Tuesday,
February 12, 2002
BLUE HOSE BASEBALL FALLS TO MONTREAT 11-4
CLINTON,
SC – The Presbyterian College baseball team lost to the
Cavaliers of Montreat College 11-4 today in collegiate
baseball action at the PC Baseball Complex.
Montreat evens their record at 2-2 while Presbyterian
falls to 3-5 on the season.
Senior
first baseman Thomas Reeder (Matthews, NC) accounted
for the team first five runs Montreat scored with his two-RBI
single to right in the first inning and his three-run homerun
in the four. The
Cavaliers were had five players with at least two hits.
Leading the way for Montreat was Reeder (2-for-4, 5
RBI, 2 runs scored), senior right fielder Tony Peay (Rock
Hill, SC) was 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored, junior left fielder Chip
Pennell (Black Mountain, SC) was 2-for-4 with 2 runs
scored and an RBI, junior catcher Peter Thompson (Charlotte,
NC) was 2-for-4, and senior second baseman Chuckie Upshur (Delmar,
MD) was 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
For
the Blue Hose, who salvaged four runs late in the game, senior
centerfielder Chris Turco (Roswell,
GA) was 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
Also leading the way for PC was junior first baseman Matt
Warren (Lexington, SC) who went 2-for-5 with an RBI
and junior catcher Dusty New
(Abbeville, SC) who went 2-for-4.
Recording the win for the Cavaliers was freshman Ben Truitt (Icard, NC) who dominated the Blue Hose by throwing seven plus inning while giving up three runs on nine hits and striking out six batters. For the Blue Hose freshman Matt Boone (Kernersville, NC) gets the loss (0-1). Boone went three and one-third innings giving up seven runs on eight hits and striking out three batters.