Trojan News

02.21.2009  |  Baseball  |  Viewed 382 times
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - NAIA No. 20 Trevecca Nazarene Trojans (6-5) hosted No. 18 Auburn Montgomery (9-6) on for a single game on Saturday, taking win and the series in a slugfest 17-10.
 
Drew Durossette started the game for the Trojans, lasting five innings in his third start of the season. AUM opened the scoring with a run in the top of the first, but the Trojans answered in the bottom half. Cody Heggie hit a triple off of Senators' starter Ridgely Plaines that scored Brian Dirheimer and tied the game at 1-1. The Senators scored twice more in the second inning, taking a 3-1 lead that would last into the third inning. In the bottom of the third, Heggie knocked in Chris Lowe with a double and Matt Tidwell followed with an RBI single to tie the game at 3-3. Chase Birdwell gave the Trojans their first lead of the game with an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth, and the Trojans added four runs in the bottom of inning number five - highlighted by a two-RBI single from Aaron Bree. Ben Johnson relieved Durossette in the top of the sixth, and the Senators began to chip away, scoring once in the sixth, and twice in the seventh off the Trojan's left-hander to pull to within two at 8-6 before Chase Dixon came on to record the final out of the frame. In the eighth, Dixon allowed three runs before yielding to Ryan Whitson who allowed a fourth run to score, and in the middle of the eighth, the Senators held a 10-8 lead, but that's when the Trojans' offense exploded. The first four hitters all reached as the Trojans sent 13 hitters to the plate and scored nine runs in the inning. Whitson (1-0) finished out the game for the Trojans to earn the win, defeating Trey Haisten (0-1).
 
Offensively, the Trojans slugged out 17 runs on 19 hits, with Matt Tidwell leading thw way. Tidwell posted a 4-for-5 day with a double, a run scored, and two RBI. Heggie and Dirheimer each had three hit afternoons. Heggie had a double, a triple, two runs scored and two RBI; and Dirheimer had an RBI as well. Aaron Bree knocked in three runs and scored twice, and Birdwell posted a game-high four RBI with a double. The Trojans committed two defensive errors, while Auburn Montgomery scored 10 runs on 10 hits and had three errors.
 The Trojans will continue the 2009 campaign on Wednesday when they hit the road to take on Tennessee Wesleyan College (8-6) for a single game at 1:00.