DANVILLE, Ky. – The Centre baseball team recorded its first shutout of the 2025 season as the Colonels blanked Rose-Hulman 7-0 on Military Appreciation Day at Gary Wright Field.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- The Colonels put runners on second and third in the bottom of the second following a leadoff double by
Aaron Lopez, a walk to
Baylor Woodall and a wild pitch. The Engineers looked to be out of the inning but an error led to both runners scoring, and the Colonels tacked on another as
JT Weisberg delivered a shot just past the diving shortstop for an RBI single.
- In the third,
Evan Weyler led off with a base hit and later scored on some aggressive baserunning following a single from
Baylor Woodall to make it 4-0.
- Both offenses went cold over the next few innings as
Ben Prather and
Aidan Christmas continued to shut down RHIT. In the eighth,
Chase Austin led off with a fly ball that landed just in front of the left fielder for a double. A hard base hit up the middle by pinch hitter
Evan Rygalski allowed pinch runner
Carson Mire to score to make it 5-0. Lohr then capped off his excellent day at the plate with a two-out, two-run opposite field homer to cap off the scoring.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Lohr had one of the best games of his young career, going 4-5 at the plate with two RBIs. Woodall and Austin each finished with two hits.
- Prather struck out nine and allowed just two hits in six innings to get his first win of the year. Christmas struck out two in three scoreless innings of relief.
NEXT UP
The Colonels will play go for the series sweep against Rose-Hulman at 1 PM on Sunday.
