Box Score Crestview Hills, Ky. - The baseball program at Thomas More fell to the #22 ranked Lions of Freed Hardeman University by a score of 14-2. The Saints would take the series 2-1 overall to move to 11-8 overall and 4-4 in Mid-South play.
- In the top of the first Freed would take an early 1-0 lead.
- Thomas More would quickly bounce back with a run of their own in the bottom of the first as Bailey Martin (Independence, Ky./Simon Kenton) would advance Gavin Pearson (Burlington, Ky./Randall K. Cooper) to third and would score on a throwing error to tie the game at one all.
- Brady Baldock (Burlington, Ky./St. Henry) would triple in the bottom of the first to take their first lead of the game as he would drive in Martin for a 2-1 lead.
- The Lions would score one run each in the third and fourth to re-take the lead at 3-2 after four.
- A home run in the top of the sixth for Freed would push their lead 5-2 after six.
- The Lions would score nine runs in the top of the seventh to bring the final score to 14-2.
- Pearson went two-for-three from the dish with two doubles and a run scored.
- Martin would hit .333 on the day with a run scored.
- Baldock would go one-for-three at the plate with a run batted in and a triple.
- Sophomore pitched Mason Berger (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) five innings allowing two runs on nine hits while striking out three.
- Sophomore Zach Dugan (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) pitched one complete inning allowing six runs on six hits.
- First-year Austin Dennis (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) allowed three runs in one inning pitched.
Baseball will return to the diamond on Tuesday, March 15 when they travel to Cincinnati, Ohio to take on UC Clermont at the University of Cincinnati Baseball Stadium at 2 p.m. ET.
