EASTLAKE, Ohio - The Trevecca Nazarene University baseball team (12-17, 3-7 G-MAC) lost a pair of games against Great Midwest Athletic Conference foe Lake Erie College (11-9-1, 9-1 G-MAC), 5-3 and 8-1 in a doubleheader played at Classic Park on Saturday afternoon.

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

FINAL SCORE: Trojans 3, 1 Storm 5,8

TEAM RECORDS: Trevecca Nazarene University (12-17, 3-7 G-MAC), Lake Erie College (11-9-1, 9-1 G-MAC)

LOCATION: Eastlake, OH | Classic Park

SERIES HISTORY/NOTES: This was the first meeting between the two teams in the NCAA era. Lake Erie currently leads the series 2-0.

GAME CHRONICLE 

GM 1 –  The Trojans jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning … Tyler Burns (SR/Tullahoma, TN) singled and brought in Ethan Hurt (SR/Pegram, TN) … the Storm responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning … Lake Erie hit a home run in the third to go up 2-1 … in the fifth inning Javier Lopez (JR/Lawrenceville, GA ) hit a sacrifice fly which brought in Michael Odom … Sam Mang (JR/Woodstock, GA) singled in the seventh and drove in Brandon Hauswald (FR/Jackson, TN) to give the Trojans a 3-2 lead … Lake Erie hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth … Lake Erie won 5-3.

GM 2 – Lake Erie scored first in the second game … the Storm had three runs in the first and four in the second … Javier Lopez hit a solo home run in the fourth to score the Trojans only run … Laker Erie added another run in the fifth to take the game 8-1.

PLAYER STATS REPORT

GM 1 – Drew Pierce (FR/Kingsport, TN) started and threw eight innings … Pierce struck out seven and allowed just two walks … Sam Mang went 2-5 with an RBI … Tyler Burns went 2-4 with an RBI … Chandler Miller (SO/Marietta, GA) drew two walks.

GM 2 – Ryan Shultz (SR/Murfreesboro, TN) started and threw one and two thirds innings in the loss … Jake Roberson (SO/Springfield, TN) and Jay Bernad combined four and two thirds innings of relief work and four strikeouts … Chandler Miller went 2-3 … Javier Lopez went 1-3 with an RBI and a run scored … Daniel Lankster (JR/Hendersonville, TN) went 1-2.

TEAM STATS BREAKDOWN 

GM 1 – Lake Erie managed eight hits and three walks … Trevecca had 10 hits with four walks.

GM 2 – Lake Erie managed 12 hits and three walks … Trevecca had five hits with no walks.

WHATS NEXT

Trevecca continues their road trip when they face Lincoln Memorial (23-10, 9-8 SAC) on April 3rd. First pitch is set for 5 p.m. TNU and LMU have met four times in the past. The Trojans won the last meeting, 5-4 in April 2016.

Visit Official Home of Trevecca Athletics at www.tnutrojans.com

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