OXFORD, Ala. – The Trevecca Nazarene University baseball team (22-26, 17-16 GSC) began its first-ever Gulf South Conference tournament with a 7-5 loss to the third seeded University of West Florida (32-17, 22-11 GSC) on Friday morning at Choccolocco Park.
SERIES HISTORY/NOTES
West Florida leads the all-time series 4-0, having won all three games played in Pensacola this season.
Over the three-game set in the regular season, the Argonauts outscored the Trojans 25-5.
HOW IT HAPPENED
UWF 7, TNU 5
Both sides received lead off singles in the first before the Trojans were retired in order in the second. UWF tacked on two in the bottom half of the frame with back-to-back singles and a sacrifice bunt put two runners in scoring position. A two-out single to right center gave the Argonauts the 2-0 lead. Despite two outs in the third, the Trojan bats found a way to tie it up at 2-2. A double followed by a walk and a
Joey Parliment single through the left side brought in
Cade Moore.
Brett Dingess touched home off a
Cole McCallum single up the middle. A solo shot over the left center wall in the bottom of the third gave UWF a 3-2 lead.
Josh Griffin went yard to tie things at 3-3 in the top of the fourth. After a scoreless fifth, three runs total were plated in the sixth. After a single and an error gave Trevecca two baserunners,
Frankie Carreras bunted for a single and brought in both runners off throwing errors. Carreras moved to second on the play but could not score after giving the Trojans a 5-3 lead. UWF got a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the sixth to pull within a run before being quickly retired.
After the side was retired to start the seventh, the game was ultimately decided after the seventh inning stretch. Three run scoring singles gave the Argonauts the lead for good, 7-5. Both sides collected a pair of hits in the eighth and the Trojans brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but could not come back.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
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Cade Moore went 3-5 with a run scored at the top of the lineup.
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Cole McCallum was 3-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
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Josh Griffinwent 1-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
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Spencer Wilkins (3-4) started and took the loss. He went 6.1 innings in which he allowed six runs off 11 hits with five strikeouts.
NEXT ON THE DIAMOND
With the loss, the Trojans face off against #7 Lee University (24-25, 16-17 GSC) tomorrow afternoon. First pitch in the loser's bracket is 10:00 a.m.
