Lee University, ranked No. 2 in the NAIA preseason baseball poll, is 15-5 after beating Trevecca Nazarene 9-1 but then losing 2-0 at the Nashville school Tuesday.
Lee’s Flames scored seven runs in the sixth inning of the first game but totaled only two hits, pinch-hit singles by Preston Scoggins and Seth Walker, off three Trevecca pitchers in game two. Walker had a three-run home run in the first game for Lee, when Michael Brown and Justin Marrero each was 3-for-4 with a double. Brown and Travis Anderson scored two runs apiece, and Curtis Camilli pitched a three-hitter.
Matt Tidwell had one of the hits for Trevecca (11-6) in the first game and was 3-for-3 in game two.
Tennessee Temple’s game at Tennessee Wesleyan was postponed until today because of the field condition after Monday’s storm. Bryan dropped to 11-5 with a 6-3 loss to Berry.
n Covenant 11, Oglethorpe 7: At Covenant, Luke Furuto had a two-out grand slam and another RBI and scored twice, Taylor Oldham hit a three-run homer and scored three runs and Jared Carlson had a two-out, full-count, two-run double for the Scots (7-1). Winning pitcher Wes McDowell allowed two runs in five innings.