Box Score Game One

Box Score Game Two

The Patriots Baseball Team picked up their first victory of the season when they defeated Arkansas-Little Rock, 12-7 at Patriot Field on Saturday afternoon.  The win improved the Patriots record to 1-1, while the Trojans fell to 0-2.

The Trojans jumped out to an early lead when they scored two runs in the top of the second inning.  Arkansas-Little Rock started off the inning with a single and walk, and then advanced the base runners on a perfectly placed sacrifice bunt.  With two outs in the inning, the Trojans dropped a dink single over second baseman Junior JT Bloodworth, which allowed two runs to score.

The Patriots tied the score in the bottom of the third inning after Bloodworth led off the inning with a single and scored DBU's first run on a double by Sophomore Austin Knight.  Senior Nick Santos then drove in Knight on a bloop single to right field. 

Arkansas-Little Rock retook the lead in the top of the fourth inning off of two hits, including a double to lead off the inning and an RBI single to make the score, 3-2.

DBU answered the Trojans run in the top of the fourth when Junior Brandon Bantz led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a single by Junior Trevor Head.  Freshman Jason Krizan walked to load the bases, which brought up Knight, who drove a two RBI single to left center field giving the Patriots a 4-3 lead.

The Trojans started the top of the fifth inning off with three consecutive singles, and then an error by the Patriots and another single by the Trojans allowed three runs to score.  Arkansas-Little Rock took a 6-4 lead into the bottom half of the fifth.

Sophomore Ryan Enos started the sixth inning rally with a walk and moved to second when Bloodworth was hit by a pitch.   Krizan then reached base on error by the Trojans third baseman, which loaded the bases for Knight, who hit a two RBI single up the middle.  Krizan scored the third run of the inning on a RBI single by Junior Evan Bigley, which gave the Patriots a 7-6 lead. 

Arkansas-Little Rock tied the score up in the top of the seventh inning off of two singles and an RBI sacrifice fly to left field.

Bantz led the bottom half of the seventh inning off with a walk and scored on an RBI double by Head.  Head was later forced to third on walk by Bloodworth and with a pass ball; Head scored the second run of the inning.  Bloodworth was advanced to third on a single by Krizan and another pass ball allowed Bloodworth to score the third run of the inning.  The score after seven innings of play was 10-7 in favor of DBU.

DBU padded their lead to 12-7 in the bottom of the eighth inning after Junior Nick Santos led off the inning with a single, which brought up Sophomore Ryan Goins.  Goins then drove a pitch over the left field wall for a two run homerun.

Picking up the victory for the Patriots was Sophomore Ryan Millard, who went 3.0 innings, allowing three earned runs, on seven hits.  Senior Brett Lester had strong performance in relief with 2.0 innings, allowing no runs, on one hit, and he struck out three.

Knight led the way at the Plate, going three for four, with five RBI, and one run scored, while Head was three for five, with one RBI, and two runs scored.  Santos also had two hits and RBI, while Bloodworth finished off his game with a hit and three runs scored.