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LWC baseball falls to St. Catharine in regular season finale, 9-6

The Blue Raiders finish the regular season as the co-conference champions with Campbellsville (KY) and Lindsey Wilson enters the conference tournament as the No. 2 overall seed
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By David Gerhart

SPRINGFIELD, KY (Sun 24 Apr 2016) The 24th-ranked Lindsey Wilson baseball team capped off their regular season with a 9-6 loss to St. Catharine (KY) on Sunday in Springfield, KY.

Victor Nazario led the Blue Raiders (33-20, 13-8 Mid-South Conference) at the plate going 2-for-5 on the day driving in two runs. Ryan Harper was 2-for-3 at the plate and he drove in a run against the Patriots (32-19, 10-11 MSC).



After a scoreless first and second inning, Lindsey Wilson got the scoring started in the third inning as Alec Salcedo started off the inning with a double to left-centerfield. Edgar Lebron drove in the Salcedo two batters later with a sacrifice fly to centerfield, which gave the Blue Raiders a 1-0 lead.

Nazario popped up in the field to start the fourth inning, but he reached base after miscommunication from the St. Catharine shortstop and third basemen caused the ball hit the ground. Harper than singled to centerfield to place runners at first and second base.

Two batters later, Dustin Woody sent a groundball to the shortstop with one out. The Patriots looked to get an inning ending double play, but an errant throw from the Patriot second basemen allowed Nazario to score from third and Woody moved up to second base.

With the Blue Raiders leading 2-0, the St. Catharine was able to tie the game in the bottom of the fourth inning with three hits. Both runs for the Patriots came with two outs in the inning.

Lindsey Wilson regained the lead in the fifth inning as Munoz led off the inning with a walk. After back-to-back putouts, Munoz moved himself into scoring position with a stolen base. Jan Carlos Ortiz then reached on a walked and Nazario drove in his first run of the game with a single out to left field. Ortiz and Nazario moved up to second and third base, respectively, after the throw back into the infield.

Harper than delivered a single up the middle to score Ortiz from third base, which gave Lindsey Wilson a 4-2 lead.

St. Catharine answered with a run in the fifth inning to cut their deficit to one run heading into the sixth inning.

The Blue Raider offense was able to push another run across in the sixth inning after Woody started the inning with a walk. Salcedo laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Caleb Ratzman - who was the courtesy runner for Woody - into scoring position. Munoz kept the Lindsey Wilson rally alive with a single through the left side infield to score Ratzman. Back-to-back fly outs from the Blue Raiders ended the top of the sixth inning with Lindsey Wilson leading 5-3.

The Patriots grabbed their first lead of the game in the home half of the sixth inning after Carlos Cespedes hit a three-run home run over the wall in left field to put St. Catharine up, 6-5.

For the fifth-straight inning, Lindsey Wilson was able score at least one run. Ortiz led off the seventh inning with a triple to right-centerfield. With the infield playing in, Nazario was able to squeak a base hit through the middle of the infield to score Ortiz. The Blue Raiders were unable to tack on any more runs, as the game remained tied 6-6.

The St. Catharine offense remained hot at the plate as they scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Nico Lollio concluded the inning with a two-run home run out to right-centerfield to give the Patriots a 9-6 lead.

Lindsey Wilson was sat down in order in the eighth and ninth inning as they lost to St. Catharine, 9-6.

Tyler Russell started the game for the Blue Raiders pitching the first 5-1/3 innings allowing six runs - four earned - on 11 hits, while posting six strikeouts. James Doubet (3-4) picked up the loss after going 2/3 of an inning giving up three runs - one earned - on two hits.

Daniel Ferrell pitched the final two innings for Lindsey Wilson allowing just one hit and a walk.

Joseph Martin (4-1) earned the win for St. Catharine going 2-1/3 innings on the mound allowing two runs, just one earned, on four hits. Jake McCoy picked up his seventh save of the season as he pitched the final two innings for the Patriots without allowing a base runner and posting four strikeouts.

The Blue Raiders finish the regular season as the co-conference champions with Campbellsville (KY) and Lindsey Wilson enters the conference tournament as the No. 2 overall seed. Lindsey Wilson is slated to host Cumberlands (KY) in a best-of-three series at Egnew Park in the first round of the Mid-South Conference Championship. David Gerhart is a writer for Lindsey Wilson College Athletics


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