THE RUNDOWN

After torrential down pours that totaled an hour and forty-seven minutes worth of weather delays, the Blazers preserved a 5-4 win over the Centenary College Gents in game one of a double-header on Saturday afternoon, before falling by a final of 9-6 in game two.

The Blazers trailed 1-0 heading into the bottom of the first inning but with timely hitting and exceptional base running, quickly pushed across two runs to take a 2-1 lead. 

Centenary tied and eventually regained the lead in the third inning with a bunt and sacrifice fly that scored Peyton Corma, giving the Gents the 3-2 advantage. A wild pitch in the bottom half of third inning allowed Hunter White to score from third base, pushing across the tying run.

A single by Tucker Calhoun in the fourth and a double by Nick Lucido in the fifth helped score both Logan Walters and Trip Benson, as the Blazers went ahead 4-3. 

Trip Benson gave Belhaven an insurance run in the fifth inning, scoring off of a double to left field from Nick Lucido. Belhaven led 5-3. Centenary added one run in the sixth, yet Belhaven held the Gents Scoreless in the seventh to complete the victory by a final of 5-4.

Game two of the double-header finished in with a different outcome for the Green and Gold, falling by a final score of 9-6. 

Centenary scored four runs during a combined second and third inning, taking a 4-1 lead. In the bottom half of the third inning, Justin Milam smashed a towering solo home run over the left field fence, pulling the Blazers back within two runs, 4-2. 

The Gents began to separate themselves on the scoreboard with three runs in the top of the fourth inning. They led 7-2 heading into the of the fourth, yet Belhaven scored three runs with the help of a single from Julyan Urena and a sacrifice fly from Justin Milam to bring the score back to 7-5 after four innings. 

A two run fifth inning gave Centenary, once again, a four run lead, 9-5. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Trip Benson hit a solo home run to cut the lead back to 9-6. Belhaven was unable to complete the comeback in the final inning of the contest, falling to the Gents, 9-5, to split the series.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

- Belhaven finished with a total of thirteen hits in both games combined with five hits in game one and eight hits in game two.

- Justin Milam recorded another multiple hit game on Saturday in game two. He finished with four hits in three games this weekend including a solo home run Saturday.

- Trip Benson recorded his first home run of the season in the seventh inning of Saturdays game two matchup against Centenary.

UP NEXT

Belhaven will play host to Sul Ross State in a best of three conference series, beginning Friday at 4:00 p.m. with game two to follow.