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Box Score 2 NASHVILLE- Trevecca Nazarene University baseball (14-14, 9-5 Great Midwest) began their four-game series against the visiting Kentucky Wesleyan College (11-19, 6-8 Great Midwest), winning in game one 5-3, then they lost in game two of the series 5-0 (seven innings) to slit the first day of the series.
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SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
The Trojans have the all-time series lead of 20-14. The Panthers won the previous meeting against the Trojans, a 14-2 loss in eight innings in the first game of the 2022 Great Midwest Championships on May 11, 2022. The Trojans won last year's regular season series 3-1.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
GAME ONE:
The Panthers struck first in the first two innings to take a 2-0 lead.
Then after a scoreless third inning, the Trojans started to get momentum and began to load up the bases. Then Henry Mosley capitalized and hit a grand slam that brought in Cooper Whitt, Braden Reece, and David Milam to give the Trojans a 4-2 lead.
Both teams struggled offensively for a pair of innings until the bottom of the eighth inning.
Cooper Whitt hit an RBI single to bring David Milam home for an insurance run and make it 5-2. The Trojans needed the insurance run as Kentucky Wesleyan cut the Trojan's lead to 5-3 in the top of the ninth inning. However, Trojan pitcher Matthew Hock struck out the final batter to seal the win.
GAME TWO:
Both teams would struggle for the first two innings. Like game one, Kentucky Wesleyan broke the ice to go up 2-0 in the third inning.
The bats went quiet for the fourth and fifth innings as both teams struggled offensively. Then Kentucky Wesleyan tallied two more runs in the top of the sixth inning to extend their lead. In the seventh inning, the Panthers added a fifth run to put the Trojans on the ropes.
Kentucky Wesleyan's pitcher limited the Trojans to four total hits all game as the Trojans would be shut out.
CIRCLE AND BOX NOTES GAME ONE:
- Braden Reece went 1-3 with one run scored.
- Henry Mosley went 1-4 with a grand slam, four RBIs, and one run scored.
- Cooper Whitt went 1-3 with an RBI and one run scored.
- Elijah Pleasants (4-2) allowed only two runs on four hits and struck out four batters during five innings pitched.
- Matthew Hock was credited with his third save of the season and allowed only one run on two hits while striking out four batters in four innings pitched.
CIRCLE AND BOX NOTES GAME TWO:
UP NEXT
The Trojans will wrap up the four-game series against the Panthers tomorrow, with game three starting at 12:00 PM.
The next game on the schedule is a single game against Alabama-Huntsville (19-15) on Wednesday at 5:00 PM on the Hill. The Chargers have the all-time lead in the series, 9-5, but the Trojans took last season's meeting on February 16, 2022, 11-7 in Alabama.
After that, the Trojans will go on the road for a four-game series against Cedarville University (7-21, 3-9 Great Midwest) on April 14-15. Trevecca is 37-6 in the all-time series with Cedarville. They split last year's season series 2-2.
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