Campbellsville, Kentucky

After starting the 2009 season with a bang, the Campbellsville University Tigers Baseball team managed a split today against visiting Asbury College.  It would an understatement to say game one resembled a bad dream as the Tigers fell 12-0, but they did rebound and salvage the split as they won the second game by a final of 3-2.

In the first game of the double header, Asbury had a massive second inning and it was more than enough.  A combination of a grandslam, three walks, and a hits batsmen led to a seven run inning for the Eagles.  The seven runs were plenty and Asbury added five more throughout the game and followed by shutting out the bats.  No Tiger offensive player had multiple hits.

After facing defeat, Campbellsville went on to prevail in game two.  This one was a pitcher's duel though, as freshman Jake Kutsukos (Jupiter, Florida) made the first start of his college career.  Kutsukos was brilliant in 5.1 innings of work, allowing just one hit and two runs.

Down 2-1 in the sixth inning, Tyler Derby (San Jose, California) led off the inning with a walk.  With Derby on first, the table was set for Chris Curley (Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky).  With a 1-1 count, Curley laced his third homerun of the year to left, to give the Tigers the lead. 

Junior Ian Pick (Santa Clara, California) came on to close the game down allowing no hits and striking out one to lock his first save of the year.

Campbellsville now sits with an overall record of 4-2 and they will host three teams in their annual Cancer Classic Tournament this upcoming weekend.  Head Coach Beauford Sanders is currently sitting at 799 wins and will go for win number 800 this weekend.