Tuskegee Snaps Lane’s Ten Game Win Streak

Tuskegee University batting against Lane College at Paterson Field in Montgomery, Alabama, Photo Credit ©2019, Harold Michael Harvey

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Lane College rolled through Montgomery, Alabama last weekend to take on the Tuskegee Golden Tigers baseball team. After a slow start early in the season, Lane picked up steam and came into this four-game weekend series on a seven-game win streak.

“Our bats have come alive,” Patrick Barbour, Lane College first-year Head Baseball Coach said.

“Suddenly, we are hitting the ball. These kids think they can win,” Barbour said.

Lane College Head Coach Patrick Barbour surveying the field from the third base coaches box. His team has won ten out of their last eleven games. ©2019 Harold Michael Harvey

Indeed, Lane’s bats were hot. The Lane batters tallied 53 hits in the series. The Dragons banged out 16 hits on Saturday en route to a 10 to 3 victory. They came back in the second game of the doubleheader and pulled out a tight 6–3 win. The team collected 12 hits.

After Lane picked up 15 hits in the first of two on Sunday, winning 14–4, Tuskegee’s Head Coach, Reginald Hollins was facing a sweep. The Dragons were on a ten game winning streak.

“I did not want to get the sweep,” Hollins said after his squad held on to win a 9–8 game in the second game of Sunday’s doubleheader. In this game, Lane batters had ten hits.