DANVILLE, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team hit the road Sunday afternoon for the final two games of this weekend’s four-game Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series with Danville Community College.
The series shifted to Danville, Ill. after the first two games were played yesterday at Jerry Blemker Field.
VU got off to a tough start to the day, falling in game one 10-2 before closing out the weekend strong and taking game two of the day 16-7.
The day got off to a rocky start for the Trailblazers, with Danville getting on the scoreboard in the first inning to take an early 1-0 lead.
VU would match this run in the second after a leadoff single by sophomore Blake Heyerly (Monroe, Ind.) and a walk by sophomore Keegan Schlotterbeck (Centerville, Ind.).
The pair moved up to second and third on a successful sacrifice bunt by sophomore Trevor Newman (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Heyerly would come in to score on a sacrifice fly by freshman Yancey Edlin (Pekin, Ind.) to even the score at 1-1.
The Jaguars would regain the lead in the bottom half of the second and add to this lead with three runs in the third, three runs in the fourth and a pair of runs in the fifth to take a 10-1 lead.
Vincennes would get on the board again in the sixth after Blake Heyerly reached on a fielder’s choice and came around to score on a wild pitch.
Danville would hold the Blazers scoreless in the seventh to close out the 10-2 victory in game one of the day.
Sophomore Josh McCormick (Indianapolis, Ind.) got the start in game one for VU, throwing four innings, allowing eight runs, four earned runs, on 10 hits and striking out two.
Sophomore Max Lines (Indianapolis, Ind.) came out of the bullpen to throw the final two innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits.
Vincennes looked to close out the weekend strong and build some momentum in game two and wasted little time getting going.
Freshman Bradyn Douglas (Frankton, Ind.) led off the game with a single and stole second before advancing to third on a wild pitch.
Douglas would score the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Jack Robinson (Mooresville, Ind.) to give VU the early 1-0 lead.
