MILLINGTON, Tn. --- The Asbury baseball team (15-9) and MUW (7-14) met on Friday in Millington, TN for a doubleheader matchup. The Eagles held the MUW offense to only 5 runs on the day sweeping the doubleheader, taking game one 4-3 and game two 12-2. 

Game 1
Walker Paris took the mound in game one and provided a 9 inning complete game (his second of the year) only allowing 3 runs. Paris put together a masterpiece outing, striking out 10 and walking on 1 batter. The Eagle defense backed Paris up, only making one error in the game. 

Both teams were stuck on 0 until AU punched first in the 4th on a sacrifice fly from Matthew Baker to score Kaiden Zacharias (tripled earlier in the inning). MUW would quickly respond in the bottom of the 5th on a solo home run, tying the game at 1-1. 

In the 7th it was the bat of Kaiden Zacharias driving a deep fly over the right-center wall to give AU the 2-1 lead. AU notched two more key runs in the 8th, led by a Tyler Hewlett single and Walker Paris double making the score 4-1. MUW scored two more runs but the 4 would be enough for AU as they picked up their 14th win of the season. 

Game 2
The senior left-handed pitcher for AU, Alec Lush followed the tone of his teammate Paris and provided another complete game for the Eagles. Lush pitched 7 innings, allowing only 2 runs on 3 hits, and struck out 8 (4th win of the season). 

The AU offense jumped out early, scoring 8 runs in the first three innings to get a lead over MUW. Asbury scored 1 in the first, 3 in the second and 4 in the third for a combined 6 hits (all singles). 

AU jumped back on the scoring train in the 7th adding 4 more runs on an RBI single from Jackson Cole, RBI double from Walker Paris, and an RBI single from Kaiden Zacharias. A strong day from Asbury moves them to 15-9 on the 2022 season with the two wins over MUW. 

Game 1

* Walker Paris pitched an incredible game going 9 complete innings, striking out 10 batters and walking only 1

* Kaiden Zacharias was key for AU at the plate, with a home run (6 on the year) and a triple that led to 2 runs scored and an RBI

* Tyler Hewlett came off the bench for a key pinch-hit single

Game 2

* Alec Lush also put together a stellar outing, going the complete game allowing only 2 runs and striking out 8

* Walker Paris had 3 hits in the game with a double, an RBI and 2 runs scored

* Jackson Cole had 2 hits for 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored

* Kaiden Zacharias also had 2 hits for 3 RBIs 

Game 1

* AU was able to score their 4 runs on only 5 hits 

* The AU defense was strong only committing 1 error

* Paris only allowed 1 walk to MUW

Game 2

* Asbury had 11 hits (10 singles and 1 double) in the game and 5 walks for 12 runs

* Lush only allowed 3 hits and 3 walks to MUW for 2 runs 

* Asbury's defense held strong again only making 1 error

"Overall we played great games today. We started off strong and then let off for a little bit, but we came back and got in a nice groove."

     * Senior Pitcher/Outfielder, Alec Lush

Asbury and MUW will meet on Saturday at 1 PM ET for game three of the series