Box Score
MT. BERRY, Ga. - NAIA
No. 20 Trevecca Nazarene Trojans (3-4) lost the opening game of their
double-header at Berry Vikings (5-2) on Tuesday. The Viking received
votes in the NAIA Preseason Top 25. The games were played at Berry's
William R. Bowdin Field.
Box Score Game One
In the
opener of the double header Trevecca lost 10-7 after rallying to tie the game
at seven with a four-run sixth. Trevecca took a 1-0 lead with a run in the
second inning. Berry
answered with three in the bottom half and each team scored a run in the third.
Berry pulled
ahead 6-2 with a two-run fourth. After each team scored a run in the fifth, Berry led 7-3. The
Trojans pushed across four in the sixth to tie the game at seven, but the
Vikings secured the win with three in the bottom half of the inning.
Marty Parks, Chris Lowe, and Brian Dirheimer
all had a double. Cody Heggie provided a home run. Parks added a stolen base
and Lowe had a triple. Parks was 1-3 with three RBI and a run scored. Lowe was
2-4 with a run and RBI. Ross Muirhead, Trey Morrison, Heggie, Dirheimer, and
Lowe all had two hits in the game.
The Trojans
scored seven runs on 13 hits, but had six errors in the game. Berry had 10 runs on nine hits and committed
and error.
Chris
Sutherland (0-1) took the loss in relief. Sutherland came on in the fifth and
allowed one run on one walk; He pitched 2/3 of an inning. Ben Johnson was the
starter and he lasted four and a third inning. He allowed seven runs; four
earned and gave up nine hits and a walk. Johnson struck out three. Jeff Hughes
pitched a third of an inning and Tim Dunn pitched the final two-thirds of an
inning. Hughes allowed two runs (one earned) and allowed two walks. Dunn
allowed one walk.
The
Trojans home opener will be Friday at 2 p.m. when No. 18 Auburn
Montgomery (7-4) comes for the first of a three-game series at
Trevecca's Jackson Field. The two teams will face off in a Noon
double-header on Saturday.