NASHVILLE – The Trevecca Nazarene University baseball team (6-3) lost twice to visiting Lewis University (3-5) in a Midwest Region series at Jackson Field. The Flyers beat the Trojans 6-5 in 10 innings in game one and handled the Trojans
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
Trevecca is 11-7 versus Lewis after seeing their nine game win streak in the series broken with the Lewis win in game one on Saturday.
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE
Lewis struck first with a run in the top of the third, but the Trojans took the lead with a two-run fourth.
Abbott Lawrence doubled own the left field line scoring
Frankie Carreras and
Joey Parliment. In the fifth, the Trojans padded their lead with a solo home run. Lewis came back to tie the game 3-3 with a two-run sixth. Trevecca regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the sixth on a
David Milam RBI off a fielder's choice. The nip and tuck affair continued in the seventh when the Flyers tied it at 5-5 and the Trojans regained the lead on an RBI double from
Joey Parliment, scoring
Haven Mangrum. Lewis tied it up in the eighth at 5-5. Neither team scored again until extra innings when the Flyers got the win with a run in the tenth, then held the Trojans scoreless in the bottom of the inning.
GAME TWO
Lewis led off game two with a single and a sacrifice bunt, but an error by Trevecca led to a Flyer run scoring. Another run scored on a sac fly and then a double later in the inning made it 3-0 Lewis. The Trojans got one back in the bottom of the first. The Flyers got another run in the third off a single and three walks to make it 4-1. Trevecca got within one with two fifth inning runs. Lewis didn't rest, scoring six runs in the sixth to put the game away.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
GAME ONE
Josh Griffin had two hits, the only Trojan with more than one. He was 2-5 with a run scored, RBI, and a home run.
Joey Parliment was 2-2 with a run scored, an RBI, a double, and three walks.
Caleb Marks started and went six innings allowing two earned runs and scattered six hits and two walks while striking out five.
GAME TWO
Cole McCallum had a double and
Logan Harrell collected two RBI.
UP NEXT
The Trojans head on the road to play another Midwest Region series at the University of Illinois Springfield (5-3) March 1-2. The Prairie Stars host the Trojans for a three-game series.
