NASHVILLE, Tenn. -
NAIA No. 20 Trevecca Nazarene Trojans (5-5) hosted No. 18 Auburn
Montgomery
(9-5) on Friday for a double-header, dropping the second game 6-3.
In the second game,
Wesley Griggs (0-2) took the mound for Trevecca and the Senators jumped
on him early. Griggs allowed six runs - five earned - on eight hits in
three innings of work while walking one and fanning one. Brent Amburn
relieved Griggs in the fourth inning and kept the Senators at bay,
allowing the Trojans to begin to chip away at the deficit. Brian
Dirheimer homered in the fourth inning to get the Trojans on the board
and the Trojans added two more in the sixth to cut the deficit to 6-3.
Trevecca had a chance for more than just two in the inning, but they
left the bases loaded when Matt Lyle grounded out to second. Amburn
shut down the Senators in the seventh, but the Trojans went quietly in
the bottom half, dropping the game 6-3. Brock Piper (1-0) earned the
win for the Senators in the game. Dirheimer was 1-for-2 with the home
run and an RBI, Marty Parks 1-for-4 was with a triple and a run scored,
and Chris Lowe was 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
The two teams
will face off in a 10 a.m. single game on Saturday at Trevecca's Jackson
Field.