WILMORE, Ky. --- Asbury hosted Wilmington College for a doubleheader in day two of this weekend series after winning game one on Saturday. Despite Asbury holding Wilmington to only 7 runs on the day, Wilmington grabbed wins in both games over Asbury taking the series.

Game 1
Game one of the day was a pitcher's duel between the two left handed arms of Alec Lush and Aaron Boster. Lush went 5.0 innings for AU allowing only 3 hits and 1 earned run with 3 strikeouts. Holten Handel handled the 6th inning, allowing only one earned run. Nate McClellan pitched the top of the 7th to hold Wilmington off with no runs scored.

Wilmington scored 1 run in the 2nd and 1 run in the 6th to take a 2-0 lead over AU, which were their only two runs of the game. Aaron Boster for Wilmington was a challenge for the AU offense to solve, as he pitched a complete game allowing only 1 run. The run for AU was in the bottom of the 6th on a sacrifice fly from Colton Perkins scoring Nathaniel Frank.

Game 2
Game two of the day, the rubber match of the series was another close game between these two clubs. Jackson Cole got the ball for AU and went 6.0 innings allowing only 4 earned runs with no walks and 4 strikeouts. 

Wilmington got off to an early start again scoring 2 runs in the first inning to put AU behind. This time the Eagles came roaring back with a run in the 3rd and 2 runs in the 4th to take the lead, 3-2. 

Wilmington came right back in the top of the 5th with 4 hits to score 2 runs and take the lead back over AU, 4-3. In the bottom of the 8th AU had their chance as they loaded the bases with no outs, but could not come away with any runs in the inning. In the bottom of the 9th Matthew Baker smacked a line drive caught by the pitcher that doubled up Noah Brown to end the game, indicative of the AU offensive challenges throughout the day. 

Game 1

* Alec Lush pitched a solid game going 5.0 innings allowing only 3 hits and 1 run

* Colton Perkins worked 2 walks and recorded a sacrifice fly (Asbury's only run) in his 3 at bats

* Nate McClellan pitched a key 9th inning holding Wilmington 

Game 2

* Jackson Cole pitched 6.0 innings for AU allowing only 4 runs with no walks and 4 strikeouts.

* Cam Weaver had 2 hits in the game

* Josh Head had a key RBI in the game with a double and a run scored

* Nate McClellan, Cameron Crick and Bryce Barber each gave AU an inning of scoreless work out of the bullpen

Game 1

* Asbury had only 4 hits in the game and left 7 runners on base

* The AU defense was solid only recording 1 error, holding Wilmington to 2 runs

Game 2

* Wilmington had 15 hits in the game, but were held to only 5 runs

* Asbury had only 5 hits in the game and left 8 runners on base

"It was a challenging day for us, but it can be that way sometimes in baseball. Our offense had a hard time getting things going but hats off to Wilmington, their pitching was great and their offense was constant all weekend. We will learn form this and move on continuing to get better and better."

     * Assistant Coach, Colton Back

Asbury will be back at home on Saturday at 12 pm to play Mount St. Joseph University in a doubleheader