MASON, Ohio - The Trevecca Nazarene University baseball team (26-22) used extra innings to claim their first victory in the 2018 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Baseball Championships, eliminating top-seeded and NCAA Division II No. 16 Ohio Dominican University (32-15) 6-4 on Thursday at Prasco Park.

Trevecca turns around and plays Kentucky Wesleyan College (34-16) in another elimination game at 5:30 PM Central time. The loss eliminates ODU.

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FINAL SCORE: Trojans 6; Panthers 4; F (10)

TEAM RECORDS: Trevecca Nazarene University (26-22), No. 16 Ohio Dominican University (32-15)

LOCATION: Mason, Ohio | Prasco Park & Legacy Field 

SERIES HISTORY/NOTES: This was the 5th meeting between the two teams. Trevecca leads the all-time series 5-0. The last meeting came in 2014 when the Trojans won 8-0 at Jackson Field.

GAME CHRONICLE 

Trevecca opened the scoring with a run in the first … Sam Mang singled to drive in Tyler Burns … Mason Jones scored off a single by Carter Wiseman in the second … TNU lead 2-0 after three innings … Ethan Harrison tripled to lead off the fifth inning … Brandon Hauswald drove him in with a single … starting pitcher Drew Pierce pitched a shutout through five innings … ODU added a run in the sixth and trailed 3-1 after six innings … ODU tacked on two more runs in the ninth … ODU attempted to win in walk-off fashion before base runner Justin Childers was gunned down at home plate … in the tenth inning, the Trojans took command by adding three runs … Sam Mang hit a two-run blast to left field … then Ethan Hurt hit an inside the park home run to give the Trojans a 6-3 lead going into the bottom half of the inning … a pair of doubles yielded a run for the Panthers but that was it … TNU defeated top-seeded and No. 16 Ohio Dominican 6-4.

PLAYER STATS REPORT

Drew Pierce started and threw eight strong innings … the freshman dealt seven strikeouts and allowed just a single run … Tyler Burns earned the win with an inning of relief work … Tyler Koprowski got the save … Ethan Harrison went 2-5 and scored a run … Sam Mang went 2-4 with three RBIs, a walk, and a run scored … Ethan Hurt hit an inside the park home run.

WHATS NEXT

Trevecca, the #2 seed from the South Division, plays the #1 seed from the South Division, Kentucky Wesleyan College today at 5:30 PM. Trevecca leads the all-time series 11-7. TNU took the season series 2-1, with the Trojans taking the last two.

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