(HENDERSON, Tenn.) – The Thomas More University baseball team split their doubleheader with the Freed-Hardeman University Lions Saturday, losing game one 7-4 and winning game two 4-2. Game two was called in the sixth inning due to lightning. Thomas More is 12-10 overall and 5-4 in the Mid-South Conference.
Game One: Freed-Hardeman defeats Thomas More, 7-3.
- The Saints struck first in game one on a Gavin Vogelgesang (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) RBI groundout to go ahead 1-0 in the top of the third inning.
- The Lions would score five runs in the bottom of the fourth to snatch a 5-1 lead.
- The Saints had three hits and scored two runs in the top of the fifth, with an RBI double down the right field line coming from Vogelgesang and a wild pitch scoring Gavin Pearson (Burlington, Ky./Randall K. Cooper).
- A two-run homerun to left field gave the Lions a 7-3 lead in the bottom of the fifth.
- Pearson hit a two-out RBI double in the top of the sixth to score the Saints final run.
Game Two: Thomas More defeats Freed-Hardeman, 4-2.
- The Lions struck for two runs in the bottom of the first.
- The Saints only produced two hits until the fifth inning.
- Thomas More had runners on first and third with two outs.
- A huge Brady Baldock (Burlington, Ky./St. Henry) two-RBI double to right center field tied up the game.
- Baldock would eventually score on a wild pitch to take the lead before a Ben Duncan (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Bradley) single brought in an insurance run to make it 4-2.
- The Saints held the Lions scoreless in the fifth and, as mentioned, the game was called due to lightning in the sixth so they never had another opportunity to tie it up.
Game One:
- Pearson had a team-high two hits and two runs scored. He also had an RBI.
- Five other Saints had one base hit in the game.
- Vogelgesang led the team with two RBI.
- Vogelgesang, Pearson, and Duncan all hit doubles.
Game Two:
- Pearson led the team with two hits.
- Six other Saints had one base hit.
- Baldock had a team-high two RBI, while Duncan also had an RBI.
- Baldock and Pearson both hit a double.
Game One:
- Junior Mason Berger (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) threw three innings, allowing five runs while striking out two.
- Kellen Sandhas (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) allowed two runs in two innings while striking out two.
- Jack Perdue (Louisville, Ky./Christian Academy) also threw a scoreless inning.
Game Two:
- Sophomore Austin Dennis (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) threw all five innings of game two, allowing two runs while striking out five Lions.
The Saints return to action against Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC) on Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. in Florence at Thomas More Stadium.
