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Cunningham hit
Luke Napier
6
Concordia Chicago CONCORDI 7-6
9
Winner Centre CENTRE 16-7
Concordia Chicago CONCORDI
7-6
6
Final
9
Centre CENTRE
16-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Concordia Chicago CONCORDI 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 2
Centre CENTRE 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 X 9 10 3

W: Miller, Jess (1-0) L: M. Tobin (0-1) S: Kinsbrunner, David (3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Seth Stogsdill, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications

Cunningham's blast highlights 9-6 comeback victory over Cougars

DANVILLE, Ky. – The Centre baseball team kept the hot bats alive on Sunday as they rallied in the late innings to win the rubber match against Concordia Chicago by a score of 9-6. The Colonels move to 16-7 on the year.
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
 
- The Cougars got on the board first after a Centre error in the second, but the Colonels got the lead right back with a two-out rally when it was their turn to bat. Teddy Holloway ripped a base hit up the middle, and then after a Jamie Laframboise walk, Evan Weyler went the other way with a single to tie the score. When Weyler stole second, the throw went into the outfield, allowing Laframboise to cross the plate and give Centre the lead.
- Over the next two innings, Concordia went on a big rally, scoring five runs to take a 6-2 lead.
- Things stayed quiet until the sixth when the Centre bats woke up. A single by Dillon Di Iorio was sandwiched in between a pair of hit batters to load the bases with nobody out. Laframboise poked one to the opposite field to score a pair of runs and then another scored on an RBI groundout from Weyler to make it 6-5.
- In the bottom of the seventh, Mark Pyburn led off by reaching third after his fly ball bounced off the heel of the center fielder's glove. Ben Prather then lined a base hit to tie the game. Chase Austin smacked a double into the gap to put runners on second and third, and Di Iorio's sacrifice fly put the Colonels on top 7-6.
- Centre added to the lead in the eighth. After Weyler was hit by a pitch, Josh Cunningham delivered a towering blast over the big wall in left field to make it a 9-6 game.
- The Cougars went down quietly in the ninth as David Kinsbrunner locked down a six-out save to secure Centre's 16th win of the season, one shy of their 2022 total.
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
 
- Eight different Centre players recorded hits in the game, led by Cunningham and Holloway with two each. Cunningham and Laframboise paced the Colonels with two RBIs each.
- Centre pitchers struck out 11 Concordia batters on the day, including a career high seven from starter Josh Livengood.
- Returning from injury, Jess Miller got the win for the Colonels after throwing a pair of scoreless innings and only allowing one baserunner.
 
NEXT UP
 
Centre baseball will return to action on Tuesday with a midweek battle against the Hanover Panthers.
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