WILMORE, Ky. --- Asbury hosted fellow NCCAA opponent Alice Lloyd College for a doubleheader in Wilmore, Ky on Friday afternoon. The Alice Lloyd bats started out hot in game one taking an early 4-1 lead that AU couldn't recover from, ending up in a 7-5 Alice Lloyd win. In game two of the day, Jackson Cole shut out the Alice Lloyd bats to give AU the victory, 7-0. 

Game 1

Alec Lush started the game for AU going 4.0 innings, striking out four. The AU bullpen handled the final three innings of work behind Noah Brown, Caleb Poll, Cameron Crick, and Ethan Cartwright. Cameron Crick and Ethan Cartwright each allowed no runs to keep Alice Lloyd at bay in the sixth and seventh to give AU an opportunity late.

The early 4-1 lead from Alice Lloyd was added on in the 5th with a 3 run inning that moved the score to 7-1. The AU offense was kept mostly quiet by the right-handed starter from Alice Lloyd, Branham, until the 6th inning when Walker Paris and Kaiden Zacharias went for back-to-back home runs to make the score 3-7. 

In the final inning of this 7 inning game, the Eagles were threatening with two outs and the bases loaded down 3-7. Walker Paris drove in 2 on a base hit that made the score 5-7, but that would be all as Alice Lloyd got the next out to end the game. 

Game 2

Game two of the day would be dominated by number 8 for Asbury, Jackson Cole. Cole went the full 9 innings for AU and shut out Alice Lloyd, striking out five with no walks. This is the first complete game of Cole's career and the first for the season for an AU pitcher.

The Asbury offense after game one came out in the game two ready to play scoring 6 runs in the first inning. Walker Paris doubled to drive in Noah Brown, Nathaniel Frank singled to score Matthew Baker, and Parker Burge capped the inning off with a two-out, 2 RBI base knock to score Matthew Johnson and Cam Weaver. 

AU struck again for insurance in the fifth inning as Nathaniel Frank doubled to score Walker Paris, extending the lead to 7-0 AU. This proved to be enough as Jackson Cole pitched an incredible complete game, leading AU to their tenth win of this 2022 season. 

Game 1

* Walker Paris was 2-3 with a home run, 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored and a walk

* Kaiden Zacharias went 2-4 with a home run, a double, 2 RBIs and a run scored

* Nathaniel Frank also had 2 hits in the game, with a double 

* Cameron Crick and Ethan Cartwright each came out of the bullpen to provide AU with a scoreless inning

Game 2

* Jackson Cole goes for complete game shutout, striking out five with no walks

* Walker Paris went 3-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored

* Nathaniel Frank put together another 2 hit game with a double, 2 RBIs and a run scored

* Noah Brown and Parker Burge each had 2 hits in the game, Brown with a double and Burge driving in 2 key RBIs

Game 1

* Alice Lloyd out-hit Asbury in the game 9-8

* Starting pitcher for Alice Lloyd, Branham, went 6.2 innings into the game holding the AU offense back just enough

Game 2

* The AU offense bounced back with 10 hits and 7 runs that led to their win

* Alice Lloyd offense received no walks in the entire game from Jackson Cole's work on the mound

* The key 6 run first inning for AU proved to be enough to seal the victory

"We came out in game 1 today a little slow. We struggled to get into a  groove off of their starter from an offensive perspective. We made a late push at the end of the game but came up short. We made an adjustment going into game 2 today and struck 6 runs in the first inning. From there we led to the end of the game and pulled out a big win going into spring break."

     * Sophomore Pitcher/Infielder, Jackson Cole

Asbury will be back at home on Tuesday, March 15 to face Berea at 6 PM