JACKSONVILLE, FL – Playing in only their second collegiate series, the CIU Rams baseball team looked like a veteran team Friday night as they thrashed Trinity Baptist College, 7-1. The Rams were led by an exceptional night from Justin Parish on the mound as the sophomore picked up his second win of the season. The contest was the first of the year for Trinity Baptist, who is a fellow NCCAA member. CIU entered the competition after notching its first win in program history during a series with #16 Weber International University last weekend.

Play by Play Highlights

• (1st Inning) In a precursor of things to come Justin Parish (RHP) struck out the Eagles first three batters of the game.
• (3rd Inning) Joshua Hernandez (C) hit a bomb over the left-field fence to record the first solo home run in CIU baseball history.
• (3rd Inning) Parish record back to back strikeouts to end the inning for the Rams.
• (4th Inning) Jake Lewis (LF) doubled to left field to bring Alex Miller (1B) from second base all the way home.
• (5th Inning ) Freshman Carter Willis (RF) would get on base off a bunt and then score for the Rams off an Eagles error.
• (6th Inning) CIU scored four runs in the 6th inning two coming from Gaven Causey and Kody Trujillo (2B), both who scored off wild pitches. The next two came from after Hernandez would single sending Hunter Coleman (SS) in while Carter Willis would take advantage of an Eagles' error to score the Rams final run.
• (6th Inning) Parish would strikeout three of four batters to continue a stellar day.
• (8th Inning) Levi Parker (LHP) would come in for Parish picking up where his teammate left off, closing the game out for CIU while leaving the Eagles batters searching for answers.

Box Score Highlights:

• Joshua Hernandez posted four RBI's in four at-bats while scoring a run off a solo homer.
• Alex Miller scored a run, recorded a hit while being walked twice in three at-bats.
• Freshman Carter Willis scored two runs for the Rams while picking up a hit.
• Jake Lewis recorded an RBI on his only hit of the evening.

Pitching:

• Justin Parish was dominant all evening recording 13 strikeouts while only allowing one run and three hits in seven innings.
• Levi Parker finished the game for CIU, allowing only two hits while contributing three strikeouts of his own.

What Coach Johnathan Johnson is saying about Justin Parish:

"Parish was lights out tonight. Coaching becomes easy when you have a guy who can throw the way Justin did today."

Up Next:

CIU will continue their series with Trinity Baptist tomorrow with a doubleheader starting at 12:30 PM. There will be no live video for tomorrow's games.