Friday,
March
16, 2001
BLUE
HOSE BASEBALL WINS
A WILD ONE AGAINST KENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE 12-11
PC’s Grimm was a perfect five-for-five including the
game-winning RBI
CLINTON, SC -- The
Presbyterian College baseball team pulled out a wild win verse
the Panthers of Kentucky Wesleyan College 12-11.
Sophomore shortstop Brian
Grimm (Spartanburg, SC) led the Blue Hose with five
hits on the day including the game-winning RBI on a single
past the first baseman to score two Blue Hose base runners in
the bottom of the eight inning to give PC the led for good.
Kentucky
Wesleyan came out ready to play after scoring five runs in the
first two inning and knocking Presbyterian College starting
pitcher Bryan Betsill (Enoree, SC)
on their way to a 5-2 lead.
PC
answered back in the fourth inning as they put together a four
run inning highlighted by sophomore catcher Dusty
New’s (Abbeville, SC) RBI single to give the Blue
Hose a 6-5 lead.
The
Panther went back on top in the seventh inning as Thomas
Melton’s (Graham, KY) single RBI tied the game and Adam Hancock’s (Owensboro, KY) double gave Kentucky Wesleyan a 7-6
lead. But the
Blue Hose would answer back in the bottom of the inning to tie
the game at 7-7 on first baseman Davis
Rice’s (Clinton, SC) single up the middle to score
freshman right fielder Kevin
White (Spartanburg, SC) that hit of the Panther
starting pitcher Rick
Wood (Cincinnati, OH) and knocked him out of the game.
The
eighth inning saw Kentucky Wesleyan get four runs to go up
11-7, but the Blue Hose answered right back with five runs of
their own highlighted by five singles and one costly error by
the Panther second baseman on Rice’s routine pop fly between
first and second that was dropped allowing Grimm to get a
single past the first baseman to score pinch runner Jacyn
Thompson (Honea Path, SC) and Rice which reached on
the error.
The
Panther’s were led by senior third baseman Bryce
Burger (Fort Branch, IN), first baseman Scott Agnew (Noblesville, IN), Hancock, and freshman centerfielder Josh
Milam (Louisville, KY) each who had two hits in the game.
Picking up the loss was junior Aaron Biddle
(Burlington, KY) who pitched one and two-third inning in
relief.
For the Blue Hose, they
sent six pitchers to the mound including sophomore Richard
Barkley (Sumter, SC) who
pitched two-thirds of an inning and getting the win while only
facing four batter and giving up two runs on two hits.
Rice moved to the mound in the ninth to shut down the
Panther and pick up his first save of his career.
At the plate, PC was led by Grimm, designated hitter Heath
McCutcheon (Newberry, SC), and Rice who both went
three-for-five with two RBI’s.
Also contributing was New and left fielder Keagan
Broussard (Virginia Beach, VA) each going two-for-four
with an RBI.