CLEVELAND, Miss. – The Trevecca Nazarene University baseball team (16-24, 12-15 GSC) closed up a GSC series against Delta State University (29-12, 21-6 GSC), at Ferriss Field on Saturday afternoon.
DSU beat TNU 5-2 in the opener and then the Trojans finished the day with a 4-1 win in game three to avoid the sweep.
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
DSU commands a 3-1 lead in the all-time series, having taken two of three from the Trojans and by defeating TNU by a run, 6-5 in a neutral site game last campaign.
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE – DSU 5, TNU 2
The Trojans offense showed up in the top of the first. The team combined for three hits and scored two runs.
Joey Parliment got the party started by trading spaces with
Cade Moore who led the game off with a double. Parliment then scored off a two-out single from
Brady Maciak. The Trojans allowed one run back in the bottom half of the inning, an RBI single up the middle.
Delta State scored what became the game winning runs in the third. A pair came in off a single to the shortstop and a throwing error, combined with a sacrifice fly to right field. Trevecca did not have a baserunner until the fourth when Maciak singled again and only found itself on base one more time the rest of the way. The Statesmen added a fifth insurance run in the bottom of the seventh with another single, capping the scoring and game at 5-2.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
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Cade Moore went 2-4 with a run scored and a double at the top of the lineup.
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Joey Parliment was 1-4 with an RBI double and the other run scored.
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Brady Maciak went 2-4 with an RBI.
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Spencer Wilkins (2-3) started and took the loss. He went 6.0 innings in which he allowed three runs, a walk and 10 hits with three strikeouts.
GAME TWO – TNU 4, DSU 1
Game two of the day and three of the series got off to a slow start. The first two innings featured a single walk, but otherwise putouts all around. Consecutive errors made by the Statesmen plated the first two runs of the day for Trevecca.
After a quick and quiet fourth and fifth inning the Trojans got an insurance run when
Jacob Lester doubled up the middle to score
Joey Parliment.
Wyatt Bowling led the seventh inning off with a single to left and later scored, making it 4-0 Trevecca, off a wild pitch. The Statesmen were not held scoreless, though. A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh, got DSU on the scoreboard. A wild pitch put two runners in scoring position, but the Trojans hung on for the 4-1 win.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
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Joey Parliment went 2-3 with a run scored.
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Jacob Lester was 1-2 with a walk and an RBI.
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Frankie Carreras went 1-2 with a walk and a run scored.
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Jonah Smithson (4-6) started and picked up the win. He went 5.2 innings, tossing a shutout with five strikeouts and three hits as well as three walks allowed.
NEXT ON THE DIAMOND
The Trojans return to Nashville to host Lane College (11-24, 11-15 SIAC) for a midweek game at Jackson Field on Tuesday, April 15.
First pitch with the Dragons is set for 3:00 p.m. Lane and Trevecca met for the first time in school history on February 4. The Trojans took their home opener, 14-3, finishing the game in seven innings.
