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Centre CENTRE 9-1
6
Winner Rhodes RHODES 6-4
Centre CENTRE
9-1
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Final
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Rhodes RHODES
6-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Centre CENTRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 3
Rhodes RHODES 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 X 6 8 0

W: W. May (2-1) L: Heavern, Zach (1-1)

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Winner Centre CENTRE 10-1
2
Rhodes RHODES 6-5
Winner
Centre CENTRE
10-1
5
Final
2
Rhodes RHODES
6-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Centre CENTRE 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 11 1
Rhodes RHODES 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2

W: Prather, Ben (3-0) L: R. Lampart (0-1)

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

Colonels split with Lynx in SAA opening doubleheader

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Centre baseball began Southern Athletic Association play with a Saturday doubleheader against the Rhodes Lynx. After dropping the first game 6-2, the Colonels bounced back with a 5-2 victory in game 2 to pick up their first conference win of the season.
 
Game 1: Rhodes 6, Centre 2
 
- The Colonels struggled to solve the Rhodes pitching early on as the Lynx took a 2-0 lead thanks to a sac fly in the third and a bases loaded hit by pitch in the fifth.
- The bats woke up in the Centre half of the seventh as Aaron Lopez led off with an infield hit and Karson Thompson walked to put the first two runners on. With two outs, Matthew Maggard worked a clutch walk to load the bases and keep the threat alive, and then Josh Cunningham smacked a base hit into left field to plate a pair of runs to tie the game.
- On Rhodes's next at-bat, the Lynx took the lead for good on a leadoff homer. They added another insurance run in the seventh and two more in the eighth to seal the win.
 
Game 2: Centre 5, Rhodes 2
 
- The Lynx again got off to a hot start, scoring a pair of runs on three hits, an error and a double steal.
- Much like the first game, it took some time for Centre to get going offensively, but the Colonels showed signs of life in the fifth. Michael Lynch led off by reaching on an error. Another error landed pinch runner Carson Mire on third, and a shot up the middle by Chase Austin cut the Rhodes lead in half.
- In the sixth, Thompson lined a base hit up the middle and an error put runners on the corners with one out. Ayden Lohr stole second to take away a double play opportunity and Thompson eventually scored on an RBI groundout by Jamie Laframboise to tie the game.
- Centre put two on with one out in the seventh following an Austin walk and a single by Ben Prather. After a pitching change, Evan Weyler doubled to bring in the go-ahead run. Centre added to the lead after a Lopez sacrifice fly and another Thompson single to cap off a three-run frame.
- Prather put away the Lynx in order in the bottom of the seventh to ice the win.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORES
 
- Prather was outstanding on the mound in game 2 as he went the distance, striking out eight and only allowing one hit after the first inning on the way to his third win of the season.
- Cunningham, Thompson and Weyler all finished with three hits in the doubleheader to lead the Colonels.
 
NEXT UP
 
The rubber match between Centre and Rhodes will take place on Sunday afternoon.
 
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