Sunday, January 28, 2001
PC BASEBALL PICKS UP FIRST WIN OF 2001 SEASON OVER
SAINT LEO 4-0
Burns goes the distant to record the shutout
JACKSONVILLE,
FL -- Senior
pitcher Michael
Burns (Simpsonville,
SC) picks up his first win of the 2001 season with a complete
game shutout of Saint Leo University in the final day of the
North Florida Invitational.
Burns
gave up eight hits, two walks, and recorded three strikeouts
to lead the Blue Hose to the win.
PC
wasted no time getting on the scoreboard when center fielder Chris
Turco (Mareitta, GA) led off the game with a hit by
pitch and later scored on sophomore third baseman Davis
Rice’s (Clinton, SC) triple to center field to put
the Blue Hose up 1-0. Freshman
right fielder Kevin White (Honea Path,
SC) singled to shortstop to drive in Rice and make the score
2-0. PC picked up
single runs in the third and sixth innings to give Burns a
comfortable lead to work with.
For the Lions, junior pitcher
Josh Neitz (Tampa, FL) records the loss and falls to 0-1
on the season.
At
the plate, the Blue Hose were lead by White and Rice both who
went two-for-four with White driving in two RBI’s and Rice
picking up one RBI.
The Blue Hose finished the game with seven hits.
Both
Presbyterian and Saint Leo finished the tournament with a 1-2
record. PC will return to action next Saturday for their home
opener doubleheader against Brevard College.
First pitch is scheduled for 12:00 pm.