LAKE MYRTLE, Fla. – The Golden Eagles continued their great start in the Russ Matt Central Florida Invitational defeating Grace College of Indiana 4-2 and 14-3 in a double-header Monday afternoon. Cornerstone is now 9-6 on the year as they get set to continue action with another double-header against Trinity Christian College tomorrow starting at 2:45 p.m.
Game 1 – The Golden Eagles and Lancers moved quickly through game one as only one run scored in the first three innings on a bases loaded wild pitch that scored Cameron Maxwell to give Grace a 1-0 lead. Cornerstone would then ruin a perfect game for Grace starter David Anderson in the bottom of the fourth on a double by
Brady Eeles that would come around to score on another double by
Trevor Bastien.
Grace would then regain the lead at 2-1 in the top of the fifth scoring on an RBI single by Xavier Harris. Cornerstone would then rally back to score three in the bottom of the sixth, highlighted by a two RBI double by
Jarod Burton giving the Golden Eagles their first lead of the day. Starter
Kyle Herrick would then complete his stellar outing with a 1-2-3 top of the seventh to earn a 4-2 win.
Game 2 – Cornerstone got off to a quick start in game two, scoring a pair of runs on a
Joe Corsten two RBI single in the top of the first to get out to a 2-0 lead. The Golden Eagles quickly added four more runs in the top of the second as
Brady Eeles,
Jon Stewart,
Trevor Bastien, and
Jarod Burton all came around to score to give CU the 6-0 lead.
Zach Brog would continue to roll not allowing a hit until the third inning, finishing his day with 4.0 innings pitched allowing two earned runs while also allowing just two hits. The CU offense would continue to roll scoring six combined runs between the fourth and fifth innings to take a 12-0 lead. Grace would find some offense scoring three of their own in the bottom of the fifth, but it would not be enough as CU would walk away with a __-__ win.
Starters Lines
Kyle Herrick – 7.0IP, 2R (2ER), 4H, 9K, 2BB
Zach Brog – 4.0IP, 3R (2ER), 2H, 3K, 3BB
Offensive Numbers
2 –
Trevor Bastien was the only player with two hits for CU in game one.
8 – Eight Cornerstone players recorded 2+ hits in game two.
4 –
Jarod Burton had four RBI on the day, including the two RBI that gave CU the lead in game one.
24 – CU had 24 total hits on the day.
Say What….?
"I was throwing strikes today and I had a good defense behind me. That with some clutch hitting helped us get a couple wins today.
" –
Kyle Herrick – Game One Starter
What's Next
CU will continue action with another double-header vs. Trinity Christian tomorrow starting at 2:45 p.m. in Lake Myrtle, Florida.
