out single with a scoreless home half of the ninth.

Game 2 - Drury 8, UAH 5 (7 inn.)
Drury once again jumped out to an early lead in the second contest of the day, as Landon Willbrand's two-out solo shot  in the second gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead in the seven-run contest.

Crask-Weeks worked around walks in each of the first two innings, but ran into trouble in the third, when another walk, a Jayce Upton single and a Panther error opened the door to a Chargers' rally. CJ Carson made it a 2-1 UAH advantage with his run-scoring grounder to short, but Crask-Weeks picked a Charger baserunner off first and struck out Gavin Galenza to avoid further damage in the inning.

DU mounted the game-tying rally in the top of the fifth, when back-to-back singles by McClure and Miller set the table for Jackson Crider's RBI-single to right. The Panthers used that momentum to open up a four-run lead in the sixth, with Luke Matschiner sparking the rally with an infield single and a stolen base. Jackson Edwards drove in the go-ahead runs with a two-run single to left, and Crider added another run-scoring single, allowing Miller to score a second run all the way from first by extending the play in a run-down between first and second base.

UAH (1-4) responded with two runs of its own in the home half of the sixth on Taylor Bush's two-run single.

But the Panthers made sure the lead would stand, capitalizing once more for two key insurance runs in the top of the seventh. Bain set the stage one more time, driving a one-out single to left-center, before swiping second to set up a DU scoring opportunity. Matschiner doubled him home to make it a three-run game, before Dominic Wuertz delivered a pinch-hit, RBI single to extend the margin to 8-4.

Thomas faced one more challenge in the bottom of the seventh after a pair of singles started the inning for the Chargers. The junior transfer struck out Upton, before an error allowed a baserunner to score from third, slicing the lead to three runs. A walk brought the tying run to the plate with just one out, but Thomas fanned Seth Staggs, then retired Galenza on a liner to center for the final out.

In addition to Bain's three hits, Crider added a 2-for-4 day with two RBIs, and Matschiner went 2-for-4 with an RBI, two steals and two runs scored.

LOOKING AHEAD
Drury and UAH will wrap up their weekend series Saturday (Feb. 7) with a single contest slated for an 11 a.m., first pitch at Charger Park.

The Panthers return to Mark Worley Field at Meador Park Tuesday (Feb. 10) for the first time in 2026 to open their home slate against No. 2 Central Missouri for a 3 p.m. non-conference contest. Fans may purchase 2026 season tickets or single-game seats through DruryPanthers.com.

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