NASHVILLE – The Trevecca Nazarene University Baseball Trojans (10-10, 4-2) dropped a pair of close games to Lake Erie College (9-7, 4-2 G-MAC), 2-1 and 5-1, at Jackson Field on Saturday.

The games were originally scheduled to be played in Painesville, Ohio at Lake Erie, but weather moved the games to Nashville. Lake Erie will bat last in all four games in the series per conference rules.

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GAME ESSENTIALS (G-MAC Standings | G-MAC Stats | G-MAC Scores | 2019 G-MAC Championships)

SERIES HISTORY/NOTES:

The Storm lead the series 4-0 all-time.  

HOW IT HAPPENED

GAME ONE: The game remained scoreless until the Trojans pulled ahead 1-0 with a run in the top of the seventh inning, Joseph McNamee singled to lead off the inning and scored when Trey Vanderpool doubled … the Storm evened the game with a run in the bottom of the eighth, then scored a win in walk-off style with a bases loaded single in the bottom of the ninth, winning 2-1.

GAME TWO:  Lake Erie plated a run in the second and third for a 2-0 lead … Trevecca scored its lone run on a John O'Dwyer solo homer in the fourth, but the Storm scored two in the fourth and one in the fifth for the 5-1 victory

PLAYER / TEAM STAT REPORT

GAME ONE:  Drew Pierce was outstanding in 7.1 innings of mound work for the Trojans, but did not factor into the decision … Pierce allowed one hit and one run with two walks and nine strikeouts, Pierce didn't allow a hit until Nate Erzen singled to lead off the sixth inning … Lee Cunningham (1-1) took the loss in relief, going the final 1.1 innings … Trey Vanderpool and Bryan Goolsby each collected two hits … Vanderpool, Chandler Miller, Sam Mang, and Javier Lopez all doubled for Trevecca

Trevecca left 11 men on base while collecting 10 hits … the Storm managed just four hits and had an error

GAME TWO: Dalton Mauldin is the only Trojan with more than one hit … David LaMaster, Lake Erie's all-time strikeout leader, fanned 10 Trojans while only giving one free pass and four hits …

Trevecca only produced four hits while Lake Erie used nine hits and four walks to score their five runs  

WHAT'S NEXT

Another double header beginning at Noon on Sunday for the Trojans and Storm. Trevecca hosts Kentucky Wesleyan College (9-11, 4-2 G-MAC) March 29 (2 PM) and March 30 (1 PM) for a Great Midwest double header each day. Trevecca leads the all-time series 11-8, but the Panthers have won five of the last eight meetings.    

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