WBU Takes Walk-off Win in Doubleheader Split With Trinity Christian

PARAGOULD, Ark. (2/14/25) – The Williams Baptist University baseball team split a doubleheader with Trinity Christian by the final scores of 2-0 and 4-3 at Bruce Hunt Field on the campus of Greene County Tech High School on Friday afternoon.

In game two, Jacob Watkins hit a chopped ground ball to second and beat out the throw at first for a walk-off infield hit with two outs that drove in Tyrell Burnett in an eight inning walk-off win for WBU.

Parker Jeffries got the start, throwing six innings with only two earned runs and 12 strikeouts.  Skylar Morrison got the win after throwing a scoreless top of the eighth inning.

Gavin Mink got WBU on the board with an RBI single in the second inning.  Nicholas Jones added on with a solo homer in the third, and added the third Eagle run with a single in the fourth.  

Trinity fought back with three runs in the top of the seventh to tie the game.  Morrison pitched a scoreless eighth to keep the game in reach for WBU, and Watkins walked it off on an infield hit with two outs.

Despite seven hits, the Eagles failed to push across any runs in game one and fell 2-0.  

Nash Koczka threw six innings with no earned runs and 11 strikeouts on the mound.  Watkins and Connor Brinkley led the way at the plate with two hits each.

Williams combined to strand nine runners on base and was shutout to end the team's winning streak at six.

The split moves WBU to 7-1 overall on the season.  Next, the Eagles begin conference play with a four-game set against William Woods on Feb. 21-22.  First pitch of game one on Friday, Feb. 21 is set for 12 p.m., with game two set to begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one.