DANVILLE, Ky. – The Centre baseball team faced off against the Rhodes Lynx in the rubber match of the first conference series of the season. The Colonels overcame a three-run deficit to walk it off with a 7-6 comeback victory to take the series.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- Centre grabbed the quick lead in the first inning with a two-out rally as
Karson Thompson was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a passed ball, and then was driven in by a
Ben Prather RBI double.
- The Colonels added two more in the second. A
Cole Fergusson single was sandwiched in between a pair of errors to load the bases.
Josh Cunningham lined a base hit to left to score Fergusson and
Jamie Laframboise, putting Centre up 3-0.
- From there, the offense cooled and the Rhodes bats heated up, scoring six runs over the next five innings to take the lead. In the bottom of the eighth, with Prather on third, pinch hitter
Chase Austin lined the first pitch he saw to the opposite field for an RBI single to narrow the gap to 6-4.
- Trailing by two in the ninth, Cunningham led off with a double down the left field line and scored on a base hit by Thompson to cut the deficit to 6-5. Centre loaded the bases on a fielder's choice and an infield hit by
Will Cline, and then an errant throw on a ground ball allowed Thompson and Prather to score to pick up the victory for the Colonels.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Prather and Cunningham paced the Colonels with three hits each.
- With his three hits on the day, Cunningham extended his hitting streak to ten games as he batted .647 across four games this week.
- Pinch hitter
Matthew Maggard was credited with the tying and winning RBIs.
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Luc Morgan earned the victory after striking out three in 2.1 innings of no-hit relief.
NEXT UP
The Colonels will face the Berea Mountaineers at Gary Wright Field on Tuesday evening.
