THE RUNDOWN

AUSTIN, Texas – The Belhaven University baseball team fell to the Concordia Tornados on Saturday by a final score of 12-2 in American Southwest Conference play, falling three games to none to the Tornados, not the weekend.

Belhaven struck first in the contest, with Nathan Herron giving the Blazers a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning after a single to center field that plated Trip Benson for the first run of the game.

Moments later, Evan Moore reached base on a fielders choice, yet allowed one more run to cross over the plate in the inning to extend Blazers lead to 2-0 at the end of two. 

The Tornados tied the game up in the bottom of the second inning, before eventually going on to score an additional 10 runs to claim the 12-2 victory over the Blazers Saturday afternoon.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

As a team, the Blazers had a total of seven hits and two runs in the contest.

Trip Benson led Belhaven with two hits on the afternoon, going 2-for-3 with a run scored.

Nathan Herron and Evan Moore each drove in one run. Herron went 1-for-3 at the plate with a one scored and run driven in.

Justin Milam, Logan Walters, Gasper D'Anna, and Josh Rogers all had one hit apiece.

UP NEXT

The Blazers will return to the field on Wednesday, April 18, for the final game of the Cowboy Malone Series versus cross town rival, Millsaps College. First pitch is set for 4:00 p.m. 

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