Tuesday,
February 6, 2001
BLUE
HOSE SLIP PAST SENATORS 2-1 IN BASEBALL ACTION
PC’s Hurst scores on squeeze play in bottom of eighth
to lift Blue Hose to win
CLINTON,
SC — Presbyterian junior outfielder Keagan Broussard’s (Virginia
Beach, VA) squeeze bunt scored the game-winning RBI in the
bottom of the eighth to give the Blue Hose a 2-1 win over
Lander University in baseball action Tuesday afternoon.
Broussard’s squeeze bunt
scored junior second baseman Brad
Hurst (Greer, SC) to break a 1-1 tie and give the Blue
Hose a 2-1 lead entering the ninth. The game ended with Blue
Hose relief pitcher sophomore right-hander Richard
Barkley (Sumter, SC) retiring the side to end the game
and pick up his first save of the season.
Presbyterian got on the
scoreboard first, as junior first baseman Matt
Warren (Lexington, SC) RBI single scored Broussard in
the bottom of the first inning. The Senators pulled even in
the next inning as junior outfielder Lucas
Erwin (W. Columbia, SC) homered to tie the game at 1-1.
The game stayed tied until
the bottom of the eighth as both starting pitchers held both
teams off the scoreboard. PC’s sophomore right-hander Kurt
Hitzeman (Americus, GA) pitched eight innings allowing
one earned run on four hits while striking out four batters.
Hitzeman evens his record at 1-1 on the season with the win.
The Senators starting pitcher, sophomore right-hander Grant
Smith (0-1) (Gainesville, VA) went the distance, allowing
two runs, one earned on five hits and striking out three
batters.
Presbyterian improves to
3-4 on the season while Lander suffers their first setback of
the season and falls to 3-1.