{"id":871,"date":"2024-02-10T20:32:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T01:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/?p=871"},"modified":"2024-02-10T20:32:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T01:32:13","slug":"vsu-drops-home-openers-to-lock-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/2024\/02\/10\/vsu-drops-home-openers-to-lock-haven\/","title":{"rendered":"VSU Drops Home Openers to Lock Haven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ETTRICK, Va.-<\/strong> After going 3-0 in Atlanta last weekend, Virginia State dropped decisions of 8-1 and 8-2 in a double header against Lock Haven on Saturday in the Trojan&#8217;s home openers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GAME 1 LOCK HAVEN 8 VIRGINIA STATE 1<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After both teams managed to get players in scoring position in the first innings but neither could cash in the oppurtunity.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Bald Eagles started the second inning with a seeing eye single up the middle and then back-to-back errors by the Trojans in the field to juice the bases.&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/joseph-hastings\/5144\">Joseph Hastings<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;came back and struck out the next batter before walking the next to make the score 1-0, then&nbsp;a double to left center plated all three Eagles on the basepath to make the score 4-0&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the bottom half of the inning Dawyson Hock singled to center and&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tj-mcgowan\/5166\">TJ McGowan<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;walked.&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jody-morris\/5152\">Jody Morris<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;then laid down a sac bunt to make it Trojans on thrd and second with just one out. The next two VSU batters grounded out the third and short to end the inning&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To lead off the third Lock Haven singled and stole second base to get a player in scoring position with no one out. After a Hastings strikeout a single to left would plater another making it 5-0&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the bottom half of the inning&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/thomas-moore\/5167\">Thomas Moore<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;hit a one out double to left then&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/christian-henderson\/5146\">Christian Henderson<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;would score him on a two out single through the right side to get VSU on the board&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lock Haven would score runs in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings while holding the Trojans to limited opportunities with runners in scoring position&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hastings moved to 0-1 on the year but ended his day with five innings pitched and six strikeouts&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GAME 2 LOCK HAVEN 8 VIRGINIA STATE 2&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LHU only needed three batters before they scored a run off a one out double to center field. The next batters were hit by the pitch and hit a single to load the bases. A walk and a sac fly would plate the next two run making the score 3-0 in the first inning&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Bald Eagles would hit another sac fly in the top of the second inning making it 4-0, before finally going down in order in the third and fourth innings for the first time all day&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top of the fifth LHU would single to left, followed by a single to right but the batter was out a second that allowed the runner to who was on first to advance to third though. Two batters later a single through the right side would score him making it 5-0&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the bottom half of the inning Jaylin Lovett walked and stole second with one out.&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/victor-johnson\/5156\">Victor Johnson<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;then hit a single to set up runners on the corners. Lovett and Johnson then performed a double steal to get VSU on the board.&nbsp;<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/govsutrojans.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/thomas-moore\/5167\">Thomas Moore<\/a><\/dfn>&nbsp;then singled past the short stop to plater another making it 5-2&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top of the sixth the Bald Eagles would plate their final three runs with a single down the left field line, a stolen base and a double down the left field line&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The team is now 3-2 on the season and returns tomorrow to take on Lock Haven for another double header starting at 12 pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Story courtesy <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/govsutrojans.com\" target=\"_blank\">govsutrojans.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ETTRICK, Va.- After going 3-0 in Atlanta last weekend, Virginia State dropped decisions of 8-1 and 8-2 in a double header against Lock Haven on Saturday in the Trojan&#8217;s home openers. 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