Box Score NASHVILLE – Jordan Foreman helped lead Trevecca (30-20) to a 12-7 win over Cedarville (26-15) Tuesday afternoon in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament Championship series at Jackson Field.
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The win by the Trojans sets up a winner-take-all title game tomorrow against the Yellow Jackets starting at 11 a.m.
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Trevecca jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first as Foreman and Hunter Newman collected RBI doubles.
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Cedarville got on the board for its first run in the third inning as Logan Kasabian crossed home plate after a fielding error at shortstop.
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The Yellow Jackets took a 3-2 lead in the fourth as Chris Ward and David Lenhardt had run-scoring hits.
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TNU would then tie the game up in the fifth as Blake Rogers singled to shortstop scoring Foreman.
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With the contest tied at three, the top-seeded Trojans would score three runs in the top of the sixth giving them a lead they would never relinquish.
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After Trae Weiss walked and Nick Howell singled, Mark Rayburn would single to left center giving TNU a 4-3 advantage. Foreman followed in the next at-bat and connected with a two-run single to left field pushing Trevecca's lead to 6-3.
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Each team added a run in the seventh and in the eighth Rogers would hit a two-run single pushing TNU's lead to 9-4.
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Cedarville plated two runs in the eighth as Chris Fox and Zach Huskey were issued bases-loaded walks which brought the score to 9-6.
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Trevecca responded in the ninth with three runs to put the game away for good. Tyler Tichenor scored on a wild pitch and Howell followed in the next at-bat with an RBI double to right field. Newman rounded out the scoring with a run-scoring double to left field.
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Foreman led the Trojans' offense going 4-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored. Cameron Boyett went 3-for-4 with one RBI and another run scored while Rogers was 3-for-6 with three RBI. Five Trojan batters collected multiple hits.
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Codi Webb (3-1) picked up the win tossing 3.2 innings, allowing two hits and three runs. Ryne Raburn earned his third save of the year tossing the final 1.1 innings allowing a hit and a run.
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The inaugural G-MAC Baseball Tournament title game will begin tomorrow (May 8) at 11 a.m. Live coverage can be found here.