Friday,
April 20, 2001
PC STAYS ALIVE WITH WIN IN EARLY ELIMINATION GAMES
NEWBERRY, S.C. -- The No. 3 seed Presbyterian College stayed alive in the 2001 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament with win in the early elimination game played on Friday at Bill Harvey Field.
PC (29-24) scored four times in the top of the ninth to rally for the win. The Blue Hose trailed Mars Hill (15-22) 10-9 entering the final inning. Chris Turco, who went 2-for-6 with 3 RBI, tied the game at 10 with an RBI single. PC took the lead for good on a RBI fielder’s choice by Keagan Broussard, who had 2 RBI. The Blue Hose’s final two runs were scored on a wild pitch by Josh Martz (2-7) and a Mars Hill fielding error.
PC reliever Mike Noble earned his third save of the season as he pitched a 1-2-3 bottom half of the ninth. Richard Barkley picked up the win in relief and improved to 5-2.
Logan Flynn, Nick Philemon and Greg Mulhollen each had three hits for the Mars Hill. Mulhollen, who drove in three runs, had a solo homer -- his eighth of the season -- in the second. Philemon had his solo homer in the first.
Dusty New had three hits for the Blue Hose, while Matt Warren, who went 2-for-4, had 3 RBI.