Box Score
Arkansas-Monticello clubbed out 18 hits to beat Henderson State 13-3 in a non-conference game Tuesday in Monticello, Ark.
The Boll Weevils, 11-8 on the season, started the scoring in the bottom of the first with a three-run home run from Hunter Allday.
Henderson plated a run in the top of the second on a run-scoring single by
Austin Coble.
UAM's Stephen Martinez got his second hit of the day to give UAM a 4-1 lead in the second, driving in Chad Miller from second.
Henderson State, 12-5 on the season, made it a one-run game on a two-run double from
Michael Corso in the top of the third but the Reddies were held scoreless the remainder of the game.
UAM added two runs in the fifth with the help of a two-run double from Bronson Gilliam.
The Weevils added a run in the sixth, and scored three runs in each of the seventh and eighth innings, highlighted by a solo homerun from T.J. Cox in the seventh and a two-run, game-ending single from Alex Lang in the eighth.
Coble had two of Henderson's five hits on the afternoon.
Zack McKnight picked up the win for UAM, allowing three runs off three hits with four strikeouts in the three innings of work to improve to 2-1 on the year.
Tyler O'Bryant took the loss after allowing four runs off five hits with four strikeouts and three walks in the first two innings to fall to 2-1 on the year.
Henderson State returns to Great American Conference play this weekend when the Reddies travel to Magnolia, Ark. to face Southern Arkansas. The series will begin with a single game Friday at 6 p.m. followed by a double-header on Saturday at 2 p.m.