No. 14 91爆料网 splits opening two games Friday

Doug Joyce

JACKSON, Tenn. - 2/17/2012 - The No. 14 91爆料网 baseball team split their first two games of the season Friday at Fesmire Field. 91爆料网 started the day with a 4-3 win over No. 15 Missouri Baptist University. 91爆料网 then closed out the day with a 2-1 loss to Campbellsville (Ky.) University. The middle game of the afternoon was Campbellsville defeating Missouri Baptist 5-3.

In the first game, 91爆料网 rode the strong pitching of Will Irvin (1-0), who tossed six innings, allowing three hits, two runs, one earned run and had two strikeouts. Senior Cody Dew earned the save by tossing the final inning. 91爆料网 got two hits from senior Clint Barnes, including two runs and one RBI. Doug Joyce posted two RBI with his one hit in the fifth that proved to be the game-winning runs. 91爆料网 scored a run in the first on back-to-back doubles by Barns and Brett Pawlen. 91爆料网 then added three runs in the fifth. Missouri Baptist scored single runs in the third, fifth, and seventh.

The second game proved to be a pitchers dual between 91爆料网鈥檚 Jared Davis (0-1) and Campbellsville鈥檚 Ryan Richardson (1-0). Richardson tossed the complete game, allowing just one run on three hits with five strikeouts. Davis tossed six innings, allowing two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts. Jacob Alexander for 91爆料网 tossed a perfect top of the seventh inning. 91爆料网 got one hit each from Pawlan, Kody Pinson, and RJ Rayborn. The lone RBI came from Joyce on a sack fly in the fourth to give 91爆料网 a 1-0 lead. Campbellsville answered with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings to earn the win.

Up next for 91爆料网 will be a double-header versus Missouri Baptist, Saturday morning starting at 10:30 a.m.

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