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Box Score 2 (Johnson City, Tenn.) – The baseball team at Thomas More fell to Milligan 6-5 and Rio Grande 8-1 on Thursday February 4, these games were the first of the season for the Saints. TMU's record stands at 0-2 to this point.
Milligan
- Milligan Scored one in the 3rd, two in the 5th, one in the 6th, and 2 in the 7th
- Junior first baseman Brennen Baker (Independence, Ky./Simon Kenton) doubled down the right field line to make the score 2-0, Casey Nowak (Burlington, Ky./Covington Catholic) scored on a balk, Baker stole home to make the score 4-0. Tyler Flick (Okeana, Ohio/Ross) scored on a Brett Benzinger (Taylor Mill, Ky./New Richmond) single to make the final score 6-5 in favor of Milligan.
Rio Grande
- Rio scored one in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th, put four across in the 6th.
- Sophomore Bailey Martin (Independence, Ky./Simon Kenton) would score the lone run after being drove in by Benzinger. Thomas More lost 8-1.
Milligan Game
- Flick went 2-4, Benzinger 1-3 with 1 rbi, Baker 1-2 with 2 rbi's.
Rio Grande Game
- Martin went 1-1, Flick went 1-3, and Baker went 0-3 with an rbi.
Milligan Game
- Senior Mitchell Morris (Rising Sun, Ind./Rising Sun) gave up 3 runs on 7 hits in 4 1/3 innings pitched.
Rio Grande Game
- First-year Mychal Grogan (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) struck out 5 and gave up only 2 runs in 4 innings pitched.
Baseball returns to action tomorrow February 5, at 10 a.m. ET and 1 p.m. ET, continuing the Clash of Conferences against Milligan and Rio Grande in Johnson City Tennessee.
