Claremont, Calif. – The Centenary baseball team fell 9-4 to the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags on Monday afternoon in a non-conference contest at Arce Field.
The Diamond Gents (6-7) were coming off of a 9-7 loss against the University of La Verne Leopards on Sunday and were facing the Stags for the second time in three days after a 12-5 setback on Saturday. Centenary has four games remaining on its seven-game game west coast road trip. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps improved to 7-2 this season with Monday's win.
Centenary recorded 10 hits as the Maroon and White have now collected 10 or more hits in a game an impressive eight times in 13 games this season. Three Diamond Gents posted multi-hit performances, as senior 2B Tyler Erickson (Houston, Texas) and senior DH/LF Tyler Welch (Lake Charles, La.) combined to go 6-9 with a double, three runs scored, and a walk.
Senior 1B Preston Ludwick (Pflugerville, Texas) finished 2-4 with an RBI and walked once. Senior Ben Bridges (Beckville, Texas) was 1-4 with two RBI and a walk, and senior SS Brady Robinson (Jacksonville, Texas) was 1-5 with an RBI.
The Stags also had 10 hits as LF Brandon Rho, CF/3B Jack Potter, and RF Carson Bridges combined to go 5-10 with four RBI and three runs scored. Bridges hit a three-run home run in the sixth and six different Stags drove in at least one run. Centenary drew four walks, struck out eight times and left 12 on base. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps batters walked twice, struck out eight times, and left six on. Centenary committed two errors and the Stags committed one.
The Stags took a 2-0 lead after an inning and added one in the second. An RBI groundout by Bridges got Centenary on the board in the top of the third but the big blow by Carson Bridges in the sixth made it 6-1 Stags. Ludwick, Ben Bridges, and Robinson delivered RBI hits in the top of the seventh to cut the deficit to 6-4, but Claremont-Mudd-Scripps responded immediately with three runs of its own in the bottom half to extend the lead to the final margin of 9-4.
Junior RHP Parker Primeaux (Lake Charles, La.) made his second-career start for the Diamond Gents and took the loss to fall to 2-2 on the season. Primeaux allowed seven runs, six earned, and seven hits in six innings as he threw 92 pitches, 64 for strikes. He faced 29 batters and struck out eight, did not walk a batter, but hit four. Freshman RHP Trevor Henry (Bossier City, La.) made his second appearance of the season, coming in for Primeaux and pitched to one batter, allowing a single, and was replaced by senior Conner Poche (Lutcher, La.). Poche went an inning and allowed one unearned run on two hits as he faced five batters. Bridges finished the game on the mound for Centenary and walked two in his inning of work but did not allow any runs or hits.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps starter PJ Wendler got the win as he went six innings and allowed one earned run and five hits with a pair of walks and one strikeout. He threw 86 pitches (47 strikes) and hit one batter. Four pitchers followed him and combined to pitch the final three innings and allowed three runs, all earned, and five hits with two walks and seven K's.
Below is Centenary's remaining schedule for its California trip:
Wednesday, March 2: vs. La Verne - 2:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. CT)
Saturday, March 5: vs. Occidental (DH) - 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. (1 & 4:30 p.m. CT)
Sunday, March 6: vs. Occidental - 10 a.m. (NOON CT)
See the complete Diamond Gents' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/bsb/2021-22/schedule
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