NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Trevecca Nazarene University baseball team (12-13, 3-3 G-MAC) lost a pair of games against Great Midwest Athletic Conference foe Hillsdale College (9-13, 6-0 G-MAC), 12-3 and 7-4 in a doubleheader played at Simpson Field on Friday afternoon.

GAME ESSENTIALS (G-MAC BB Standings | Stats | G-MAC Scores | D2 BB Scores| 2018 G-MAC Championships)

FINAL SCORE: Trojans 3, 4 Chargers 12, 7

TEAM RECORDS: Trevecca Nazarene University (12-13, 3-3 G-MAC), Hillsdale College (9-13, 6-0 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Nashville, TN. | Jackson Field

SERIES HISTORY/NOTES: Trevecca and Hillsdale are at a 3-3 tie in the series. Hillsdale has won the last three games including the two today.

GAME CHRONICLE 

GM 1 –  HU scored a pair of runs in the third and fifth innings to give them a 4-0 lead … TNU scored in the sixth on a Ethan Harrison (JR/Erlanger, KY) solo home run to left to bring Trevecca within three with the score 4-1 … in the seventh Tyler Burns (SR/Tullahoma, TN) hit a solo home run to left to bring the score to 4-2 … HU bats woke up in the seventh and eighth innings as they scored three in the seventh and five in the eighth to take the 12-3 victory  

GM 2 – HU started the scoring again in game two … Hillsdale scored one in the first and three in the second to give them a 4-0 lead … the Trojans put two on the board in the third on a Javier Lopez (JR/Lawrenceville, GA ) grounder to third and a sacrifice fly by Sam Mang (JR/Woodstock, GA) to narrow the gap 4-2 … HU put three runs up in the fourth to give them a 7-2 lead .. the Trojans scored two in the sixth one of those runs coming in on a Daniel Lankster (JR/Hendersonville, TN) single to left scoring Ethan Hurt (SR/Pegram, TN) and a wild pitch that scored Mason Jones (FR/Smyrna, GA) as Trevecca fell to Hillsdale 7-4

PLAYER STATS REPORT

GM 1 – Drew Pierce (FR/Kingsport, TN) started and threw six and one-third innings in the loss … Pierce struck out 10 Chargers …  Tyler Burns and Ethan Harrison went 1-4 with a home run

GM 2 – Coleman Wood (FR/Senoia, GA) started and went Three and two-thirds innings in the loss … Wood struck out two and allowed no walks … Lee Cunningham (FR/Kennesaw, GA) threw two and a-third innings of relief allowing three hits and striking out two … Ethan Hurt went 2-3 scoring a run

TEAM STATS BREAKDOWN 

GM 1 – Hillsdale managed 15 hits and four walks … Trevecca had six hits with a walk

GM 2 – Hillsdale managed 12 hits and struck out four times … Trevecca had six hits and drew four walks

WHATS NEXT

Trevecca continues their road trip as they will now face University of Findlay (12-4, 5-1 G-MAC) on Saturday, March 24th. First pitch is set for 12 p.m. CT. TNU and UF will be meeting for the first time in baseball during the NCAA era.

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