Sunday,
February 27, 2005
TROJANS
SCORE SIX IN LAST TWO INNINGS TO
DEFEAT BLUE HOSE 14-8
CLINTON,
SC – Anderson College scored six runs over the final two
inning to break a tie ballgame and take a 14-8 victory over
Presbyterian College in non-conference baseball action Sunday
afternoon at the PC Baseball Complex.
After
giving up six early runs, the Blue Hose (3-12) rallied for
four runs in the fifth and eventually tied up the score at
eight with four runs in the bottom of the seventh.
Evan
Sowell (Chesterfield, SC) led off with an infield
single and went to third when Clay
Belton (Ridgeway, SC) doubled. Andrew
Cockerham (Millers Creek, NC) then hit a fly ball to
right that scored Sowell. After Robert
Rodebaugh (Marietta, GA) walked, Lance
Howard (Simpsonville, SC) doubled down the right field
line. Howard later scored the tying run on a triple by Jake
Lunnen (Sylva, NC).
Anderson
(6-10) answered with four runs of their own in the top of the
eighth.
With one
out, Caleb Owen (Westminster, SC) walked and eventually
came around to score on three straight hit batsmen. F.A.
Vildosola (Pembroke Pines, FL) then reached on an error
that allowed Donavon Schmidt (Hilton Head, SC) and Jacob
Reid (Georgetown, SC) to score. Jonathan Pitts
(Easley, SC) then hit a groundball to third that scored Clint
Neville (McDonough, GA).
The Trojans
added two more in the ninth to set the final margin.
Reid led
Anderson at the plate with four hits, while Owen, Schmidt, and
Neville all had two. Sowell led PC at the plate with four
hits. Belton finished with two hits for the Blue Hose.
Will
Cheatham (Lexington, SC) picked up the win on the mound
for Anderson, while Zach Matthews
took the loss for PC.
PC will be back in action Tuesday as they host Lander University in a single game beginning at 2:30 pm. Anderson will take the field again Tuesday as they travel to Erskine for a game at 2:30 pm.