VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazers closed out their four-game weekend Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series with Danville Area Sunday afternoon with a grueling 7-6 win, which saw the Trailblazers use 17 players throughout the game.
The Jaguars took game one of the day 7-5 before Vincennes closed out the weekend with the 7-6 game two victory.
The first game of the day saw Vincennes grab an early lead, with sophomore Colin Long (Evansville, Ind.) getting a single in the first inning and would later score on a balk to give the Blazers the early 1-0 lead.
Danville Area responded quickly with four runs in the top of the second to grab the lead.
VU would cut the deficit in the third after freshmen Mahkai Pelzer (Douglasville, Ga.) and Kaden Elliott (New Albany, Ind.) reached on errors and scored on a two-RBI single by Long to cut the DACC lead to 4-3.
Danville Area would increase their lead back with a run in the fourth and a run in the fifth.
Vincennes would get one run back in the sixth after sophomore Connor VanLannen (Clinton, Ind.) led off the inning with a walk and scored on a wild pitch to make it a 6-4 game.
After the Jaguars picked up an insurance run in the 7th, Vincennes looked to complete the comeback in the final frame.
Colin Long led off the seventh with his third single of the game and would be driven in on a two-out RBI single by VanLannen.
The Trailblazers were unable to cut the deficit any further as Danville Area picked up the 7-5 win over Vincennes.
Sophomore Kestler Harbuck (Brooksville, Fla.) got the start on the mound for VU in game one of the day and lasted three and two-thirds innings, allowing five runs on seven hits and striking out three.
Sophomore Braedon Nichols (Sullivan, Ind.) was the first man out of the pen, throwing two and two-thirds innings, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out one.
Freshman Eli Steimel entered to get the final two outs of the seventh inning without damage.
Game two did not begin in the Trailblazers favor as freshman starter Kobe Bartlett (Rockport, Ind.) was forced to leave the game due to injury in the first inning after throwing just 16 pitches.
The Trailblazers looked to regroup after giving up an early run in the first and got a big spark off the bat of Colin Long who launched a solo home run, his second of the year, in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game at 1-1.
Vincennes would take the lead in the second after a leadoff double by Connor VanLannen and an RBI double by freshman Jordan Roth (Delphi, Ind.).
VU would add to this lead in the third with a pair of RBI singles by sophomores Peyton Lane (New Paris, Ohio) and VanLannen to take a 4-1 lead.
