DANVILLE, Ky.--- The Asbury baseball team (3-6) scored seven runs on six hits but fell on the road at No. 14 ranked Centre College (12-1) on Tuesday evening in Danville, Ky., 14-7.
Asbury graduate student
Kaden Dugle hit his first home run of the season in the third inning on a solo shot to left field. Dugle, a Shelbyville, Ky., native is second in Asbury school-history with 22 career home runs, second behind 21' graduate Walker Paris with 26 home runs.
AU struck first in the top of the first, putting up two runs on a
Trevor McNaughton single and
Josh McNulty two-out double. Centre responded in the bottom of the inning with five hits to score six runs, taking a 6-2 lead.
The Colonels used 14 hits in the game alongside two three-run innings in the fifth and seventh to lead to their 14 runs. Both teams combined for nine errors, Asbury committed five and Centre four defensive mistakes.
Asbury scored three straight runs across the third and fourth innings to get the game within two runs at 7-5. The runs were powered by Dugle's home run and a
Reese Ballard leadoff single in the fourth.
Dugle led AU with three runs scored, including two RBIs and a walk. Asbury used seven pitchers in the game, highlighted by sophomore
Devin Walker going 2.0 innings with no earned runs and two strikeouts.
The Eagles are now 3-6 overall on the season and will open their first-ever Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) series at home on Thursday night at 6 pm against LaGrange College.
"Centre has a very good team, and they played a really strong offensive game tonight. We didn't play clean enough baseball to get a road win against a top-25 team, and we will continue to work together to get where we want to be."
Manny Cervantes | Asbury Baseball Head Coach
The Eagles are now 3-6 overall on the season and will open their first-ever Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) series at home on Thursday night at 6 pm against LaGrange College.
*
Kaden Dugle | HR, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB, (22nd Career Asbury Home Run)
*
Josh McNulty | 2B, RBI, BB
*
Devin Walker | 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K
*
Adam Thompson | 1.0 IP, 0 R, 2 K
* Our vision is to serve, train, and compete for the glory of God
* Follow @asburyeagles on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
* Watch all TeamAU home games live at Asbury Sports Digital Network.com
* Use the links attached to team schedules to watch live or follow live stats
*
Shop AU gear via the "Shop" button at asburyeagles.com
