Thursday,
March 13, 2003
BLUE HOSE
DEFEAT #2 OWLS 10-8
Kennesaw,
GA - Kip McAlister and
Kevin
White smashed home runs in the second
inning to help the Blue Hose knock off #2 Kennesaw State 10-8
at Stillwell Stadium yesterday afternoon.
The
Owls (16-5) chipped back from Presbyterian (10-10) lead all
afternoon but a ninth inning rally fell short as Julius
Thames grounded into a force play with the bases loaded.
Three
two-out runs proved damaging for Kennesaw State in the top of
the ninth inning. After a walk to McAlister (1-for-4) and a
double by Davis
Rice (3-for-5)
the Blue Hose pushed their lead to 8-6. Richard
Barkley (1-for-1) then ripped a double to right-center
field scoring the final two runs of the game for Presbyterian.
Scott
Conway
(2-for-4) led off the ninth inning being hit by a pitch and Jon
Love followed with a single to left field. With runners on
second and third Clint Watters (1-for-4) brought home a
run after the right fielder dropped a fly ball scoring Conway.
Kennesaw State added another run on Dustin Atkinson's
fourth hit of the day, a single scoring Love and bringing the
Owls to within 10-8.
A
pair of unearned runs in the top of the first inning put the
Owls in a hole but Conway ripped a two-run double down the
right field line to tie the game in the bottom of the first.
Starter
Shane Hartness (0-1) ran into problems in the top of
the second inning when he was tagged for a pair of two-run
homers by McAlister and White.
Hartness lasted just eleven batters and allowed five
hits and four earned runs.
Robert
Cole picked up
his first win of the season and the first of his collegiate
career after scattering nine hits and striking out two batters
in five innings of work.
PC will be back in action today as they take on the Screaming Eagles of the University of Southern Indiana in the first of a two-day series beginning at 2:30 pm. The Owls are back in action this weekend when they travel to USC Aiken to take on the Pacers in a three-game weekend series.