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03.11.2009  |  Baseball  |  Viewed 534 times
Box Score
St. CATHERINE, Ky. - Trevecca's baseball team (12-10, 2-1 TranSouth) dropped a 9-8 decision atSt. Catherine (Ky.) (15-3) on Wednesday.
 
The Patriots put up two runs in the bottom of the first inning against Trojans' starter Jeff Hughes to take the early 2-0 lead. In the third, the Trojans tied the game with a pair of runs, and Trevecca took the lead in the top of the fourth with two more runs to make the score 4-2. In the bottom of the fourth, St. Catherine forged ahead, putting up five runs to reclaim the advantage at 7-4. The Trojans made it 7-6 with single runs in the fifth and seventh innings, but the Patriots answered with a run in the bottom of the seventh to stretch the lead back out to two runs at 8-6. The Trojans again cut the deficit to one with a run in the top of the eighth and in the top of the ninth, Trevecca loaded the bases with nobody out, but could muster just one run to tie the game at 8-8. Brent Amburn got the first two outs of the ninth inning on a double play, but a single and a walk-off double followed and the Patriots won the game 9-8.
 
Amburn (0-1) took the loss for the Trojans, allowing one earned run on two hits in an inning and two-thirds of work with two strikeouts. Jeff Strong (1-0) threw one inning and struckout one to pick up the win for the Patriots. Brian Dirheimer was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI in the game; Ross Muirhead was 2-for-3 with 2 RBI; Matt Tidwell was 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored; and Trey Morrison was 1-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
 
Trevecca will hit the road for their second TranSouth weekend series on Friday when the Trojans head back to Kentucky to take on the Mid-Continent Cougars (7-12, 0-0 TranSouth). Game one will be played on Friday night at 6:00 at Brooks Stadium in Paducah, Ky., and the double-header on Saturday will start at noon in Mayfield, Ky. on Mid-Continent's campus.