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Trojans Fall Twice to League-Leading Tusculum

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

ANDERSON, S.C. – The Anderson baseball team opened a nine-game homestand by dropping a South Atlantic Conference twin bill with eighth-ranked Tusculum, 6-2 and 14-6, Friday night at Memorial Stadium.

Anderson (10-15, 8-12 SAC) suffered its fourth consecutive setback with the losses, while Tusculum improved to 21-6 overall and 17-5 in league play with its sixth win in eight decisions.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Game #1
Tusculum 6, Anderson 2
The Trojans were limited to three hits in the opener, with senior Cody Adams capturing a first-inning single and freshman Tanner Bray notching a second-inning double and also reaching on a fourth inning walk. Senior Tyler Berry also posted a double and a walk, while freshman Brayden Owens drove in a pair of runs.

Junior right-hander Lucas Smith (2-2), the first of five Trojan hurlers, suffered the loss after giving up three runs on four hits over 3 1/3 innings on the mound. He issued two walks.

Game #2
Tusculum 14, Anderson 6
Designated hitter Trevor Weisner was 2-for-3 in the nightcap, with a pair of singles, while 10 other Trojan hitters posted at least one hit in the setback. Berry, Bray, Owens, junior Jacob Kohns, senior Dalton Shaw, pinch-hitter Will Lindsey, junior Chandler Castleberry, senior Nick Vella, freshman Jackson Van Ness and sophomore Bryan Mitchell all notched a single.

Left-hander Ethan Stalnecker (0-2) absorbed the loss after allowing four runs on five hits in 2 1/3 innings. He struck out two and walked two.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1
Bray doubled with one out in the bottom of the second inning and scored on Owens' fielder's choice two batters later to give AU a 1-0 lead. But the Pioneers countered with three runs in the top of the fourth to take a lead they would not relinquish.

AU sliced the deficit to just one with a run in the bottom of the fourth, when Bray drew a one-out walk, moved to third on Berry's double to right field and scored when Owens lofted a fly ball down the right field line in foul territory that the Tusculum right fielder caught, but it was deep enough to plate Bray from third.

Tusculum made it a 5-2 game with a two-run sixth inning and added another insurance run in the top of the seventh frame.

Game 2
Tusculum jumped out on top 2-0 in the second inning, with the Trojans using a second-inning lead-off double by Castleberry to cut the Pioneers' advantage to just one. After Castleberry reached the gap in left-center, Vella drew a walk and Weisner followed with a bunt single. Castleberry crossed the plate when Bray grounded into a double play.

Tusculum added two more runs in the third to build a 4-1 lead and following an unearned run by the Trojans in the fourth inning, the Pioneers posted a five-run fifth inning to open a 9-2 lead. AU chipped away with solo runs in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings to get within 9-4, but Tusculum put the game out of reach by scoring five runs in the top of the eighth inning and taking a 14-4 lead.

The Trojans answered with two runs in the bottom of the eighth, but were unable to get any closer.

NOTABLES
Dalton Shaw is riding a four-game hitting streak and has reached base safely in six straight games.
Tyler Berry has reached base safely in five consecutive games.

UP NEXT
Anderson and Tusculum will get back on the Memorial Stadium diamond, Saturday afternoon for another doubleheader. First-pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Cody Adams

#7 Cody Adams

OF
5' 10"
Senior
Tyler Berry

#12 Tyler Berry

C
5' 9"
Senior
Tanner Bray

#9 Tanner Bray

INF
5' 11"
Freshman
Chandler Castleberry

#5 Chandler Castleberry

OF
6' 0"
Redshirt Junior
Jacob Kohns

#19 Jacob Kohns

INF
6' 0"
Junior
Will Lindsey

#6 Will Lindsey

INF
5' 10"
Senior
Bryan Mitchell

#33 Bryan Mitchell

1B/3B
6' 2"
Sophomore
Dalton Shaw

#1 Dalton Shaw

OF
5' 11"
Senior
Lucas Smith

#23 Lucas Smith

RHP
6' 1"
Junior
Ethan Stalnecker

#29 Ethan Stalnecker

LHP
5' 9"
Sophomore
Nick Vella

#27 Nick Vella

OF
6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
Trevor Weisner

#10 Trevor Weisner

INF
6' 0"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Cody Adams

#7 Cody Adams

5' 10"
Senior
OF
Tyler Berry

#12 Tyler Berry

5' 9"
Senior
C
Tanner Bray

#9 Tanner Bray

5' 11"
Freshman
INF
Chandler Castleberry

#5 Chandler Castleberry

6' 0"
Redshirt Junior
OF
Jacob Kohns

#19 Jacob Kohns

6' 0"
Junior
INF
Will Lindsey

#6 Will Lindsey

5' 10"
Senior
INF
Bryan Mitchell

#33 Bryan Mitchell

6' 2"
Sophomore
1B/3B
Dalton Shaw

#1 Dalton Shaw

5' 11"
Senior
OF
Lucas Smith

#23 Lucas Smith

6' 1"
Junior
RHP
Ethan Stalnecker

#29 Ethan Stalnecker

5' 9"
Sophomore
LHP
Nick Vella

#27 Nick Vella

6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
OF
Trevor Weisner

#10 Trevor Weisner

6' 0"
Senior
INF
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