DANVILLE, Ky. – The Centre baseball team wrapped up a wild week of five games in four days as they welcomed the Alfred State Pioneers to Gary Wright Field at Fishman Park.
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
 
- The Colonels manufactured a run in the opening inning as Karson Thompson reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on a wild pitch, stole third and scored following an RBI groundout by Patrick Hope.
- The Pioneers got their first runner in scoring position in the sixth, but Drake Kawa pitched out of the jam to protect Centre's tenuous one-run lead.
- In Centre's half of the sixth, the Colonels loaded the bases as Mark Pyburn was hit by a pitch, Thompson singled and Jordan Gunter worked a four-pitch walk. Hope was then hit by a pitch for his second RBI of the day to put Centre up 2-0.
- Alfred State rallied to tie the game with two runs in the seventh, and then took the lead in the eighth on a two-run homer by Nick Serce.
- The Colonels put the first two runners on base in the eighth, but failed to advance them as the rally was stopped cold. Cole Fergusson and Jamie Laframboise each walked with two outs in the ninth, but once again that was as close as they got as the Pioneers bullpen closed the door on the game.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
 
- Mason King got the start for the Colonels and pitched well, throwing four scoreless innings and allowing just two hits while striking out three.
- Kawa was also strong in relief for Centre, allowing just one hit and one walk in two scoreless innings, the longest outing of his career.
- The Colonels swiped three bags on the night, with Thompson being credited for two steals.
 
NEXT UP
 
Centre baseball will travel to Florida for its Spring Break trip, where they will play a familiar foe in their opening contest. The Colonels will face the Carroll Pioneers, who they played in the season-opening series in Mason, Ohio. The Colonels took two of three from the Pioneers in that opening series, including a walk-off winner in the first game of the season.