Leesburg, Fla.  – It was a pitcher's day in sunny Florida, as the Trinity College Bantams and Springfield College Pride split a baseball doubleheader, 3/1-0/3, this afternoon at Pat Thomas Stadium.  Trinity moves to 2-1 , while Springfield starts their year with a 1-1 record. 

In the opening game, Trinity loaded the bases and plated two runs in their first at bat.  In the bottom of the inning, Springfield started their season with back-to-back doubles, to put two runners in scoring position with no outs.  Trinity starter, Peter Burrows, came up with three clutch outs to strand the runners, which set the tone for the game.  In the third inning, Springfield loaded the bases with one out.  But Burrows escaped again by picking up two key outs, highlighted by an athletic defensive play by Bryan Wolfe at first base to end the inning. 

Trinity took advantage of two Springfield miscues in the top of the sixth, grabbing a 3-0 lead.  In the bottom of the inning, Springfield's CJ Monroe picked up a two-out single, before pinch runner Ryan Gower swiped second base.  But Burrows picked up another clutch strikeout to end the threat, capping a strong start on the hill for the Bantams.  Patrick Carbone relieved Burrows in the seventh, recording a scoreless frame to earn the save and finish off the complete game shutout for the Bantams.  Springfield stranded a runner in scoring position in the final inning, and seven in the game.

Burrows went six innings, struck out eight and walked none while allowing just four hits in the game. Bryan Wolfe and Mackenze Genauer each recorded two hits and a stolen base to lead the Bantams offensively.  After a shaky first inning for Springfield starter Oliver Collette, the junior settled down, finishing with five strikeouts to one walk in 5.2 innings, allowing three earned runs in the game.  Starr picked up two hits in the leadoff spot for Springfield, while Adam Zandri picked up a pinch hit single in his first collegiate at-bat for the Pride.

Game Two was another pitcher's dual, won by Springfield starter Travis Lane, who pitched a complete-game one-hitter, allowing just one unearned run in seven innings of work. 

In the first, Springfield loaded the bases with one out to start things off.  The Pride picked up a run on a dribbler to the mound, before Trinity starter Ryan Carr notched a strikeout to end the early threat.  The Bantams responded in the bottom of the inning, as Daniel Pigeon singled through the right side with Springfield's second baseman pulled out of position on a perfectly executed hit and run, setting up a first and third situation.  Wolfe knocked a run in to even the score at 1-1, before a strikeout and caught stealing ended the inning.

Carr and Lane cruised through the ensuing innings, backed by strong defensive play on both sides.   But Springfield finally got to Carr in the sixth, while Lane continued to keep the Bantam bats off balance.

In the sixth, Springfield snagged a 2-1 lead when Corey Wilcox led off the inning with a single, and came around to score on an opposite field double by Sean Smith.  In the following at-bat, CJ Monroe hit a double to the gap to score Smith, before advancing to third on an error.  Smith was thrown out at the plate on the following play, before a pop out ended the inning with Springfield on top, 3-1.  In the bottom of the frame, Lane allowed a base runner before inducing a tailor made double play to end the inning.  Lane was as strong in the seventh as he'd been all game, putting Trinity down in order to secure the one-hitter for the Pride.