FRANKFORT, Ky. --- The Asbury baseball team traveled to Frankfort, Ky on Tuesday afternoon to take on the Kentucky State Thorobreds. AU started off the game on a great note scoring 4 runs in the first three innings, and retiring the first six batters for Kentucky State. Holten Handel started the game for Asbury and was dealing on the mound through the first two two innings. However, in the bottom of the third Kentucky State would turn their offense on and not look back. Despite Asbury's strong offense throughout the game with 12 hits, they would still be defeated by Kentucky State. 

The Kentucky State offense was on fire for the day recording 19 hits, but Asbury wasn't far behind with 12. Asbury had nine different players record a hit in the game, a really good sign for this Eagle offense. The Eagles now move to 5-5 on the season as they are continuing to look to find their stride. 

* Walker Paris went 2-3 on the day, hitting his first home run of the season with 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs 

* Nathaniel Frank had a 2 hit day for AU with an RBI double and a run scored

* Noah Brown, Jackson Cole, and Kaiden Zacharias were each on base 3 times in the game (Cole with an RBI double)

* The AU offense had a strong day with 19 hits and 9 runs

* AU had 9 different players record a hit in the game

* Kentucky State's offense proved to be too much to contain as they recorded 19 hits

"We were extremely proud of our offense today for the way they showed up and performed. After a slow offensive weekend, we challenged them in practice on Monday and they definitely responded. Kentucky State has a really solid baseball team and their offense was in high gear today. This is a special Asbury baseball team and we will continue to work hard and grow together day after day as we move forward."

     * Assistant Coach Colton Back

Asbury will host Wright State Lake University in a three game series at Asbury this weekend, the first game will be Friday at 5 PM