Box Score

The Patriots took on the Bears from Central Arkansas in game one of a two game series on Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon.  Game one was delayed on Tuesday night due to lightning and with the run rule in effect; the Patriots defeated UCA, 15-5 on Wednesday afternoon.  With the victory, DBU improved to 26-23, while the Bears fell to 18-28.

DBU jumped to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning after Junior Austin Krum led off the inning with a double down the left field line.  Krum then scored the first run of the game off a single by Sophomore Evan Bigley.  Senior Randall Taylor smoked a single up the middle to load the bases for Junior Nick Santos, who hit a sacrifice RBI fly to right field.

The Patriots padded their lead in the bottom of the third inning, after Senior Matt Tucker led off the inning with a hit batsman and stole second base.  Tucker then scored the third run of the game off a single by Senior Garrett Baker.  The Patriots added three more runs when Senior Jimmy Thoma walked to load the bases for Senior Austin Thornton, who hit a two RBI double down the left field line.  Krum then drove in the fourth run of the inning off a ground out and Bigley drove in the fifth run on a two out RBI single to right field.  Tucker capped off the scoring when he drove an RBI single to right field, which made the score 8-0.

The Bears cut the lead to 8-4 in the top half of the fourth and fifth innings, when they manufactured the runs off of five hits, including two home runs. 

The Patriots answered the Bears runs with three of their own in the bottom half of the fifth inning, when Tucker led off the inning with a walk and scored on a single by Santos.  Bake then came to the plate and hit his team leading 14 home run over the left field lights, which gave the Patriots an 11-4 lead.  DBU added one more run at the end of the inning off a bases loaded hit batsman.   

DBU took the lead for good in the bottom of the sixth inning, when they were able to finish off the run rule, scoring three runs off of four hits and a walk.  Senior Jereme Wilson came into the game in the top of the seventh to finish out the game for the Patriots, when threw a perfect 1, 2, 3 inning.