NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Trevecca Nazarene University baseball team (30-19, 19-5 G-MAC) lost a pair of Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) regular season to Kentucky Wesleyan College (34-15, 19-5 G-MAC) on Saturday at Jackson Field.  

Trevecca is 8-5 in the NCAA Division II era versus Kentucky Wesleyan. The two wins by the Panthers breaks a six-game win streak in the series for Trevecca.

The Trojans, with the regular season title, earned the top seed at the 2016 G-MAC championships set for May 11-14 at Prasco Park and Legacy Field in Mason, Ohio. Trevecca will play sixth-seeded Davis & Elkins College (13-33, 7-17 G-MAC) on Wednesday, May 11 at 11 AM at Prasco Park. Trevecca swept the season series with four wins at Jackson Field. TNU has a 12-0 edge in the all-time series with D&E.

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GAME ONE RECAP

 Kentucky Wesleyan College opened the game with three in the top of the first.

Trevecca scored one in the bottom of the first for a 3-1 KWC lead.

The Panthers scored two in the second and one in the third for a 6-1 lead.

Trevecca scored five straight to tie the game at 6-6 after four innings. Trevecca scored two in the third.

The three-run fourth tied the game at 6-6.

Wesleyan plated two in the fifth for a 8-6 edge.

Trevecca added one in the fifth to pull to within 8-7.

The Panthers padded the lead with one in the sixth and three in the seventh for a 12-7 final.

KWC had 16 hits and no errors while Trevecca had 13 hits and an error.

Mac Barnes (SO/Arlington, TN) relieved starter Ivey Starling (SR/Brentwood, TN) and took the loss dropping to 2-1 on the year. Andrew Moralez relieved Panther starter Austin Tibbs and picked up the win and is now 3-2 on the year. Ryan Hundley picked up his fifth save of the year.

Trojan lead-off hitter Ethan Harrison (FR/Erlanger, KY) went 4-5 at the plate with two runs scored and an RBI. Harrison had two doubles and now has 10 on the year. Bryson Shelton (JR/Powell, TN) was 2-4 with two doubles, a run scored, and an RBI. Zach Tompkins (SR/Mt. Juliet, TN) was 1-2 with a double, a walk, and two RBI.

GAME TWO RECAP

Kentucky Wesleyan scored three in the top of the second for a 3-0 lead.

Trevecca scored one in the bottom of the second on a solo home run by Sam Mang (FR/Woodstock, GA). It is his second of the year.

Trevecca pulled ahead with a three-run fifth.

KWC pulled ahead for good with a two-run eighth and tagged on one more run in the ninth for the 6-4 final.

KWC had 12 hits and two errors while Trevecca had eight hits and three errors.

Harrison stayed hot with a 2-4 game, a walk, and a run scored. Tyler Tichenor (SR/Centertown, KY) went 3-5 with a run scored, a double, and a stolen base. Mang was 1-3 with the home run, run scored, a walk, and two RBI.

Jake Roberson (FR/Springfield, TN) came in to pitch in relief and took the loss and is now 0-2 on the year. Evan Mohr, now 5-0, got the win in relief for the Panthers. Ryan Hundley pitched the final two innings for his sixth save, the second of the day.