NASHVILLE – The Trevecca Nazarene University baseball team (1-3) picked up its first win of the season against Lane College (0-1) at Jackson Field on Tuesday afternoon.
Trevecca took the game, 14-3.
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
The Trojans take the first-ever game played between the two schools in baseball.
HOW IT HAPPENED
With one gone in the top of the first, the Dragons struck first with a two-run single to left field. Trevecca countered with a run in the bottom of the first when
Noah Boughton collected an RBI reaching via a fielder's choice. The Trojans took the lead in the bottom of the second when
Joey Parliment smacked a ball to second base to score two.
Cole McCallum went yard in the third to make it 6-2 Trojans. Two more runs crossed in the fourth off a balk and a sacrifice fly as Trevecca led 8-2 after four complete.
Lane used an RBI single to center field to plate a run in the top of the sixth before the Trojan bats exploded. A six spot was highlighted by Boughton's three-run shot to right field as the Trojans went on to win, 14-3.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
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Joey Parliment went 4-4 with three RBIs and three runs scored.
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Noah Boughton was 1-3 with four RBIs, a walk and run scored.
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Cole McCallum went 1-3 with three RBIs, a walk and run scored.
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Aaron McCoy (1-0) picked up the win in relief by allowing just one earned run over 2.1 innings of work with one strikeout.
NEXT ON THE DIAMOND
The Trojans head to Jefferson City, Tennessee to play a pair of games on Saturday, February 8 on the campus of Carson-Newman University.
At 11:00 a.m., Trevecca takes on the University of Charleston, WV (0-0) before taking on Carson-Newman (4-0) at 3:00 p.m.
The Trojans and Golden Eagles have never met before in baseball while CNU leads the all-time series with TNU, 4-3.
