WILMORE, Ky.--- Graduate student
Jackson Cole came on in the ninth to raise his school-record save amount on Tuesday night in Wilmore as Asbury baseball (17-14) defeated Mount St. Josesph (14-13) with 10 hits and no errors, 7-6.
Eli Wilder, the right-handed grad student went four innings with six strikeouts and two earned for his third win of the season, tying
Jackson Cole for team-lead in wins. Sophomore
Quinn Nobles and MBA student
Noah Brown combined for four hits and three RBIs.
"Tonight was a good midweek win for our team as we go toward the end of the regular season. Eli gave us a great start and J Cole came in when we needed him. Excited to see how continue to grow as a group."
Manny Cervantes | Asbury Baseball Head Coach
* Quinn Nobles went 2-5 with two RBIs inicluding a triple
* Noah Brown went 2-3 with an RBI, two runs scored, two walks, and a stolen base
* Matthew Johnson had two hits with two runs scored, an RBI, a double, and a walk (15th mult-hit game this year)
* Tyler Hewlett hit his first home run of the season
* Andrew Billington had a triple, run scored, and an RBI
* Eli Wilder went four innings with six strikeouts and two earned for his third win of the year
* Jackson Cole took his ninth career save, an Asbury school-record
* Adam Thompson went two innings with three strikeouts and no runs out of the pen for AU
* MSJ took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second before AU responded in the bottom-half with three runs, led by a
Quinn Nobles triple
* Asbury responded each time MSJ scored with one in the fourth and two in the sixth
* MSJ scored three runs in the ninth to cut the AU lead to 7-6 with two outs
* Coach Cervantes brought on
Jackson Cole with runners at second and third in the ninth to finish the game with a strikeout for AU to move to 17 wins
* Asbury had 10 hits and no errors
* MSJ had eight hits and one error
* Asbury struck out only twice, the AU pitching staff struck out 14 MSJ hitters
Asbury will travel to Columbus, In., on Wednesday for a doubleheader with IUPUC at 1 pm.
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