Thursday, February 20, 2003
BLUE
HOSE DEFEAT FLYING FLEET 11-3 IN BASEBALL ACTION
CLINTON,
S.C. –Presbyterian
College soundly defeated Erskine College today 11-3
with great pitching, timely hitting, and solid defense to
improve to 5-4 while dropping Erskine to 11-2 on the season.
The
Blue Hose knocked in 11 runs on 15 hits against six Flying
Fleet pitchers. PC
scored first in the second inning and then put up five runs in
the fifth and another three in the sixth inning.
The Blue Hose finished with a run each of the final two
innings to finish off the scoring. Senior first baseman Matt
Warren
(Lexington, SC) went three-for-four from the plate scoring
three runs and getting one RBI.
Senior third baseman Davis
Rice (Clinton, SC) also had a big day at the plate
going three-for-five driving in four runs and scoring two
more.
Erskine
scored their only runs of the game in the seventh inning.
Sophomore second baseman Wes Edwards (Anderson,
SC) legged out an infield single with two outs to prolong the
inning and scored freshman pinch runner Joe Iademarco
(North Charleston, SC). The
Flying Fleet put another two on the board off of another hit
and an error by the Blue Hose.
Presbyterian
College used six pitchers on the day and were led on the mound
by sophomore lefthanded pitcher Zachary
Matthews (Batesburg, SC) who went four innings to pick
up the win and allowed only one hit while striking out three
on the day. Erskine
freshman lefthanded pitcher Jason Moore (Gainesville,
GA) picked up the loss after going four innings while
scattering seven hits and allowing four earned runs.
The Flying Fleet will be back at home Friday, as they take on St. Andrews College at 2:30 pm in the first game of a three-game series. The Blue Hose will travel down to Lakeland, Florida to participate in the Florida Southern College Invitational and take on #4-ranked Florida Southern College at 7:00 pm tomorrow.