Saturday,
March 05, 2005
EAGLES
SWEEP PAIR FROM BLUE HOSE
CLINTON,
S.C. – Carson-Newman College swept a pair of games from
Presbyterian College 10-4 and 23-4 to open South Atlantic
Conference play Saturday afternoon at the PC Baseball Complex.
In game
one, after the Blue Hose (5-15, 0-2 SAC) took a 2-1 lead in
the bottom of the fourth on a Kemper Booth
(Hendersonville, NC) single, the Eagles (12-9, 2-0) took the
lead for good with three runs in the top of the fifth on a
home run by T.J. Graves (Cincinnati, OH). PC pulled
within one with a run in the bottom of the sixth, but
Carson-Newman scored six runs over the next two innings to
seal the victory.
Matt
Teague (Belmont, NC) picked up the win for Carson-Newman,
allowing only three runs on eight hits. Steve Cishek
(East Falmouth, MA) picked up the save, throwing three and a
third innings and allowing only one run, a homerun by Robert
Rodebaugh (Marietta, GA).
Nathan
Gravley (Cartersville, GA) led the Eagles with three hits,
while Brandon Burchfield (Maryville, TN), Graves, and Kyle
Beall (Baton Rouge, LA) all had two hits. Clay Belton
(Ridgeway, SC) had three hits to lead the Blue Hose, while
Rodebaugh, Lance Howard (Simpsonville, SC), Nick
Hoffner (Ellicot City, MD), and Booth all finished with
two hits.
In game
two, PC took an early lead with a pair of runs in the bottom
of the first, but the Eagles took the lead in the top of the
third on a grand slam by Brian Chapman (Tazewell, TN).
Carson-Newman
took a 7-4 lead before scoring six runs in the sixth and ten
more runs in the seventh to set the final margin.
John
Wallace (Marietta, GA) picked up the win for the Eagles.
Gravley led
the Eagles with three hits and five RBIs. Jonathan Mary
(Maryville, TN) also had four hits and four RBIs for
Carson-Newman. Belton, Rodebaugh, Matt Bodie (Aiken,
SC), and Matt Sparrow (Lake City, SC) all had two hits
for PC.