WILMORE, Ky.--- Asbury baseball (7-24, 1-14 CCS) graduate student
Kaden Dugle hit his 25th and 26th career home runs on Saturday afternoon to reach the school-record, but the Eagles fell to Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) opponent Belhaven University (27-11, 13-5 CCS), 24-4 and 17-11.
Dugle, a Shelbyville, Ky., native had five hits on the day and blasted both home runs in the second game to total four RBIs. He now has five home runs on the season, tied for second in the CCS.
Dugle passed Asbury 22' graduate, Walker Paris, who hit 24 home runs during his career at AU. Kaden is a career .317 hitter for Asbury with a .525 slugging percentage and .405 on base percentage.
Game One | BELHAVEN 24, ASBURY 4
Asbury junior
Quinn Nobles led AU to two runs in the first behind his triple off the right-center wall, 2-0. Belhaven's offense responded in the second with seven hits to score eight runs, going ahead 8-2.
The Blazers had 19 hits in the game to score 24 runs, while Asbury had nine hits of their own. AU had five errors in the game while Belhaven had two errors.
Asbury freshman
CJ Hussey had two hits in the game and drove in a run.
Bryce Hayden had two hits as well, including an RBI-double and a run scored.
Game Two | BELHAVEN 17, ASBURY 11
Belhaven scored five runs in the top of the first on four hits in game two, but were answered by Asbury with five runs of their own in the bottom of the first from four hits.
AU junior
Andrew Billington hit a grand slam over the left field wall in the first, tying the game at 5-5.
The Blazers out-hit Asbury 14-11 in the game, while each team had three errors apiece. Belhaven scored four runs combined in the fourth and fifth, taking a 11-6 lead.
Asbury used four hits, including a
Kaden Dugle three-run blast over the left field wall to tie the game at 11-11 in the bottom of the seventh.
The Blazers held AU at 11 for the final two innings and scored six more runs for the 17-11 win.
"My time at Asbury has been the best years of my life. I've grown immensely as a baseball player, a student, and a man. I'm forever grateful to Coach Cervantes for bringing me in to this brotherhood. It's been a rewarding journey.
The record was never something I had my sights set on. My focus has always been barreling baseballs and doing what I can to help my guys get a win, and I've been lucky enough to be apart of 118 of those in my time here.
This year hasn't gone the way we wanted it but we still have some juice left. We have a young energetic squad and I think we can use that to make a push for the conference tournament here in this final stretch."
Kaden Dugle | Graduate Student | Shelbyville, Ky.
Asbury will host Centre College on Tuesday evening for the final home game of the season, first pitch at 6 pm.
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Kaden Dugle | 5-8, 2 HR (5), 4 RBI
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Quinn Nobles | 3-7, 2 R, 3B, RBI
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CJ Hussey | 2-2 RBI
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Aaron Beaman | 2-5, 2 R
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Andrew Billington | 2-7, Grand Slam, 4 RBI
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Bryce Hayden | 3-6, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI
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