DANVILLE, Ky. – Centre baseball kicked off the final home stand of the regular season on a positive note as the no. 13 Colonels rallied in the late innings for a 6-4 victory over the Sewanee Tigers to improve to 22-7 on the year and 8-5 in conference play.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- Centre threw the first punch in the bottom of the second as
Chase Austin connected on a two-out triple that reached the center field wall. One batter later,
Baylor Woodall snuck one through the left side for a base hit to give the Colonels a 1-0 lead.
- In the third inning,
Ayden Lohr led off with a solo homer to double the Centre lead at 2-0. Singles by
Evan Weyler and
Graham Johnson put runners on the corners and Weyler eventually scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-0 in favor of the home team.
- The Tigers chipped away at the lead with two runs in the fourth. Leading 3-2 in the fifth, Lohr led off the inning with a base hit the other way, stole second, was moved to third and scored after Johnson hit a ground ball past the diving shortstop for an RBI.
- In the sixth, Sewanee rallied to tie the game at 4-4. The score remained tied until the seventh when
JT Weisberg led off with a base hit.
Ben Prather came up next and drove him with a double. With Prather on third, Lohr lifted a deep fly ball for a sacrifice and a 6-4 Centre lead.
- Working his fourth inning,
Zach Heavern retired the side in each of the last two innings to lock down Centre's 22nd victory of the year.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Lohr and Johnson were the only Centre players to record multiple hits on the night, finishing with two each. Lohr's solo home run in the third inning was his seventh of the year to lead the team.
- Centre pitchers struck out 11 Sewanee batters, led by seven from starter
Harrison Cowdrey. Heavern retired eight consecutive batters to pick up his sixth win.
NEXT UP
Centre baseball will honor seniors
Perry Nadreau and
Cam Tegge before Saturday's doubleheader with Sewanee, with the Senior Day ceremony at 12:45 and the first pitch scheduled for 1 PM.
