DANVILLE, Ky. – Fresh off a conference sweep against Millsaps, Centre baseball welcomed the Asbury Eagles to Gary Wright Field at Fishman Park for a midweek showdown. The Colonels improved to 11-5 on the year with a 10-5 victory, their seventh in a row.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- Asbury got off to a hot start, scoring a pair of runs in each of the first two innings. The Colonels began to chip away in the second as
Josh Cunningham worked a bases loaded walk.
- In Centre's half of the third, the Colonels loaded the bases following singles from
Karson Thompson and
Ben Prather and a walk by
Chase Austin.
Will Cline's RBI groundout cut the deficit to 4-2, and then
Jamie Laframboise drove in another with a base hit to left.
- The Centre offense exploded for five runs in the fourth. A pair of errors put runners at the corners and singles from Prather and Austin drove them in to give the Colonels the lead. A walk to Cline loaded the bases and then
Teddy Holloway singled to plate two more runs.
Evan Weyler's base hit capped off the outburst.
- The Colonels tacked on a couple more in the later innings as Holloway smacked a double into left field in the sixth for his third RBI of the game. In the seventh,
Matthew Maggard led off with a double into the gap and Thompson drove him in one batter later.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Eight different Centre hitters drove in runs on the day, led by Holloway with three.
- Thompson, Prather, Austin and Holloway each finished with a pair of hits for the Colonels.
- After recording four runs and five hits in the first two innings, the Eagles were held to one run and four hits the rest of the way as
David Kinsbrunner earned his second win out of the bullpen.
NEXT UP
The Colonels will return to conference play on the weekend as they head to Atlanta to face Oglethorpe.
