LAKE WALES, Fla. – The Spring Arbor University baseball team opened Crossroads League with a pair of contests against Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Lakes Wales, Florida. The Cougars dropped both ends of the doubleheader, 5-3 and 12-1.

THE BASICS

SCORES: Spring Arbor 3, Mount Vernon Nazarene 5

Spring Arbor 1, Mount Vernon Nazarene 12

LOCATION: Warner University | Lake Wales, Fla.

RECORDS: Spring Arbor 4-10 (0-2 CL), Mount Vernon Nazarene 9-4 (2-0 CL)

GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS

• Spring Arbor jumped on top 2-0 in the top of the second inning on RBI singles by Josiah Kitchen and Brant Mast.
• The score was tied 3-3 in the sixth inning when Mount Vernon Nazarene plated the go-ahead run on a base hit by Toby Walker. MVNU would tack on an insurance run later in the inning when Walker scored on a sacrifice fly.
• Spring Arbor collected 10 hits in the game, including three from Mast. Jacob King and Kitchen posted two hits apiece.
• Duncan Patterson pitched 5.2 innings, surrendering four earned runs on 11 hits.

GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS

• Spring Arbor was unable to get the bats going in game two of the doubleheader. The Cougars were limited to just one run on six hits.
• Already leading 1-0, Mount Vernon Nazarene added to its advantage with a seven-run second inning.
• MVNU put the game out of reach with another run in the fourth before tacking on three more in the sixth.
• Chris Triplett had two of SAU's six hits while Brant Mast scored the lone run.
• Zachariah Devon suffered the loss on the mound allowing seven runs in 1.1 innings pitched. Nick Carroll and Zach Kraabel combined for 4.2 innings of relief.

UP NEXT

Spring Arbor will concluded the three-game series with Mount Vernon Nazarene on Monday, Mar. 4 at Warner University in Lake Wales, Florida.

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