NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Long-time rival Trevecca Nazarene put 14 runs on the scoreboard in the second and third innings and posted a stunning 17-4 run-rule loss on the visiting Flames Tuesday afternoon under near-perfect playing conditions. The loss dropped the Flames to 23-19 overall while the streaking Trojans improved to 22-15.
"We did not put forth a lot of fight and certainly Trevecca played way better and more competitively than we did," commented Coach Mark Brew after the loss to the team that he once played with and coached.
"It is not the type of momentum we wanted to create going to Christian Brothers, but we will have to respond with some great practice days as we head to a tough place to play on their senior weekend." The Flames will travel to Memphis and continue rugged GSC play on Friday and Saturday with a three-game series against the Bucs.
Lee used seven pitchers in Tuesday's loss. Keegan Gagliardo started, worked one inning and was charged with the loss. He gave up six hits and five earned runs. Cole Matthaidess pitched the next inning and surrendered one hit and no earned runs. Greyson Linderman came on for two-thirds of an inning and allowed six hits and six earned runs. Brycen Jewell followed for 1.1 innings and he posted two hits and an earned run. David White was next for two-thirds of an inning and was tagged for three hits and three earned runs before Seth Coffelt got things in order by allowing no hits and no runs in the bottom of the sixth.
The Flames collected nine hits in defeat. Nate Bynum and Cam Suto had two hits apiece. Bynum scored a run and had an RBI. Suto also knocked in a run. Dylan Standifer had a hit, scored a run and put an RBI in the scorebook while Josiah Miller, JJ Williams, Gavin Baxter and Ashton Simmons also had one-base knocks. Williams and Baxter scored Lee's other runs.
Bryant Goolsby had a big day at the plate for the Trojans. He blasted a pair of homeruns and drove in four runs. Shawn Wallwork countered with three hits, two runs scored and an RBI. Frankie Carreras and Josh Griffin were a big part of Trevecca's 18-hit attack by collecting three hits apiece while Griffin joined Cooper Whitt in posting a pair of RBI.
