Baseball Sweeps RV Georgetown in Day One of Series

(GEORGETOWN, Ky.)-Thomas More University's baseball team swept RV Georgetown (Ky.) in their first two games of their series on Thursday (March 30), 5-4 in game one and 3-1 in game two. The Saints overall record improves to 23-11 and 11-5 in conference.



Game 1: Thomas More 5-4

• Georgetown scored two runs in the bottom of the third inning (0-2).
• In the top of the sixth inning, sophomore Ben Duncan (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Bradley) scored on a fielder's choice hit by graduate student Bailey Martin (Independence, Ky./Simon Kenton) for the Saints first run of the game (1-2). Senior Jacob Caruso (Rootstown, Ohio/Rootstown) singled up the middle to sent in Bailey Martin to tie the game up at 2-2. Sophomore Brennan Martin (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) would step up and double to center field to score senior Noah Weingartner (Cincinnati, Ohio, La Salle) and first year Jeremy Ward (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) to give the Saints the go ahead lead (4-2).
• Georgetown scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game back up at 4-4.
• In the top of the seventh, sophomore Gavin Vogelgesang (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) singled through the right side to send sophomore AJ Enginger (Hamilton, Ohio/Badin) to help the Saints regain the lead once again (5-4).

Game 2: Thomas More 3-1

• In the top of the first inning, Gavin Pearson singled up the middle to score Gavin Vogelgesang to put the Saints on the board 1-0.
• Georgetown scored one run in the bottom of the fourth inning to tie the game up at 1-1.
• Jacob Caruso singled to left field to send in Bailey Martin in the top of the sixth inning to help the Saints regain the lead (2-1). Junior Brady Baldock (Burlington, Ky./St. Henry) would reach on a fielder's choice to score Derek Atwood to extend the Saints lead to 3-1.

Game 1:

• Gavin Vogelgesang was 2-4 at the plate with one RBI.
• Ben Duncan was 1-2 and scored one run.
• Brennan Martin was 1-3 with two RBIs.
• Jacob Caruso went 1-3 at the plate with one RBI.

Game 2:

• Gavin Vogelgesang went 2-4 at the plate and scored one run.
• Jacob Caruso had a perfect day at the plate going 3-3 with one RBI.

Game 1: 

• Junior Mychal Grogan (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) pitched 5.2 innings, giving up four runs with three earned off of 11 hits, and struck out one.
• Graduate student Justin Bierbaum (Bridgetown, Ohio/Elder) pitched 1.1 innings, giving up no runs and no hits.

Game 2:

• Sophomore Austin Dennis (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) pitched eight innings, giving up one earned run off of three hits, and struck out seven.
• Junior Landen Scott (Independence, Ky./Simon Kenton) pitched one inning, giving up no runs off of one hit, and struck out one. 

The Saints return to the field Saturday (April 1) to finish up their series against RV Georgetown at TBA in Georgetown, Ky.