Saturday,
February 5, 2005
BLUE
HOSE EARN DOUBLEHEADER SPLIT ON OPENING DAY
CLINTON,
S.C. – The Presbyterian College baseball team earned a
split against St. Andrews College on Saturday afternoon,
winning the first game 9-8 before falling 7-6 in the nightcap.
In the
first game, the Blue Hose (1-1) held a 7-6 lead heading into
the top of the ninth, but the Knights (1-3) scored two runs to
take the lead.
Josh
Craig (Lombardy, ON, Canada) singled to start off the
inning and was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Stewart
Redding (Laurinburg, N.C.) then doubled to right-center
field to score Craig and knot the score at 7. Cliff Allred
(Franklinville, N.C.) then stepped up and drilled a double to
center to score Redding and give the Knights a one-run lead.
The Blue
Hose won it in the bottom of the ninth when Andrew
Cockerham (Millers Creek, N.C.) reached first on a passed
ball after a strikeout and scored on a Jake Lunnen
(Sylva, N.C.) single to right.
Pinch runner Nick Hoffner
(Ellicott City, Md.)
scored the winning run on a single by pinch hitter Lance
Howard (Simpsonville, S.C.).
Cockerham
led PC with three hits and three runs scored, while Lunnen and
Casey Carlson (Lexington, S.C.) added two hits apiece.
Redding led St. Andrews with three hits, while Brad Smith
(Riegalwood, N.C.) Everett
Kelly (Wilmington, N.C.), Craig, and Marc Hammonds
(Polkton, N.C.) all had two hits.
Dan
Stankus (Alexandria, Va.) picked up the win on the mound
for the Blue Hose. Matt Yates (Vinton, Va.) took the
loss for the Knights.
In the
nightcap, PC jumped out to an early 4-0 lead after the first
inning, highlighted by a two-run homerun by Robert
Rodebaugh (Marietta, Ga.), but the Knights scored six runs
in the top of the fourth to take control of the game.
The Blue
Hose attempted to tie it up in the bottom of the seventh, but
St. Andrews pitcher T.J. Chrusch (Fleetwood, Pa.) got a
strikeout to end the game.
Kelly led
St. Andrews with four hits and three RBI’s. Redding paced
the Knights with three hits and Redding finished with two.
Jeff
Shelton (Coloniel Heights, Va.) picked up the win on the
mound, pitching six innings and allowing only two runs. Jim
Wagers (Blackstock, S.C.) took the loss for PC.
The two teams will meet again on Sunday for a single game at 1:00 p.m.