WILMORE, Ky. --- The Asbury baseball team hosted Berea College on Tuesday evening at Zweifel Field in Wilmore, Ky. The AU offense continued it's explosive month of April as they scored 18 runs to defeat Berea, 18-5. 

Tanner McKee got the ball for Asbury in his second start of the season, and received his second win moving to 2-0. McKee struck out 2 in one inning of work and then handed the ball to Caleb Poll who provided two scoreless innings with 2 strikeouts.

The final four innings were split up to 1.0 inning a piece between David Savastio, Holten Handel, Ethan Cartwright and Josh Head. The Asbury pitching staff allowed only 3 hits on the day with 2 earned runs, striking out 6 Berea hitters. 

Berea took an early 3-0 lead in the first on a key 2 RBI double, but AU would quickly bounce back in the bottom half of the inning. Kaiden Zacharias got things going on a 2-run blast (9th of the year) over the right field wall to shorten the deficit to 3-2. Ethan Cartwright then worked a walk to pass the bat to Kaden Dugle who went for a 2-run home run himself over the right field wall, his 4th of the season (4-3 AU).

Josh Head and Colton Perkins also drove in a run in the inning to finish Asbury off with 6 hits in the inning and 6 runs, taking the lead over Berea 6-3. Asbury extended their lead in the bottom of the third as they scored 5 runs on 2 hits, taking a 11-4 lead. 

In the fourth it was Kaden Dugle again leading off the inning with his second home run of the game, this time a solo shot to right-center (5). The AU offense followed Dugle in the inning to score 4 more runs on 4 hits to take a comfortable 16-4 lead. 

The Asbury offense scored one in the fifth and one in the sixth to get their run total to 18, taking the victory over Berea 18-5. This win marks win number 23 on the season for Asbury and their 8th consecutive. This Asbury offense is now hitting .355 as a team and will look to keep the bats rolling as they move toward postseason. 
 

* Kaden Dugle was 3-5 in the game with 2 home runs, a double and 3 RBIs

* Walker Paris was 2-4 with 3 RBIs and a stolen base

* Ethan Cartwright went 2-3 with a double, 2 walks, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored

* Noah Brown, Tyler Hewlett and Josh Head each had 2 hits in the game

* Caleb Poll provided 2 important innings of relief for AU, striking out 2

* Asbury's offense recorded 16 hits and worked 5 walks

* The AU pitching staff allowed only 3 hits

* The AU offense scored in the double digits for the 8th time this month

"The offense stayed hot tonight putting up a solid 18 runs. We are clicking on all cylinders right now and it felt good to get out there and keep it rolling. As a team we are peaking at the right time and are locked in trying to finish out this 2022 season strong! Shoutout to Garret McIntire."

     * Sophomore Infielder, Kaden Dugle

Asbury will host MUW this Friday at Zweifel Field, first pitch will be at 4 PM