CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb University baseball program smashed five home runs in two games, but they dropped a doubleheader to Austin Peay State University by scores of 7-1 and 17-7, Friday afternoon from Joe Maynard Field at Raymond C. Hand Park. 

Final Score (Game 1): Austin Peay 7, Lipscomb 1
Final Score (Game 2): Austin Peay 17, Lipscomb 7
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee (Joe Maynard Field at Raymond C. Hand Park)
Records: Lipscomb (4-13, 0-2), Austin Peay (13-6, 2-0)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 1
In the bottom of the second, Austin Peay made it a 2-0 lead with a two-run home run. 

Lipscomb, after 11 in a row were retired at the plate, finally broke the streak with a Keaton Mahan home run, his first of the season, to cut the deficit in half, 2-1. 

APSU responded in the bottom half of the inning with two runs, including a leadoff home run.

The Governors put the game away with three more runs in the eighth to seal the opening game of the series. 

HOW IT HAPPENED, GAME 2
In the night cap, Brady Miller did not waste time after the break with a leadoff solo shot to left field for his first collegiate home run. 

Unfortunately, the Lipscomb defense was unable to hold the lead, as Austin Peay scored three runs with the help of two Bisons errors. 

However, Lipscomb came out swinging in the second inning. After Damion Kenealy Jr and Keaton Mahan reached base with one out, Kai Holm doubled to the gap for even the score at 3-3. 

On the very next pitch, Alejandro Ludeiro smashed a baseball over the high center field wall for his first long ball of his collegiate career to give the Bisons the 5-3 lead. 

Peay responded again in the bottom half of the frame after the first two runners reached base. With runners on first and second, John Bay flipped the lead back to the Govs for good with his three-run shot, 6-5, before Gus Freeman added another run with his long ball to make it 7-5 through two innings. 

Lipscomb added leadoff home runs by Kai Holm in the fourth and David Coppedge in the fifth, but a six-run seventh by Austin Peay ended the game via run-rule.

KEY STATISTICS
After going 0-for-5 in game one of the doubleheader, Brady Miller recorded his third multi-hit game of the season and his first three-hit performance with his 3-for-4 day at the plate in game two with a home run, 

Also going hitless in the opener, Kai Holm posted his first multi-RBI performance of the season with a three-RBI day on 2-for-3 in game two of the twin bill. 

Damion Kenealy Jr. added a 2-for-4 performance in the second game. 

Jake Poindexter tallied his third straight start with six or more strikeouts, going 6.2 innings with seven punchouts in game one. 

UP NEXT
Weather permitting, the series finale will take place on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. from Clarksville.