Saturday, March 26, 2005
Baseball:
Presbyterian Wins Game, Takes Series 2-1
Mars
Hill, NC – Nick
Hoffner (Ellicot City, MD) hit a three-run homerun in
the top of the ninth inning to lift Presbyterian College to a
9-6 victory over Mars Hill this afternoon at Henderson Field.
With the win PC won the three game series against the
Lions, 2-1. PC
improved to 11-24 overall and 5-7 in the SAC.
MHC fell to 16-22 overall and 4-8 in the league.
PC took a
1-0 lead in the first inning after Jake
Lunnen (Sylva, NC) singled to score Russell
Robinson (Mt. Pleasant, SC).
MHC then took a 2-1 lead in the third inning when Joe
Castagner (Bushnell, FL) singled down the right field line
to score Chris O’Connor (Monrovia, MD) and then Matt
Russell (Chapel Hill, NC) scored Lane Strobel (Walkersville,
MD) on a fielder’s choice.
PC tied the
game (2-2) in the fourth inning when Evan
Sowell (Chesterfield, SC) advanced to the plate on a
Lion error. Chris
Argano (Marietta, GA) then gave MHC a 3-2 advantage after
he scored on a fielder’s choice by Brandon Seger (Mt.
Juliet, TN). The
Lions went up 4-2 in the fifth inning after Argano singled to
right-center to plate Russell.
PC took a
6-4 lead in the sixth inning scoring four runs on four hits
and one Lion error. Lance
Howard (Simpsonville, SC) doubled to right field to
drive in Robinson and Donald
Sheppard (Sylvania, VA).
Lunnen then singled to left field to plate Robert
Rodebaugh (Marietta, GA) and Howard.
MHC tied
the game (6-6) in the eighth inning when Castagner single to
left to score Seger and Russell singled through the left side
to drive in O’Connor. With
one out in the top half of the ninth Hoffner hit a homerun
over the left-center field fence to plate the game-winning
run.
Hoffner
went 2-for-4 with four RBI and a homerun to lead the Blue Hose
at the plate. Lunnen
was 3-for-5 with three RBI.
Howard went 2-for-5 with two RBI, a double and a run
scored. Robert Cole (Savannah, GA)
picked up the win (2-1) on the mound for PC in relief.
Castagner
and Russell both went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBI
apiece. Argano
was 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
Both Seger and O’Connor were 2-for-5 on the day.
Seth Graham (Mooresville, NC) took the loss
(1-2) on the hill in relief for MHC.
MHC will
host Erskine College in a scheduled double-header on Tuesday
at Henderson Field. First
pitch is set for 1:00 p.m. PC will be back in action next
Saturday as they host Newberry College in a 12:00 pm
doubleheader.