VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team finished their four-game Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) weekend series with NJCAA Division II No. 14-ranked Lincoln Land College Sunday afternoon.
The Loggers picked up the first win of the day, taking game three of the series 13-2 before VU rallied back to finish the weekend by taking game four 4-2 with Vincennes starter sophomore Kestler Harbuck (Brooksville, Fla.) threw seven innings allowing only one hit.
Lincoln Land began the day with a bang Sunday afternoon, jumping out to an early lead after scoring three runs in the first inning and two in the second.
Vincennes would get on the board in the second as sophomore Connor VanLannen (Clinton, Ind.) scored on a groundout by freshman Kaden Elliott (New Albany, Ind.) to cut the deficit to 5-1.
The Loggers completely took control of the game in the third, scoring seven runs in the inning to grow their lead to 11.
VU would get a run back in the bottom of the inning when an RBI single by sophomore Colin Long (Evansville, Ind.) drove home freshman Will Egger (Terre Haute, Ind.).
Lincoln Land would score a run in the fourth and hold on to pick up the 13-2 win over the Trailblazers in five innings.
Freshman Kobe Bartlett (Rockport, Ind.) got the start on the mound for VU in game three. Lasting two innings and allowing seven runs on three hits with one strikeout.
Vincennes got a solid outing out of the bullpen from sophomore Camden Greer (Boonville, Ind.) who threw the final one and one-third innings, only allowing one hit and striking out one.
The Trailblazers look to split the series with the highly-rated Logger baseball team in game four, sending sophomore Kestler Harbuck to the mound.
VU was the first team to get on the scoreboard in game four after sophomore Josiah Sizemore (Cambridge City, Ind.) and Ethan Burdette (Linton, Ind.) walked to begin the third inning.
The next four VU batters, sophomores Colin Long, Peyton Lane (New Paris, Ohio), Connor VanLannen and freshman Colton Evans (Henderson, Ky.) all came through with RBI singles, giving the Blazers a 4-0 lead.
Harbuck lasted three innings without giving up a hit, giving up a single to lead-off the fourth before retiring 12 of the next 14 batters he faced.
Harbuck pitched into the eighth inning, allowing one run on one hit and striking out seven.
Sophomore Braedon Nichols (Sullivan, Ind.) came in to finish out the eighth inning, throwing an inning and a third, allowing one run on three hits and striking out the final batter he faced to lead-off the ninth inning.
Sophomore Luke Osborn (Perryville, Ind.) entered the game to get the final two outs to pick up his fourth save of the season, as Vincennes came away with the day two split and split the four-game series with Lincoln Land, winning game four 4-2.
