Sunday,
April 1, 2001
BLUE
HOSE BASEBALL AVOIDS THE SWEEP BY DEFEATING
WINGATE 11-4 IN GAME 3
PC’s McCutcheon helps lead the way with three hits and four
RBI’s
PC’s Barkley goes eight innings allowing only two runs
CLINTON, SC –- Sophomore
designed hitter Heath
McCutcheon (Newberry, SC)
helped lead the Blue Hose (20-20, 6-8 SAC) past the Bulldogs
of Wingate University (21-17, 9-5 SAC) by going three-for-four
with four RBI’s and one run scored on a two-run homerun in
the fifth inning to put the game away for PC with an 8-1 lead.
With the win, PC avoids a sweep by Wingate, who won
both games on Saturday. Sophomore
starting pitcher Richard
Barkley (Sumter, SC) threw eight strong innings and allowed only two runs on
eight hits, walked three, and struck out nine Bulldogs to
improve to 3-2 on the season.
The Blue
Hose got on the scoreboard early with two runs in the bottom
of the first inning on an RBI single to left by sophomore
third baseman Davis Rice
(Clinton, SC). PC
would go up 2-0 on a ground out by sophomore shortstop Brian
Grimm (Spartanburg, SC) to score teammate sophomore
first baseman Matt Warren
(Lexington, SC) from third.
The
Bulldogs answered back in the top of the second inning with an
RBI single up the middle off the bat of freshman shortstop David
Yount (Forest City, NC).
PC would
not go away and put up a 3 spot on the board in the second,
fifth, and sixth innings.
In the second inning, junior second baseman Brad
Hurst (Greer, SC) had a 2-RBI single to left center
field with two outs to give PC a 4-1 lead.
In the fifth, the Blue Hose road the bat of McCutcheon
to take an 8-1 lead. McCutcheon
added two more RBI’s in the sixth inning with his single
through the left side to score Grimm and Rice on the play.
PC would add their final run of the inning off the bat
of sophomore catcher Dusty
New’s (Abbeville, SC) single through the right side
to score freshman right fielder Kevin
White (Spartanburg, SC).
The
Bulldogs were led at the plate by junior second baseman Stuart
James (Wingate, NC) who went three-for-five and a run
scored. Junior
third baseman Andrew Romberger (Norristown, PA),
sophomore left fielder John Spencer (Charlotte, NC),
and Yount each added two hits. Picking up the loss for Wingate
was sophmore starting pitcher Brian Fulp
(Winston-Salem, NC) by allowing 14 hits in four innings of
work. With the loss, Fulp drops to 5-1 on the season and
records his first loss of his collegiate career.
For the Blue Hose, Rice went four-for-four with an RBI and junior left fielder Keagan Broussard (Virginia Beach, VA), Hurst, Warren, McCutcheon, and New each added three hits apiece.