WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (April 8, 2018) â€" The Milligan College baseball team took to the road Sunday for a nonconference doubleheader at University of the Cumberlands. After dropping the first game 4-1, the Buffs looked to split the twin bill with a late lead in game two but ultimately fell 7-6.
 
AT THE PLATE
Seven Buffs recorded a hit in the first game but Cumberlands jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning and a 3-0 lead by the end of the third inning. The Patriots then made it 4-0 in the fifth before Milligan scored its first and only run in the sixth. Thomas Miller had the RBI in a pinch hit at-bat, scoring Chris Patterson who had walked and stole second.
 
In game two, Camron Harper led the Buffs with a two-hit effort as the Buffs went out 6-2 after a big fifth inning. Bailey Russell had one of the biggest hits of the game in that inning as he tripled to right-center field to score Jascanel Ferreras and Isaac Barkley.
 
Cumberlands responded in the bottom of the seventh, however, with five runs and a walk-off double to seal the victory.
 
ON THE HILL
Mike Perez made the start in game one and went the first three and two-thirds innings. He gave up five hits, three earned runs and three walks while striking out one. Chandler Daniels made the start in game two and went the first six innings, allowing seven hits, two earned runs and three walks while striking out four.
 
UP NEXT
Milligan has canceled its midweek road doubleheader at Kentucky Christian University and will return to action at Appalachian Athletic Conference foe Point University on Friday-Saturday, April 13-14. The next home game for the Buffs is scheduled for Friday, April 27.