Baseball 3/25/2023 12:00:00 AM

Trevecca Baseball | Walsh Puts Up Fight Against Trojans

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NASHVILLE: Trevecca Nazarene University baseball (8-12, 3-3 Great Midwest) hosted Walsh University (8-10, 5-1 Great Midwest) for games one and two of a four-game series and lost game one 13-7, then lost game two 7-6 (10 innings).

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SERIES HISTORY/NOTES

The Trojans are 7-3 in the all-time series against Walsh and swept the season series last year.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

GAME ONE:

Walsh kicked off the scoring in the second inning and got ahead 1-0. Trevecca responded in the third inning with five runs to take a 5-1 lead. Josh Griffin hit a three-RBI double, bringing in Andru Becker, Joey Parliment, and Henry Mosley to make it 3-1. Then Josh Griffin reached home on a fielder's choice before David Milam scored off a Shawn Wallwork RBI single. Walsh fought back and added a pair of runs over the next two innings. Then in the sixth inning, the Trojans added a sixth run when Henry Mosley scored on a Bryant Goolsby RBI single to make it 6-3. However, Walsh got hot over the next two innings and scored nine runs over the seventh and eighth to take a 12-6 lead. Joey Parliment tallied for the Trojans in the eighth off an error by Walsh. But Walsh added another run to put the game out of reach.

GAME TWO:

Walsh continued their momentum into game two as they scored two runs in the first inning. The Trojans got on the board in the first inning when Joey Parliment reached home on a Bryant Goolsby sac ground out. Henry Mosley tied the game at 2-2 when he hit a solo home run in the third inning. Then the Trojans took the lead in the fourth inning when Shawn Wallwork scored on a wild pitch, and Braden Reece scored on a Henry Mosley RBI double to go up 4-2. But in the fifth inning, Walsh regained the lead on a three-run home run to make it 5-4. Then in the bottom of the sixth inning, Trevecca knotted the game up at 5-5 when Josh Seiler hit a solo home run. The game would be forced into extra innings. Both teams could not score until Walsh finally broke through in the 10^th inning with a pair of runs to go up 7-5. The Trojans attempted to rally when David Milam added a run on a Josh Seiler RBI double to cut it to 7-6, but they fell short.