DANVILLE, Ky. – The Centre baseball team wrapped up their opening series of the season with a doubleheader against the Wilmington Quakers. The Colonels completed the sweep with wins by counts of 10-0 and 14-4.
Game 1: Centre 10, Wilmington 0 (8 innings)
- The Colonels broke the ice in the bottom of the third with a two-out rally.
Chase Austin walked and
Ben Prather doubled into the gap.
Evan Weyler then smacked a triple off the center field wall to score two runs, and later scored following a double by
Aaron Lopez that put Centre up 3-0.
- In the fourth, Centre had runners on the corners after singles from
Conner Jackson and
Jamie Laframboise. The Colonels plated their first run of the inning on a squeeze play by
Ayden Lohr. After a
Josh Cunningham walk,
Chase Austin lifted a blooper over the third baseman's head to score another run. A perfectly executed double steal brought in Cunningham and then Prather tripled off the wall to cap off the rally and give Centre a 7-0 lead.
- With Jackson on second in the bottom of the fifth after a walk and a steal, Laframboise delivered the Colonels' third triple of the day to put them up by eight runs.
- The Colonels tacked on another in the bottom of the seventh as Lohr singled through the infield to bring home pinch runner
Carson Mire for a 9-0 Centre advantage.
- The last run of the game came in the bottom of the eighth as
Karson Thompson lined a base hit up the middle to score Prather and get the run-rule victory for the Colonels.
Game 2: Centre 14, Wilmington 4 (7 innings)
- Centre again got on the board first as Prather walked, stole second and scored after Weyler lined one off the third baseman's glove.
- The Quakers took the lead with two runs in the second, but Centre regained the advantage in their half of the inning as aggressive baserunning created a pair of runs courtesy of hits by Laframboise and Lohr. Prather lined a base hit the other way to score Lohr and make it 4-2 in favor of the Colonels. The runs continued as Weyler doubled off the left field wall, capping off the inning with Centre enjoying a 5-2 lead.
- The Colonels added to the lead in the third as Laframboise led off with a walk and scored after a Lohr triple that just missed out on clearing the fence to straightaway center. Lohr scored one pitch later on an RBI groundout from Cunningham and Centre led 7-2.
- Centre kept the pressure on in the fifth as Cunningham drove in a run with a groundout and Austin followed with a beautiful bunt single to make it 9-2. A double off the wall by Weyler plated the Colonels' tenth run of the game. The Colonels added another in the sixth after
Matthew Maggard tripled off the right field wall to score Laframboise.
- After Wilmington scored twice in their half of the seventh, the Colonels put it away as Thompson drilled a double down the left field line to score three runs and finish off the game.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORES
- Centre finished with 13 hits in game 1 as Austin, Prather, Lopez and Laframboise all finished with two hits.
- Seven different Centre players drove in runs in game one, led by Weyler and Lohr with two each.
- The Colonels struck out 11 Wilmington batters in the first game. Prather got the win, striking out eight while allowing four hits across his five innings of work.
- In game 2, 11 Centre players recorded hits and eight Colonels drove in runs. Weyler had an excellent day at the plate with three hits and three RBIs, both game highs.
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Harrison Cowdrey earned his first career win, striking out six in four innings.
- For the series, the Colonels finished with 46 runs on 47 hits.
NEXT UP
Centre baseball will return to action on Feb. 20 with a midweek home game against Asbury.
