Friday,
April 25, 2003
#3 SEED PRESBYTERIAN DEFEATS #2 SEED
WINGATE 8-5 IN
FOOD LION/SAC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT ACTION
CLINTON,
S.C. — Presbyterian
College held off a late Bulldog rally to defeat Wingate
University 8-5 in quarterfinal action of the 2003 Food Lion
South Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament held at the PC
Baseball Complex.
The
Blue Hose (25-24) advance to tomorrow’s semifinal round
where they will take on top seed Carson-Newman College. The
Bulldogs (29-22) move to the elimination bracket where they
will play #4 seed Tusculum College tomorrow.
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Tombo Hite knocks a hit to the outfield |
Presbyterian
took an early 1-0 lead in the first on junior
outfielder Kevin
White's (Spartanburg, S.C.) fielder’s choice which scored senior third
baseman Tombo Hite
(Abbeville, S.C.). The lead increased to 3-0 in
the fifth inning as Hite hit an RBI double followed by
an RBI single from senior Davis
Rice (Clinton,
S.C.). The Bulldogs responded in the top of the sixth inning with a pair of RBI singles from sophomore second baseman Jon Svanda (Benedictine, N.C.) and junior designated hitter Brandon Wright (North Gaston, N.C.) to cut the lead to 3-2. |
PC
added two runs in the seventh to go ahead 5-2 on an RBI double
from White and a RBI single from senior first baseman
Matt
Warren
(Lexington, S.C.). Wingate trimmed the lead to 5-3 on a
solo homerun by junior first baseman Sherman
Greer (West Stanley, N.C.) in the eighth. In the bottom of
the inning, PC scored three runs highlighted by a RBI double
from freshman second baseman Remington Ross (Fredrick,
MD) and a RBI single from Rice to push the lead to 8-3.
Wingate
mounted a late rally in the top of the ninth as junior
shortstop David Yount (East
Rutherford, N.C.) hit an RBI single followed by Greer’s RBI
scoring fielder’s choice to cut the lead to 8-5. The Blue
Hose ended the final Bulldog threat with a strikeout in the
next at bat to hold on for the victory.
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PC’s
junior pitcher Travis
Hill
(Rock Hill, S.C.) picked up the win to improve to
4-4 on the season after throwing six solid innings
allowing two earned runs on seven hits while striking
out five batters. For the Bulldogs, freshman starter Eric Brown (Richmond, N.C.) took the loss to drop to 5-3 on the
season after throwing seven innings allowing five
earned runs on nine hits while striking out five
batters. At the plate, PC was led by Rice who went four-for-five with a pair of RBI while Hite went two-for-four with three runs scored. For the Bulldogs, Greer went two-for-four with two runs scored and two RBI while Yount was four-for-five with an RBI. |
Travis
Hill deals a fastball vs. the Bulldogs |
