Saturday,
March 31, 2001
WINGATE
BULLDOGS SWEEP BLUE HOSE IN SAC BASEBALL ACTION
Bulldogs’ Torres goes seven-for-seven on the day at the
plate to lead the way
CLINTON,
SC — Wingate University Bulldogs (21-16, 9-4 SAC) picked
up a pair wins 13-1, 8-3 in today’s South Atlantic
Conference baseball doubleheader over the host Presbyterian
College Blue Hose (19-20, 5-8 SAC) at the PC Baseball Complex.
GAME
#1 — WINGATE 13, PRESBYTERIAN 1
Bulldog starting pitcher
sophomore Marc Church (Granite
Hill, NC) pitched a complete game four hitter, allowing one
run while striking out five to lead Wingate to a 13-1 victory.
Church improved to 5-3 on the season. PC’s starting pitcher
senior Kevin
Felts (Winston-Salem, NC) took the loss (6-2) after
going four innings allowing five runs, three earned on
three hits.
Wingate broke open a
scoreless game in the top of the fourth, taking a 4-0 lead on
a pair of hits and a Blue Hose error. The Bulldogs pushed the
lead to 6-0 in the fifth off a leadoff homer by junior third
baseman Andrew
Romberger (Norristown, PA) and a solo homerun by junior
outfielder Chris Torres (Charlotte, NC). The Blue Hose got on the scoreboard in
the bottom of the inning as junior outfielder James Gritter (Ft.
Lauderdale, FL) scored on a RBI ground out by junior second
baseman Brad
Hurst (Greer, SC). The Bulldogs took a commanding 13-1
lead thanks in part to a seven-run eighth inning, led by
Romberger’s RBI-double and a RBI-double by freshman first
baseman Brandon Wright (Dallas,
NC).
Wingate was led at the plate by Torres who went three-for-three with two RBI’s and Romberger who went two-for-five with a homerun and two RBI’s.
GAME
#2 — WINGATE 8, PRESBYTERIAN 3
Wingate’s junior
outfielder Chris Torres
continued his torrid pace at the plate, going
four-for-four with two runs scored to lead the Bulldogs to a
8-3 victory in the second game.
After Wingate took a 2-0
lead in the top of the second, PC’s sophomore third baseman Davis Rice (Clinton, SC) cut the lead to
2-1 in the bottom of the inning on a solo homerun. The
Bulldogs added two more runs in the third to take a 4-1 lead
thanks in part to a pair of RBI doubles by senior catcher James
Jordan (Hamptonville, NC) and sophomore outfielder John
Spencer (Charlotte, NC).
Wingate increased the lead
to 5-1 on a RBI-single by Romberger in the sixth, but in the
bottom of the inning PC cut the lead to 5-3 thanks in part to
a RBI-single by freshman outfielder Kevin
White (Spartanburg, SC). The Bulldogs put the game out
of reach in the sixth after the Blue Hose failed to end the
inning, Wingate’s junior outfielder Shane Harrelson (Statesville, NC) hit a three-run homer to put the
lead at 8-3.
The Bulldogs’ starting
pitcher senior Darrell
Price (Ramseur, NC) improved to 3-2 on the season after
going five innings allowing three runs, two earned on six
hits. PC’s senior starter, Michael
Burns (Simpsonville, SC) dropped to 5-5 after throwing
a complete game, allowing eight runs, three earned on 12 hits.
Joining Torres at the plate
for Wingate was Romberger who went two-for-four with one RBI.
For the Blue Hose, Rice went three-for-three with a homerun
and one RBI.
The two teams will meet
tomorrow in the final game of the three-game series starting
at 1:00 pm at the PC Baseball Complex.