Saturday,
February 23, 2002
BLUE
HOSE AND WARRIORS SPLIT BASEBALL DOUBLEHEADER
PC’s Keagan Broussard goes 5-for-5 on the day
CLINTON, SC – The Presbyterian College baseball team split a doubleheader with the Warriors of Southern Wesleyan University today at the PC baseball Complex. Senior outfielder Keagan Broussard (Virginia Beach, VA) went 5-for-5 on the day with four runs scored and an RBI.
Southern
Wesleyan won game one 6-5 in 10 innings and PC won game two
14-2. Presbyterian’s
record goes to 7-8 overall while Southern Wesleyan moves to
7-6.
GAME
1 – SWU 6, PC 5 (10 innings)
PC put up a
single run in the first and fourth inning and two runs in the
sixth inning as they led Southern Wesleyan 4-1 after six
innings of play. But
the Warriors would come back and tie the game at 4-4 in the
seventh inning with two outs junior leftfielder Jason Lisk (Fort
Mill, SC) and sophomore third baseman Matt Strader (Fort
Mill, SC) scored on a throwing error by PC.
The Blue Hose took the lead at 5-4 with an RBI single
by sophomore designated hitter Heath
McCutcheon (Newberry, SC) scoring sophomore right
fielder Kevin White (Spartanburg,
SC) in the bottom of the eight. In the ninth inning, the
Warriors tied the game on a bases loaded wild pitch by PC’s
freshman pitcher Jake Lunnen
(Sylva, NC). The
Blue Hose had a chance to win the game in the top of the ninth
but failed on a suicide squeeze bunt with one out.
Southern Wesleyan would take advantage of the mistake
in the tenth inning as Strader hit an RBI single to score
senior right fielder Mark Graham (Greenville, SC) and
give the Warriors the lead for good.
PC was led by McCutcheon (3-for-4 with an RBI), junior first baseman Matt Warren (Lexington, SC) who went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, and White (1-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored). Lisk who went 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored led Southern Wesleyan at the plate. Getting the loss for the Blue Hose was Lunnen who pitched two innings allowing one run on two hits and striking out one batter. Freshman pitcher Leland Miller (Cambridge, MD) records his first win of the season after tossing four innings allowing one unearned run on two hits and striking out two batters.
GAME
2 – PC 14, SWU 2
Presbyterian would answer right back in the second game of the doubleheader with 14 runs on 17 hits and behind a strong pitching performance by senior Mark Dudley (Cayce, SC) who threw a complete game while only allowing two runs and scattering nine hits. Broussard who went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and an RBI led PC. Senior third baseman Brad Hurst (Greer, SC), White, Lunnen, and freshman catcher Jonathan Wyman (Duluth, GA) each recorded two hits in the game. Hurst and Lunnen each added three-RBI. For the Warriors, sophomore pitcher Andy Cauble (Gastonia, NC) recorded the loss after throwing only one and one-third innings allowing six runs on seven hits. Junior shortstop Blake Honeycutt (Irmo, SC) went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Joining Honeycutt was senior catcher Brandon Coker (New Zion, SC) who was 2-for-3.