DANVILLE, Ky. – Centre baseball extended its winning streak to 11 games as the Colonels knocked off the Asbury Eagles by a football score of 14-7 under the lights at Gary Wright Field.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- The Colonels dug an early 2-0 hole in the first inning, but answered in a big way on their first trips to the plate.
Ayden Lohr led things off with a solo home run to instantly cut the deficit in half. After a
Ben Prather single,
Evan Weyler doubled off the wall to tie the game. He later scored on an RBI triple from
Chase Austin to give Centre the lead.
- The rally continued as
Jonah Porter walked and stole second to put runners on first and second.
Jamison Craig then drove them in on a double and the freshman scored on the same play following a two-base error, making it a 6-2 game.
- Centre added another in the second after Prather singled, advanced to third on a wild pickoff throw and beat the throw home on an attempted force out.
- Asbury refused to go away, hitting a solo homer in the third and getting a pair of unearned runs in the fourth to cut the lead to 7-5.
- In the fifth, Prather came up with
JT Weisberg on second and Lohr on first, and delivered a massive home run over the left field wall to double up the score again at 10-5.
- Following walks to Weisberg and Weyler in the seventh,
Evan Rygalski doubled off the championship banners in right field to drive in a pair. Austin then hit a blooper over the shortstop's head for an RBI single to make it 13-5.
- The final run of the game was scored by
Forrest Day after a pair of Asbury errors.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Colonels used 14 hits to score their 14 runs. Prather led the way with four hits, with two each from Lohr, Austin and Craig.
- Zach Havern got the win for the Colonels out of the pen, striking out five in three innings of relief while not allowing any earned runs.
NEXT UP
The Colonels will return to conference play as they hit the road for the first time all season with a series at Millsaps.
