Sunday, March 13, 2005
INDIANS
COMPLETE SWEEP OF BLUE HOSE
SALISBURY, N.C. -- Catawba completed a weekend sweep
of visiting Presbyterian with a 14-1 win in South Atlantic
Conference baseball action on Sunday afternoon at Newman Park.
Junior Jimbo Davis (Salisbury, N.C.) hit a pair of home
runs and collected five RBI to help the Indians to their eight
straight win. Catawba improves to 20-10 overall and 5-1
in the SAC, while the Blue Hose fall to 6-20 and 0-6.
Matt
Smith (Browns Summitt, N.C.) pitched seven strong innings and
was backed by a 15-hit Tribe attack. Smith scattered six
hits and allowed one run with a walk and five strikeouts to
improve to 4-1 on the year. Davis got Catawba rolling
with a two-run homer in the first. Davis Thomas (Winston-Salem,
N.C.), who joined Davis with three hits on the day, singled
home a run in the second. Presbyterian plated its only
run in the third as Evan Sowell
(Chesterfield, S.C.) led off with a single and eventually
scored on a two-out wild pitch on a third strike.
Chad
Baker (Jamestown, N.C.) had a two-run single for Catawba in the third and Zach
Evans (Greensboro, N.C.) had a two-run single in the fifth
as the Indians went on top 8-1. Davis capped the scoring
as he ended a five-run seventh with a three-run home run.
Casey
Morris (Granite Falls, N.C.) had a pair of hits and three RBI
in the win for Catawba. Lance
Howard (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Matt
Bodie (Aiken, S.C.) each enjoyed a 2-for-4 day for the
Blue Hose.