LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Centre baseball team saw its five-game winning streak come to an end as a valiant comeback fell short in a 6-5 loss against the Spalding Golden Eagles on the road.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- The Golden Eagles manufactured a run in the bottom of the second on a walk and a two-out single to take a 1-0 lead.
- Centre answered back in the fourth as
Jonah Porter doubled the other way to lead off, advanced to third and eventually scored on a base hit by
Evan Weyler to tie the game.
- The next two innings belonged to Spalding as the home team rallied for three runs with two outs in the fifth, with the final two happening on a two-base error, and then tacked on two more in the sixth to make it 6-1.
- The Colonels began a fierce comeback in the seventh as
Aaron Lopez and pinch hitter
Michael Lynch singled.
Ben Prather came up and connected on a double into the gap to score Lopez and pinch runner
Justin Bass to make it 6-3. After a single from
Ayden Lohr, the Spalding bullpen lost control as three wild pitches allowed two more runners to score to cut it to 6-5.
- The final threat came in the ninth as
Evan Rygalski and Prather each singled to start the inning. A sac bunt advanced the runners and Porter was intentionally walked to load the bases as Spalding set up for a double play. The Colonels were one swing of the bat away from taking the lead, but the hit never came and Spalding picked up the victory.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Prather, Lohr and
Graham Johnson each finished with a game high two hits.
- Centre batters struck out 13 times against the Golden Eagles, the second highest strikeout total for the Centre offense this season.
NEXT UP
The Colonels will return home for a critical conference series against Berry on Apr. 5-6.
