Saturday,
April 5, 2003
BARKLEY
LEADS BLUE HOSE TO A 12-2 WIN
OVER MARS HILL
IN SAC
BASEBALL ACTION
MARS
HILL, NC —
Mars Hill College’s baseball team (2-9/10-21) lost to
Presbyterian College (7-5/17-21) today at Henderson Field by a
score of 12-2. The
teams were able to play only a single game today due to
morning rain that delayed the starting time because of poor
field conditions.
A
tremendous pitching performance by Richard
Barkley
(Sumter, SC) and solid hitting from Kevin
White
(Spartanburg, SC) and Matt Warren
(Lexington, SC) led to the Blue Hose victory.
Presbyterian jumped out to a 7-0 lead after the first
two innings of play and never looked back.
Barkley had a no-hitter going into the bottom of the
eighth inning until Adam Hunter (Mars Hill, NC) doubled
to right with one out in the frame.
Barkley ended the day allowing only three Lion hits and
struck out 12 Mars Hill batters, pitching his fifth complete
game of the season. Barkley
improved to 6-2 on the year with the win.
White was 4-for-5 at the plate with four runs scored and two solo
homeruns. Warren went
3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs scored and one homerun. Joseph
Bishop (Greenwood, SC) came off the bench to go
2-for-2 at the plate with a two-run homerun in the ninth.
Hunter and Justin Boone (Burnsville, NC) each hit doubles to
lead Mars Hill. Trinity
Phillips (Mars Hill, NC) had the other Lion hit in the game. Sean Murphy (Ft. Myers, FL) threw seven innings to
take the loss (1-6) for Mars Hill.
The teams will complete the three-game series tomorrow afternoon.
The teams will play a double-header beginning at 1:00
p.m.