MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (April 24, 2007) --- On Tuesday evening, the Milligan College Buffaloes’ baseball team suffered an 8-6 loss at the hands of the King (Tenn.) College Tornado at Anglin Field. Despite scoring six runs over the first three innings, King battled back for the non-conference victory. After the results, Milligan moves to 23-22 while King is now 28-24.

A four-run first inning, all scored with two outs, gave Milligan the early advantage. A RBI single from Brandon Murphy (Johnson City, Tenn.) allowed the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Player of the Week Baker DeCamp (Miami, Fla.) to score the first run of the game. Senior Ben Huff (Bristol, Tenn.) followed with a walk and Jonathan Ridenour (Alcoa, Tenn.) singled. Murphy’s courtesy runner Drew Anders (Johnson City, Tenn.) came around for the second run on Ridenour’s single. Ricky Morgan (Johnson City, Tenn.) then singled which allowed Huff and Ridenour to come home to make the score 4-0 after one inning.

Garrett Reed (Gray, Tenn.) then scored in the second inning when he tripled to right field and an error in the King outfield allowed him to come all the way home. The last run for the Buffs scored in the third inning when Huff crossed home to give Milligan a 6-0 lead after three innings.

King cut the deficit in half with three runs in the fifth inning; however the Tornado used a five run outburst to take the lead in the top half of the eighth inning.

Nathan Fritz (Kingsport, Tenn.) suffered the loss in a relief appearance out of the Buffs’ bullpen. Fritz (7-4) threw 1 2/3 innings and allowed two runs, one earned run, on three hits. He also added a strikeout.

Danny Bacon (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Morgan and Reed each finished the game 2-for-4 while Justin Sauceman (Alcoa, Tenn.) and Ridenour both added 2-for-5 performances from the plate for the Buffs.

Milligan will travel to face AAC foe Union (Ky.) College on Saturday afternoon. The Buffs are currently in second place in the conference standings, one game ahead of Union, UVA-Wise, King and Montreat (N.C.) College going into the final conference weekend. The doubleheader between Milligan and Union is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.