MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (April 17, 2007) --- The Milligan College baseball team was handed a 17-9 loss against NCAA Division II foe Carson-Newman (Tenn.) College Tuesday evening at Anglin Field. Milligan moves to 21-20 overall while Carson-Newman improves to 30-17.

After the Eagles of Carson-Newman scored three runs in top-half of the second inning, the Buffs answered with four runs of their own to take the lead.

Carson-Newman eventually tied the contest with a run in the fourth inning and later took the lead with another run in the fifth inning. The Eagles added two insurance runs in the sixth to make the score 7-4 in their favor.

Milligan regained control in the home-half of the sixth inning. Four straight singles pushed home four runs to give the Buffs an 8-7 lead.

Just as quickly as Milligan took the lead, Carson-Newman put ten runs on the scoreboard in the top of the seventh inning to take the lead for good in the see-saw battle.

The Buffs scored again in the bottom of the eighth inning, but could not overcome the deficit.

Toby Hoyle (Johnson City, Tenn.) suffered the loss for the Buffs. He pitched two full innings and allowed six runs, four earned runs, on five hits.

At the plate, Milligan was led by Danny Bacon (St. Petersburg, Fla.) with his 4-for-5 performance with a run scored. Ben Huff (Bristol, Tenn.) and Brandon Murphy (Johnson City, Tenn.) went 3-for-4 and 3-for-5 respectively for the Buffs

Carson-Newman’s Adam Kefauver was 4-for-6 while Mills Rogers went 3-for-6. Tyler Wynn scored four runs for the Eagles to go with a 2-for-5 game at the plate.

Milligan will travel to play NCAA Division III member Maryville (Tenn.) College Wednesday for a 6 p.m. contest. The Buffs won both games of their earlier doubleheader on March 28 at Anglin Field by the scores of 9-5 and 3-2.