Sunday, March 23, 2003
Catawba Baseball takes final game of weekend series with PC
SALISBURY, NC – Catawba College took the
rubber-game of its series with visiting Presbyterian, winning
9-6 in South Atlantic Conference baseball action on Sunday
afternoon at Newman Park. The Indians move into second place
in the league with the win, improving to 19-12 overall and 6-3
in the SAC. Presbyterian, which entered the weekend with a
half-game league lead, falls to 12-15 and 5-3.
Catawba opened the scoring in the second on a two-out, RBI
triple by Matt Baker (Charlotte, NC). Presbyterian’s Heath
McCutcheon (Newberry, SC) continued his stellar
weekend with a two-run triple in the third to give the Blue
Hose a 2-1 lead. Kevin White
(Spartanburg, SC) followed with a single for a 3-1 edge.
The Indians would go back on top in its third, scoring four
times. Scott Searles (Boston, MA) drove home a run on a
bunt single, while Spence Southard (Greensboro, NC)
followed with a bases-loaded walk to tie the score. The
Indians took the lead on a balk and the final run came on Jimbo
Davis’ (Salisbury, NC) RBI groundout.
Presbyterian would tie the game in the fifth, scoring a pair
of unearned runs, collecting three straight single with two
outs. Curtis Bell
(Gilbert, SC) drove home the first run on a pinch-hit
single, while Dusty New
(Abbeville, SC) plated the tying run.
The Indians would score the winning runs in the seventh. Chad
Hill (Bennett, NC) led off with a home run, while Blair
Reynolds (King, NC) later hit a sacrifice fly. Baker would
double home a run and Nick Lefko (Faith, NC) capped the
scoring with a RBI single. The Blue Hose got a run back in the
eighth, but Catawba got out of further damage on an
inning-ending double play lineout.
Matt Smith (Browns Summitt, NC) earned the win, tossing
three innings of relief. He allowed one run on three hits to
improve to 2-0. Baker, Hill and Ashaad Yeoman
(Wilmington, NC), who entered for the injured Searles in the
third, each had two hits for the Tribe. McCutcheon had two
hits and two RBI for PC, while White, New and Remington
Ross (Frederick, MD) also had two hits.