Christian Pinson

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• May 05, 2024

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The 2024 Vincennes University Spring regular season came to a close Sunday evening as the Blazers headed up to Champaign for the final two games of their four-game split Mid-West Athletic Conference series with Parkland College. The Trailblazers held early leads in both games Sunday but came out on the wrong end of a 9-3 final score in game one and a 10-6 final score in 11 innings in game two. The day got off to a pretty good start for the Trailblazers, with sophomore Carter Whitehead (Huntingburg, Ind.) leading off the game with a single and later scoring the first run of game one on an RBI single by sophomore Trevor Newman (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

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• May 04, 2024

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out the home portion of their regular season at Jerry Blemker Field Saturday afternoon, dropping the first two games of their Mid-West Athletic Conference series to Parkland College 6-0 and 4-0. Parkland broke open the scoring on the day in game one with a run in the second inning. Vincennes managed to get a lead-off single by sophomore Carter Whitehead (Huntingburg, Ind.) in the first and a one-out single by sophomore Trevor Newman (Fort Wayne, Ind.) in the second but were unable to move those runners into scoring position.

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• April 28, 2024

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out their Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) weekend series with John Wood Community College Sunday afternoon at Jerry Blemker Field and while playing behind for most of the day, were able to battle back late in both games. Unfortunately for the host Trailblazers, the late comebacks were not enough as John Wood took game one of the day 13-12 before closing out the series in game two 8-7. Vincennes had an uphill battle from the beginning Sunday afternoon, with John Wood opening game one of the day with a run in the first, four runs in the second and a run in the third to take an early 6-0 lead.

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• April 27, 2024

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team returned home to begin their Mid-West Athletic Conference weekend series with John Wood Community College Saturday afternoon. The Trailblazers came up on the wrong side of an 8-0 score in game one before dropping game two of the day 14-4 to John Wood. Vincennes had to play from behind early in game one, with John Wood breaking onto the scoreboard with a run in the second and two runs in the third to take an early 3-0 lead.

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• April 25, 2024

ROBINSON, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team got off to an excellent start Thursday evening at Lincoln Trail College, holding a 5-1 lead after four innings. But the Trailblazers were unable to keep the Statesmen down as Lincoln Trail scored two in the seventh and two in the eighth to complete a late comeback and take the game 6-5 over Vincennes. VU wasted little time getting started Thursday at Lincoln Trail, with the second batter of the game, sophomore Jack Robinson (Mooresville, Ind.) hitting a single, followed by a big two-run home run by sophomore Blake Heyerly (Monroe, Ind.), his third home run of the season and third career home run.

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• April 21, 2024

CANTON, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out their weekend Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series at Spoon River College Sunday afternoon. The VU offense produced plenty of runs, but unfortunately came out on the wrong end of an 11-9 final in game one and an 18-8 final in game two. The day got off to a rough start for the Blue and Gold as Spoon River opened the scoring in the first inning with four runs.

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• April 13, 2024

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team fell victim to a pair of big innings Saturday evening in the first two of their four-game weekend Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series with No. 15-ranked Lincoln Land. The Blazers dropped the first two games of the series 10-4 and 10-0 at Jerry Blemker Field. VU got off to an excellent start to the day, with freshman Bradyn Douglas (Frankton, Ind.) leading off the first inning with a single, then moving around the bases on a bunt single and a throwing error and later scoring on a bases loaded walk by freshman Nate Montgomery (Lexington, Ind.) to give the Blazers and early 1-0 lead.

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• April 09, 2024

NORMAL, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out their Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series Tuesday afternoon against the defending National Champion Heartland Community College in Normal, Ill. The Blazers unfortunately came up short in the final two games of this four-game series, falling 7-0 and 12-4 in Tuesday’s doubleheader. Vincennes fell behind early in game one of the day to the highly rated Hawks, surrendering a run in each of the first three innings to trail 3-0.

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• March 24, 2024

DANVILLE, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team hit the road Sunday afternoon for the final two games of this weekend’s four-game Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series with Danville Community College. The series shifted to Danville, Ill. after the first two games were played yesterday at Jerry Blemker Field. VU got off to a tough start to the day, falling in game one 10-2 before closing out the weekend strong and taking game two of the day 16-7.

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• March 17, 2024

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball closed out the weekend Sunday afternoon at Jerry Blemker Field with the final two games of their four game Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) series with the Cougars of Illinois Central College. The Trailblazers unfortunately came up on the wrong end of a 7-0 game one and an 11-5 final in game two Sunday. VU did not get off to a great start at Jerry Blemker Field, with the Cougars quickly taking control of game one with a pair of runs in the first and second innings to take an early 4-0 lead.

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• March 10, 2024

GODFREY, Ill. – The Vincennes University baseball team closed out the opening weekend of Mid-West Athletic Conference play Sunday afternoon in style, falling in game one 5-3 before taking game two at Lewis & Clark Community College 12-1 thanks to a big eight-run second inning. Vincennes got off to a bit of a rocky start Sunday afternoon in game one of the day, with Lewis & Clark getting on the scoreboard first with a run in the first inning. VU would answer back however in the second inning after freshman Corbin Napier (Indianapolis, Ind.) reached on a hit by pitch and moved up to second on a wild pitch, sophomore Jace Parnin (Fort Wayne, Ind.) drove him in on an RBI double to even the score at 1-1.

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• March 09, 2024

GODFREY, Ill. – The wind was blowing out for most of Saturday afternoon as the Vincennes University baseball team opened Mid-West Athletic Conference play at Lewis & Clark Community College and the Trailblazer bats took full advantage, clubbing four home runs and scoring 25 runs over two games. VU got the afternoon started with a big late comeback win in game one over L&C 17-9 before closing out the day by winning game two 8-5. The Vincennes bats got off to a slow start Saturday, with Lewis & Clark jumping on the scoreboard first with a run in the second.

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• March 06, 2024

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team headed back to Jerry Blemker Field Wednesday afternoon for their final game before the start of the Mid-West Athletic Conference schedule this weekend against Lake Land College from Mattoon Ill. The Blazers got off to a great start, opening the scoring in the first after sophomore Jack Robinson (Mooresville, Ind.) reached base on a dropped third strike. Redshirt freshman (Louisville, Ill.) Holden Clifton would follow that with a single before freshman Nate Montgomery (Lexington, Ind.) grounded into a fielder’s choice and sophomore Brandon Juarez (Evansville, Ind.) drove in Robinson with an RBI single to give VU an early 1-0 lead.

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• March 03, 2024

VINCENNES, Ind. – Vincennes University Head Baseball Coach arrived at Jerry Blemker Field Saturday morning two wins shy of 400 career wins as Trailblazers Head Coach and his team gave him exactly two wins on the day. The Trailblazers picked up the doubleheader sweep thanks to some sixth inning comebacks to win 5-3 over Lincoln Trail College and 17-14 over Glen Oaks Community College. VU began their day against NJCAA Division I opponent Lincoln Trail College.

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• March 01, 2024

VINCENNES, Ind. – Vincennes University sophomore starting pitcher Logan Medsker (Marshall, Ill.) wasted little time breaking his new career-high in strikeouts from last weekend, coming out Friday night against the No. 12-ranked Kellogg Community College Bruins and setting a new career-high with 11 strikeouts on the game. Medsker’s excellent pitching performance helped guide the Trailblazers to a 2-1 upset victory over the Bruins to kick off another busy weekend of Junior College baseball at Jerry Blemker Field. The game began as another pitcher’s duel for the Trailblazers, with both offenses held scoreless through the first three innings.

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• February 27, 2024

OAKLAND CITY, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team got back in the win column Tuesday night when the Blazers traveled to Oakland City University to take on the Mighty Oaks JV squad. The Trailblazers picked up some big hitting, including solo home runs by sophomores Brandon Juarez (Evansville, Ind.) and Jack Robinson (Mooresville, Ind.) as the Blazers came away with the 7-2 victory. Vincennes broke open the scoring in a big way in the second inning, with Brandon Juarez leading off the inning with a solo home run, the first of his VU career, to put the Blazers on top 1-0.

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• February 25, 2024

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University baseball team hit the diamond for another busy day of baseball Saturday at Jerry Blemker Field. The Trailblazers kicked off their split doubleheader day by falling to Olney Central College 8-1 before bouncing back to close out the day with a big 12-2 win over NJCAA Division III No. 7-ranked Joliet Junior College. VU’s offense came alive with a big six run inning against Joliet, which helped propel the Blazers to a run-rule, walk-off victory.

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• February 15, 2024

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team opened Jerry Blemker Field for the first time during this Spring 2024 season Thursday afternoon for a single nine-inning contest against Frontier Community College from Fairfield, Ill. The Trailblazers looked to be rolling early before a big six run fifth inning by the Bobcats completely shifted momentum. VU fought hard throughout but were unable to regain the lead as Frontier came away with the 8-7 victory.