Early errors doom Blazers in road matchup at Frontier

FAIRFIELD, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team looked to pick up their second road win over an NJCAA Division I opponent in as many days and held their own with the Bobcats of Frontier CC.

Vincennes had some issues in the field in the first inning, which allowed Frontier to score three runs in the first, which would be the difference as VU fell by the final score of 4-2.

The Trailblazers got on the board quickly Thursday night, with sophomore leadoff hitter Ethan Burdette (Linton, Ind.) leading off the game with a single.

Burdette would come around to score on a throwing error, giving Vincennes the early 1-0 lead.

Freshman starting pitcher Aaron Fenn (Fort Wayne, Ind.) got off to a great start, retiring the first two batters he faced, including a strikeout before getting the third batter to hit a ground ball.

This ground ball did not result in the third out of the inning however, as a throwing error extended the inning and the Bobcats jumped on this opportunity to score three runs in the inning and take a 3-1 lead.

The Trailblazers looked to battle back in the second and freshman Jack Robinson (Mooresville, Ind.) led off the inning with a single, stole second base and later reached third and scored on two separate wild pitches to cut the Bobcat lead to just a single run.

The scoring would come to a halt after this inning however, with the two teams trading shutout innings.

Frontier would get another run in the sixth to increase their lead to two and were able to hold on through the later innings to come away with the 4-2 victory over the Trailblazers.

Aaron Fenn got the start on the mound for the Blazers and threw four and two-third innings, allowing three runs on nine hits and striking out three.

Sophomore Eli Steimel (Sullivan, Ind.) was the first out of the pen, throwing an inning and a third, allowing one run on three hits.

Freshman Logan Medsker (Marshall, Ill.) picked the seventh inning without allowing a hit and striking out one.

Freshman Gavin Craggs (Taylorville, Ill.) entered in the eighth and allowed one hit while striking out two.

VU is set to host the Bobcats at Jerry Blemker Field in the second half of this home-and-home series with Frontier Friday, March 31 at 12 p.m. eastern.

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BOX SCORE

VU (15-16, 4-4) – 110   000   000 – 2

Frontier – 300   001   00x – 4

VINCENNES HITTING

R – Burdette, Robinson. SB – Evans, Burdette, Elliott, Robinson. HBP – Hinton, Evans, Robinson, Brown.