Sunday,
March 25,
2001
CATAWBA DROPS 14-10 DECISION TO PC
SALISBURY,
NC -- Catawba College
lost a slugfest with the visiting Presbyterian College Blue
Hose Sunday 10-14 in South Atlantic Conference baseball action
on Sunday afternoon at Newman Park. Presbyterian pounded
out 16 hits to the Indians 15. Catawba tried to rally,
scoring six runs in the last three innings, but it was not
enough. The Indians fall to 22-11 overall, 7-4 in the
SAC, while the Blue Hose move to 19-18 overall, 5-6.
The Indians opened the game scoring in the bottom half of the
first after a couple of infield singles by O.J. Lennon
(Greensboro, NC) and Curt Motsinger (Kernersville, NC).
But PC would post five runs in the third, and four in the
fifth and sixth innings, highlighted by Brian
Prahl's (Peachtree City, GA) grand slam in the fifth.
Catawba would bring eight batters to the plate in the bottom
of
the eighth, after RBI singles by Spence Southard
(Greensboro, NC) and Lennon, but could only score three runs.
Mark Dudley (Cayce, SC)
pitched five strong innings in relief to get the victory and Richard
Barkley (Sumter, SC) came into the game in the ninth
to record the final three outs.