MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The Trevecca Nazarene University baseball team lost their opening game of the 2017 season against the University of Montevallo 6-5 in Montevallo, AL at Kermit A. Johnson Field.

GAME ESSENTIALS (G-MAC BB Standings | Stats | G-MAC Scores | D2 BB Scores)

FINAL SCORE: Trojans 5, Falcons 6

TEAM RECORDS: Trevecca Nazarene University (0-1), University of Montevallo (3-2)

LOCATION: Montevallo, Ala | Kermit A. Johnson Field

SERIES HISTORY/NOTES

The Trojans are 0-4 against the Falcons all time; losing three of those four games by one run ... Trojans were playing their first game of the 2017 season ... the Falcons were playing their fifth of the season

GAME CHRONICLE 

Clay Staton (SR/Franklin, TN) started the scoring with a two-run home run to give the Trojans a 2-0 lead in the second inning, but the Trojans didn't fully capitalize as left the bases loaded …Bryson Shelton (SR/Powell, TN) hit a solo homerun in the third to give the Trojans a 3-1 lead … Falcon Matthew Furuto hit a grand slam in the bottom of the fifth to give the Falcons their first lead of the game at 5-3 … Ethan Harrison (SO/Erlanger, KY) singled to right field driving in Patrick Reed (SR/Murfreesboro, TN) to shrink the lead to one (5-4) in the sixth … In the Trojan ninth, Austin Moyer (SR/Goodlettsville, TN) produced an RBI when he drew one of Trevecca's 13 walks, tying the game 5-5 … In the bottom of the ninth, Daniel Prado doubled down the right field line to drive in the winning run for the Falcons

TEAM STATS BREAKDOWN

TNU forced 13 walks in the game while only allowing four, but struck out 12 times … Trojans scored five runs on five hits while committing one error and leaving 13 men on base

PLAYER STATS REPORT

Bryson Shelton went 2-4 with a home run, a RBI, a walk, and a stolen base … Clay Staton reached base five times, going 1-1 with a two-run home run, added a stolen base, and drew four of the 13 Trojan walks … Bryan Smith (SR/Unionville, TN) started, but did not figure in the decision – going five innings and allowed four hits, three runs, six walks, and sat down six Falcons on strikes … Chad Sutton (JR/Independence, MO) (0-1) came on to pitch the ninth and took the loss giving up two hits and a run … Jon Newman (JR/Gilbert, SC) pitched three innings of relief and allowed three this, but no runs while walking three and striking out two

WHATS NEXT 

The Trojans will be back on the field tomorrow for a double header against the Falcons starting at 1 PM. The Trojans will be home next Friday and Saturday, as they will take on the Wayne State University Warriors (0-0) who will be opening their season at Jackson Field on the 17th.

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