HOOVER, Ala. – The Asbury University baseball team split their Friday doubleheader with Bethel University in Hoover, Ala. The three-game series was moved from Wilmore to down south due to weather and field conditions.
The Eagles lost the first game by a score of 5-0, but bounced back with an 8-3 victory in game two.
Asbury improves to 4-2 on the season.
Game one
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Will McDonald led things off on the mound for the Eagles. The senior had a solid outing pitching six innings, striking out seven.
*It was a pitcher's duel early on, and Bethel led just 1-0 through five innings of action.
*The Pilots broke through in the sixth with three runs on two hits and two AU errors to take a 4-0 lead.
*The Eagles were limited to only four hits in the loss.
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Walker Paris and
Chase Thomas pitched the last three innings in relief, throwing two innings and one inning respectively.
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Trevor Campbell went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead Asbury in hits.
*Bethel totaled ten hits in the game as a team.
Game two
*Things went much better for Asbury in the second game. After trailing 1-0, the Eagles scored twice in the bottom of the first to take the lead.
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Walker Paris' RBI single scored Campbell for the 2-1 edge.
*Bethel would score two runs on three hits in the top half of the third to re-claim the lead.
*AU tied up the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth following an RBI single from
Payton Mattingly.
*The Eagles would then score five more runs to blow the game open in the fifth inning.
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Jacob Cervantes earned another win on the mound, as he finished with three shutout innings of work.
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Jackson Cole and
Bryce Barber also saw action in the final two innings and neither allowed a run.
*AU posted 10 hits in the win as
CJ Compton, Campbell, Mattingly, and
Matthew Baker each finished with two hits apiece. Mattingly and Baker each recorded a double, while Compton hit a triple.
* Paris led Asbury with two RBI.
Next Up
The Eagles will face Bethel in the series finale tomorrow at 1 PM EST.
