[Baseball] Trevecca Baseball | Trojans Split Great Midwest Opener with Walsh; Host Malone Saturday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Trevecca Nazarene University baseball team (10-10, 1-1 G-MAC) split a pair of games against Great Midwest Athletic Conference foe Walsh University (7-7, 1-1 G-MAC), 4-6 and 3-0 in a doubleheader played at Jackson Field on Friday afternoon.
GAME ESSENTIALS (G-MAC BB Standings | Stats | G-MAC Scores | D2 BB Scores| 2018 G-MAC Championships)
FINAL SCORE: Trojans 4, 3 Cavaliers 6, 0
TEAM RECORDS: Trevecca Nazarene University (10-10, 1-1 G-MAC), Walsh University (7-7, 1-1)
LOCATION: Nashville, TN. | Jackson Field
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES: Entering today, the Trojans and Cavilers have met once previously with the Trojans winning 8-2 at Jackson Field on Feb. 27, 2016. Trevecca leads the all-time series 2-1.
GAME CHRONICLE
GM 1 – Trevecca opened the bottom of the second inning with three runs … Tyler Burns (SR/Tullahoma, TN) hit a double to drive in Seth Morgan (JR/Madison, TN) while Ethan Harrison (JR/Erlanger, KY) singled in Burns and Chandler Miller (SO/Marietta, GA) … Walsh led 4-3 after five innings … a Javier Lopez (JR/Lawrenceville, GA ) single in the seventh brought in the Trojans fourth run … Burns scored his second run of the game … Walsh hit a home run in the eighth inning to complete its 6-4 win over Trevecca.
GM 2 – Sam Mang (JR/Woodstock, GA) got things started for Trevecca with his eighth home run of the season in the third inning … Mang leads the Trojans with 24 RBIs this season … Carter Wiseman (SR/Hendersonville, TN) drove in two runs with a double … Ethan Harrison and Mason Jones (FR/Smyrna, GA) scored … Michael Brown (JR/Pleasant View, TN) also singled.
PLAYER STATS REPORT
GM 1 – Drew Pierce (FR/Kingsport, TN) started and threw seven innings in the loss … Pierce struck out six … Ethan Harrison went 2-5 with two RBIs … Tyler Burns went 1-3 with an RBI and two runs scored … Burns also had a walk … Javier Lopez went 2-5 with an RBI.
GM 2 – Coleman Wood (FR/Senoia, GA) started and went the distance … Wood (2-0) struck out three and allowed just one walk … Sam Mang hit his eighth home run … Carter Wiseman went 1-3 and drove in two runs … Michael Brown went 1-2.
TEAM STATS BREAKDOWN
GM 1 – Walsh managed nine hits and six runs with two walks … Trevecca had nine hits and four runs with two walks … Trevecca pitchers combined for six strikeouts and only two walks.
GM 2 – Walsh managed just three hits and did not score a run … the Cavaliers struck out three times … Trevecca had three hits and drew one walk … Trevecca's starting pitcher, Coleman Wood threw a complete game shutout.
WHATS NEXT
Trevecca remains at Jackson Field to host Great Midwest Conference foe Malone University (11-5, 1-0 G-MAC) on Saturday, March 17th for another G-MAC conference series this season.
First pitch is set for 12 p.m. with game two to follow 30 minutes after game one.
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