Sunday,
April 08, 2001
Presbyterian
Baseball Sweeps Series from Mars Hill
Blue Hose score eight runs in the fifth inning
MARS
HILL, NC
– Presbyterian College (PC) completed a three-game sweep
over Mars Hill College this afternoon at Henderson Field
winning easily, 11-3. Presbyterian improved to 9-8 in the SAC
and 24-22 overall. The Lions fell to 5-11 in conference play
and 13-18 overall. The Lions have lost four in a row.
The game was close until the fifth inning. A solo homerun by senior
Robert Beatty (Denver, NC) gave Mars Hill a 1-0 lead in
the second. Sophomore Heath
McCutcheon (Newberry, SC) singled to score sophomore Brian
Grimm (Spartanburg, SC) in the fourth to tie the game
at 1-1. Grim reached on a walk. Mars Hill senior Matt Hayes
(Indianapolis, IN) scored on a sacrifice fly by Karl Ruf
(Pompano Beach, FL) to give Mars Hill the lead back in the
bottom half of the fourth. Then the bottom fell out for the
Lions. PC scored eight runs in the fifth inning to lead 9-2.
PC recorded seven hits, two doubles, a homerun, a hit batter,
and a walk in the inning. Mars Hill didn’t help their cause
any as they made two errors on top of the hitting barrage.
Mars Hill added a run in the bottom half of the inning when
sophomore Chadd Fowler (Rutherfordton, NC) hit a solo
homerun but that was as close as the Lions would get.
Sophomore Richard Barkley
(Sumter, SC) threw a complete game scattering six hits to pick
up the win (4-2) for the Blue Hose. Freshman Kevin
White (Spartanburg, SC) led PC going 3-for-6 with a
homerun, three RBI, and two runs scored. Junior Chris
Turco (Marietta, GA) had four hits, two doubles, two
RBI, and two runs scored.
Junior Josh Marts took the loss (2-6) on the mound for Mars
Hill. The Lions’ pitchers allowed 16 hits and nine earned
runs in the contest. The Lions’ defense committed five
errors on the day.