WILMORE, Ky. --- Asbury and Trine matched up in day two of the series with a doubleheader lined up after AU defeated Trine in game one. AU put together a solid performance in game one of the doubleheader holding Trine to only 1 run, taking the victory 5-1. In game two of the day the AU offense couldn't ever get it going as they would be the ones held to 1 run. The Eagle pitching staff was incredible in this game as well, but the AU defense committed multiple errors that would lead to allowing Trine 3 runs, which was enough to give AU the loss, 3-1. 

The highlight of game one for Asbury was their starting pitcher, Alec Lush, going six complete innings allowing no runs, and a dominant 8 strikeouts. Lush handed the ball off to Tanner McKee in the top of the 7th to get 3 outs for the Eagles, allowing only 1 run and striking out 2. Noah Brown would then move from second base to the mound as he would get the final 6 outs of the game and record his first save of the season. The AU offense manufactured a run in the 2nd and a run in the 3rd off RBIs by Colton Perkins and Kaiden Zacharias. The AU lead was stretched out in the 5th by the captain Matthew Baker driving in 2 runs on his 2 out pinch hit single that extended the lead to 4-0 AU. The Eagles held their lead throughout winning the game 5-1, and took a 2-0 lead in the series.

Jackson Cole got the ball for AU in the final game of the series and put together another stellar start. Cole would go 6 complete innings in the game allowing only 1 earned run, striking out 4 Trine hitters. In Cole's two starts this season he has went 6 innings in each, giving up only 3 combined earned runs in the total 12 innings. Cole and the AU bullpen only allowed 3 runs to Trine but the AU offense could only score 1 off of the two Trine pitchers, Keele and Brettin. The Eagles threatened in the bottom of the 8th with runners at second and third, but could not come through as Trine would get out of the inning allowing no runs. Trine held on to complete the victory over Asbury, 3-1. 

Game 1
* Alec Lush was incredible pitching 6 innings, allowing 0 runs and striking out 8

* Noah Brown came in and finished the game on the mound recording the final 6 outs and his first save of the year

* Matthew Baker had a huge pinch-hit at bat on a base hit to left field that scored 2 Eagles

Game 2

* Jackson Cole pitched 6 complete innings for AU allowing only 1 earned run, striking out 4

* The AU bullpen did their job keeping Trine close, as Nate McClellan, Caleb Poll, and Ethan Cartwright each provided an inning of work

Game 1
* Asbury's pitching staff struck out 12 Trine hitters and only walked 2 (Alec Lush struck out 8 in 6 innings)

* AU only struck out 5 times in the game and also worked 5 walks

* The AU defense held strong committing only 2 errors while Trine committed 4

Game 2

* The AU defense had multiple errors that hurt their chances of winning the game

* The AU offense had 6 hits compared to Trine's 5 but AU could not put the hits together to score the runs they needed to

* Brettin and Keele from Trine were the two pitchers who did a great job holding off the Asbury offense, going 9 innings combined allowing only 1 run

"We're thankful for playing three games around the weather this past week. It was good to win a series this weekend. We still have areas to improve, but I'm confident our guys wll continue to work together to reach our team's potential as we head into March."

     * Head Coach Manny Cervantes

AU will move on to play Kentucky State on the road Tuesday at 2 PM.