DANVILLE, Ky. – The Centre baseball team returned to conference play with the first of three games against the Sewanee Tigers. The Colonels took the first game of the series by winning a pitchers' duel by a score of 3-1.
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
 
- The Tigers cracked the scoreboard first in the top of the first inning on a leadoff walk and RBI single. From there, things slowed down offensively as both pitchers got into a groove.
- Centre broke through in the bottom of the fifth as Jamie Laframboise, Evan Weyler and Josh Cunningham delivered consecutive hits up the middle to tie the game at 1-1.
- Both offenses continued to stall in the later innings. Sewanee put a runner on in the eighth, but Cam Tegge picked him off to end the inning and preserve the 1-1 tie.
- In Centre's half of the eighth, Weyler led off with another line drive shot through the infield for a base hit. Dillon Di Iorio singled and Ben Prather was hit by a pitch to load the bases. A fielder's choice by Karson Thompson resulted in a pair of runs to put the Colonels on top by a 3-1 margin.
- Sewanee threatened in the ninth inning, putting runners on the corners, but Thompson made a fantastic diving stop on a ball in the infield to record the putout for the 27th out of the game and the 21st win of the year for the Colonels.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
 
- Despite a no-decision, Luc Morgan had one of his best ever starts for the Colonels, allowing just four hits, one walk and one run while striking out a career high ten batters in 7.2 innings of work.
- Cunningham and Weyler combined for five of Centre's nine hits on the day.
 
NEXT UP
 
Centre and Sewanee will finish up their series with a doubleheader on Saturday.