HICKORY, N.C. – The Trevecca Nazarene University baseball team (0-2) began the 2025 season on the road, dropping a pair of games with Lenoir-Rhyne University (2-0) Durham Field on Saturday afternoon.
Trevecca fell in the opener to Lenoir-Rhyne 18-3 and closed the day with a 6-1 loss to the Bears.
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
The Trojans and Bears had never met in baseball before today's games.
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME ONE
No hits were allowed by either side until the Bears poked a ground-rule double over the left center field wall in the bottom of the third. After the Trojans collected their first base runner of the day off a
Luke Dymond single in the fourth, Lenoir-Rhyne broke the scoring drought in the home half of the frame. A two-run shot off the bat of clean-up hitter Sal Carricato gave the Bears a 2-0 lead. Trevecca cut the deficit in half in the fifth. With two outs,
Joey Parliment singled in
Brett Dingess, who led the inning off with a double, to make it 2-1.
Things changed in the fifth, though. The Bears plated six runs in total, all off two-out singles to make it an 8-1 game. After four more Lenoir-Rhyne runs crossed home in the sixth inning, the Trojans added their final two runs of the opener in the seventh. A groundout from
Cade Moore brought in one run before Parliment drove his second run of the game in off a sacrifice fly to right field. Another six-run inning by the Bears put the game out of reach as Lenoir-Rhyne held on for the 18-3 win.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE – GAME ONE
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Joey Parliment went 1-2 with two RBIs.
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Brett Dingess was 1-3 with two runs scored and a walk.
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Jacob Lester went 1-3 with a walk and a run scored.
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Nick Judd (0-1) started and took the loss by allowing three earned runs over 4.1 innings of work with three strikeouts.
HOW IT HAPPENED – GAME TWO
Game two quickly sunk into a pitcher's duel as both sides had a combined three hits through the first four innings. Trevecca broke the silence in the fifth with an RBI from
Joey Parliment.
Jacob Lester led the inning off with a walk and scored off Parliment's contact. Trevecca went down in order in the sixth before Lenoir-Rhyne went ahead with six runs in the home half of the frame. A trio of walks and singles as well as a double made it 6-1 Bears after six complete. The Bears struck out the side in the seventh to finish off the Trojans.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE – GAME TWO
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Jacob Lester was 1-2 with a run scored and a walk.
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Joey Parliment went 1-3 with an RBI.
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Brett Dingess was 1-3.
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Jonah Smithson (0-1) started and took the loss, going five innings allowing four runs on three hits with seven strikeouts.
NEXT ON THE DIAMOND
The Trojans and Bears close the three-game set tomorrow afternoon with first pitch set for 12:00 p.m.
