WILMORE, Ky. – The University of Pikeville took two of three in a mid-week series at Asbury College. The Bears split a doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon and won the rubber game on Wednesday.
 
Pikeville will return home to play three games against Mid-South Conference foe St. Catharine College beginning Thursday at noon at Johnnie LeMaster Field.
 
Eagles 12, Bears 11: The series began with an extra-inning affair that saw Asbury score a single run in the bottom of the ninth to pull out the win.
 
Pikeville led 11-8 entering the bottom of the seventh when the host rallied for three to tie the game and send it to the eighth.
 
UPIKE pounded out nine hits in the loss, with two coming off the bat of Joe Morris, who doubled, scored twice and drove in one. Freshman Nate Goodwin homered, drove in three and score two for the Bears.
 
Senior Pat O'Brien doubled while Adam Overbay, Jason Rosen, Chris Noble, Andrew Hitchcock and Luke Wright all singled.
 
Senior Kyle Robertson got the start and threw three innings. Derek Jarvis followed, striking out two in three innings, while Cody Clark closed it out and got the decision.
 
Bears 7, Eagles 1: Pikeville posted three runs in the fifth and seventh innings to roll to the split of the doubleheader.
 
The Bears had eight hits in the win, with all but an O'Brien double going for one base. Senior Chris Morford had a pair of safeties and two RBIs while Rosen had two knocks and scored a run. Overbay was also good for two hits while Brad Andrews singled and scored.
 
Senior Jake Sokoll got the win by throwing six innings of five hit baseball. He fanned five. Senior Mike Rappazzo pitched a perfect seventh to close it.
 
Bears 6, Eagles 4: Noble broke a 1-1 tie with a three-run homer in the top of the third inning that put the Bears on top to stay and then threw the ninth to record a save and give the Bears the series.
 
The Tavernier, Fla., native was 2-for-3 at the plate and scored twice. He struck out two in the ninth.
 
The Bears won on a day they had only four hits. Overbay singled and scored a run while Morris singled and drove in a pair.
 
Seth Robertson threw the first six to get the win. He struck out four and allowed three runs, two of which were earned. Jimmy Joe Morgan allowed one hit in two innings of relief.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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