Campbellsville, Kentucky

After the second NAIA national polls were released, the Tigers saw themselves with the second highest ranking in the history of their program.  Ranked #12 in the nation, the Tigers did exactly what they should have done.  They hosted Pikeville College in a four game set at home and pounced on the Bears in dominant fashion, winning all four games and allowing just two runs all weekend.  The Tigers now sit at 21-3 overall, and they are all alone in first place in the MSC with a 9-0 record.

The first day of action featured two blowout games where each game was called in the fifth inning thanks to the ten run rule.  The Tigers took the first game of the series by a final of 15-1.  Ian Pick started for the Tigers, moving to 4-0, as he allowed no earned runs in the outing.  Pick had all the help he would need as Chris Curley and Brian Chase blasted homeruns in the game.

Game two was hauntingly similar as the Tigers upended Pikeville, this time the final was 10-0.  Marc Wilson moved to 3-0 with the win, tossing his first shutout of the year.  Brian Chase homered for the second straight game and Jimmy Voelker hit his fifth homer in the game.

On the second day of the double header weekend, the Tigers completed the four game sweep.  Freshman Jake Kutsukos took the mound for the Tigers in game one and pitched well enough for the Tigers to keep it close.  Tied 0-0 in the fifth, the Tigers pulled away as Chris Curley hit a grand slam in the six run inning.  It was Curley's tenth homer of the year.  Bryan Fuller picked up the win in relief, and he moved to 3-0 on the year.

In the final game of the series, Eric Mattos took the hill and followed suit with all of the other Tiger starters.  Mattos had perhaps the most dominant outing of the weekend, tossing six innings, and allowing no runs on two hits.  Mattos moved to 2-0 with the win.

Baseball now sits with a 21-3 record and they will use mid week tuneups against Union University tomorrow and they will host Indiana University Southeast on Wednesday.  First pitch tomorrow at Tiger Stadium is scheduled for 2:30 P.M.