Campbellsville, Kentucky

Ranked #8 in the nation, the Campbellsville Tigers Baseball team got back at it this weekend with a three game conference series against visiting West Virginia Tech.  All series long, the Tigers bats came alive and led to a dominating three game sweep over Tech.  The Tigers won game one of the series 14-0, the second game 7-1, and the final game 10-4.  In the series, Chris Curley blasted his 30th career homerun to become the all time homerun leader in Campbellsville history.

In game one of the series, Ian Pick took the hill and moved to 5-0 in a complete game shutout effort.  Pick allowed just two hits in the contest.  He struck out five and did not walk a batter.  The Tigers only needed four innings of offense before the game was called after five innings of play due to the ten run rule.  Offensively, Chris Curley led the charge with a 3 for 3 day where he homered, doubled, and tripled.  Zach Townsend was also a perfect 3 for 3 and Logan Smith hit his fourth homer of the season.

On Saturday, the Tigers finished the three game series in a double header.  Game one had a similar feel to Friday's game as Senior left hander Marc Wilson moved to 5-0 with a complete game victory.  In seven innings pitched, Wilson Scattered five hits, allowing just one run, and striking out seven.  Wilson walked zero Golden Bear hitters as he used just 69 pitches in the complete game effort.  Offensively, Jimmy Voelker cranked his sixth homer of the season and Brian Chase hit his tenth.  Zach Townsend led the way with his second straight 3 for 3 performance and Townsend also had 3 RBIs.

In the series finale, it was once again the Tiger bats that helped complete the series sweep.  Starting pitcher Eric Mattos got all the help he would need, moving to 3-0 on the season.  Mattos tossed four innings, giving up just one hit and one run.  Mattos struck out five on the day, walking just one.  Curtis Payne picked up his first save of the season in a long relief appearance.  The Tigers used four homeruns to pick up their ten runs.  Brian Chase and Chris Curley each homered for the second time in the series.  The big story however, was when junior shortstop Nick Bertolucci hit his first collegiate homerun in the third inning down the right field line.  Bertolucci was not done though, because he would do the same thing in his next at bat, becoming the sixth Tiger of the season to put together a multi homer game.

The series sweep moves the #8 Tigers into a large lead in the MSC as they are now 13-1 in conference and 27-6 overall.  They will look to take this momentum into their next game which will be a conference makeup game at Lindsey Wilson College.  Game time will be this Monday night at Lindsey.  First pitch is slated for 6:00 P.M.

  Chris Curley; 4 for 8, 2 HR (13).  Set all time school record in HR.

  Ian Pick; moved to 5-0 on the season with his fourth CG shutout of the season.

  Brian Chase; 6 for 8, 2 HR (10)